MAYOR PICKS 5 TO LEAD REFORMS LAUSD OFFICIAL SHARPLY CRITICAL.Byline: NAUSH BOGHOSSIAN Staff Writer Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. on Saturday appointed five educators to lead reforms for three clusters of low-performing schools he's poised to control starting Jan. 1. Named to the mayor's education leadership team are Green Dot Public Schools' chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Marshall Tuck, Riordan Foundation President Nike Irvin, and USC Rossier School of Education History When USC was founded in 1880, Los Angeles was transforming itself from a small town to a progressive city. In just eight years, the city's population swelled from 11,000 to 70,000. instructor Greta Pruitt. Former LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) District 7 Superintendent Sylvia Rousseau and retired Long Beach Unified School District The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California. LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, all of the city of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as Avalon and Two Harbors on Catalina Island. assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Lynn Winters also were named. By strategically choosing a broad range of educators, the mayor could be signaling his desire to bring a variety of reform ideas to the table. ``These are five world-class leaders in the field of education, each of whom has served as a bold change agent at every stage of their careers,'' Villaraigosa said in a statement. The educators will begin work immediately, although individual salaries have not been determined. The educators were hired within the Mayor's Office but will be paid with funds from foundations. Tuck will direct the Mayor's Partnership for School Excellence's reform efforts while Pruitt will oversee primary-grade curriculum and Rousseau will oversee secondary-level curriculum. Irvin will implement partnership initiatives and Winters will serve as a consultant for performance goals. Under Assembly Bill 1381, the mayor's education reform legislation that was signed into law in September, Villaraigosa will directly oversee three of the district's lowest-performing high schools and their feeder elementary and middle schools. Kevin Reed Kevin Bruce Reed (born May 7, 1955) is an American Presbyterian author, theologian, and publisher. Reed grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended the Richardson, Texas public schools. , chief counsel for the district, said he's disappointed that the mayor is moving forward despite a pending court challenge. ``It shows exactly what's wrong with AB 1381 because this isn't a partnership. The Mayor's Office has selected these people without ever seeing fit to consult with (LAUSD Superintendent) David Brewer about who he was looking to select, what their role would be and what they intend to do with these individuals,'' Reed said. ``That's a dictatorship, not a partnership.'' naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3722 |
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