Big Man on Campus: LAUSD’s Superintendent John Deasy

Superintendent John Deasy walks through an economics classroom at Los Angeles High School during a surprise visit.

LAUSD’s John Deasy heads back to his office with a lot of decisions to make after Proposition 30 passed on the November ballot.

As students across LA head back to school from their Thanksgiving break, LAUSD’s John Deasy will head back to his office with a lot of decisions to make after Proposition 30 passed on the November ballot.

With the state receiving an additional $6 billion in revenue, LAUSD has voted to restore its classroom calendar to the standard 180 days for the first time in five years of budget cutting, which Deasy publicly supported. The district will also rescind 10 furlough days teachers had agreed to, and will talk to other, much smaller employee unions about rescinding their furlough days.

The LAUSD school board also voted ot keep John Deasy in his role as superintendent through 2015. The LAUSD is also applying for high profile “Race to the Top” grants that the federal government will distribute, but the LA teachers’ union is opposed to the grant on the grounds that it could overextend the district financially.

Guest:

John Deasy, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)