School rules.Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. 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. reached a landmark deal with teachers and state legislators over his plan for more mayoral control over the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . After three days of intense lobbying in Sacramento, Villaraigosa agreed to change his proposal to cede some mayoral authority over the School District to an appointed school superintendent Noun 1. school superintendent - the superintendent of a school system overseer, superintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization . He also agreed to give the elected school board a greater role in policy decisions than what he originally proposed. Both concessions were made to address concerns from legislators that the mayor's original plan constituted a power grab. |
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