The debate also suggested that the politics of a divisive May school board election will continue to play out in the nation’s second-largest school system. Critics say the new school, as described in the bill, looks very much like an independent charter school. Unlike the typical charter, it would not be authorized and supervised by the local school board. He did not suggest alternative language or express a view about the proposed school. Speakers before the board split along a fault line familiar from the school board race.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 28, 2017 12:02 UTC