Deasy Resignation

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1. bluewombat says:

   October 24, 2013 at 10:24 pm

   I hope that the LAUSD board, or at least Monica Ratliff, consults you about possible replacements. Ummn, you wouldn’t want the job, would you? Brooklyn is so overrated…

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   • Robert Rendo says:

     October 25, 2013 at 12:20 am

     Don’t even suggest it. We need Diane in New York. We had her first . . . .

     🙂

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     • william olson says:

       October 26, 2013 at 12:05 am

       Robert– how old are you? A teacher?

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2. Melissa Walsh says:

   October 24, 2013 at 10:43 pm

   Slim pickings on the legacy listed by the LA Times. The first has been widely discounted as a good way to assess teachers, the 2nd got overturned by the court, and the third – the I-pad debacle, is still being unraveled and will probably die in the hatching.

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3. Alabama teacher says:

   October 24, 2013 at 10:53 pm

   Very good! I hope that a real, education friendly and kid loving. Superintendent is hired

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4. LLC1923 says:

   October 24, 2013 at 10:58 pm

   Deasy must resign now! Why wait until February? Broad’s LA front man places corporations (Pearson) and Eli before students. Parents and taxpayers must file open records and then file civil and class action lawsuits. Follow the money that Deasy diverted from schools to his favorite vendors.

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   • Susan says:

     October 24, 2013 at 11:17 pm

     Yes, he needs to resign now before he can cover his tracks.

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   • taxpaying truth teller says:

     October 26, 2013 at 1:44 pm

     llc1923,
     Let’s do it. And the board of ed. had better grow a spine or they’ll be recalled soon enough.

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5. Andy Goldstein says:

   October 24, 2013 at 11:11 pm

   Off topic, but I want to share. Just came back from negotiations between the Palm Beach County Classroom teachers association and the School District of Palm Beach County.

   The School District of Palm Beach County Does Not Value Its Teachers – offers meager salary and meager working conditions during negotiations with the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association. Thursday, October 24, 2013. Have the sound on to watch.

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6. Concerned... says:

   October 24, 2013 at 11:14 pm

   This is off topic, but interesting…Why does AFT want to end salary step pay increases when reasearch clearly shows that merit pay does not work…does he not think teachers should be awarded proper salaries for their work? http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/news/2013/10/24/77999/we-should-revamp-the-teacher-pay-system/

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7. Edlharris says:

   October 24, 2013 at 11:18 pm

   Maybe a newspaper is about to report that his “real” doctorate really isn’t real.
   He announced he was leaving Prince George’s County Public Schools when reporters started asking about his unfinished doctorate.

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8. LLC1923 says:

   October 24, 2013 at 11:29 pm

   I’m curious about what Bill and Melinda have to say about the new developments regarding their former employee’s billion dollar tax funded iPad reforms and contracts.

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9. Ellen Lubic says:

   October 24, 2013 at 11:37 pm

   I am so glad that I gave up much of my life for the past year working toward this. Now I hope the School Board listens to us and chooses a new committee, not a Blue Ribbon group, to help the in the search for a new Supt. and Asst. Supt., to help in both the search and the vetting of a multitude on candidates who are not tainted by being grads of the Broad Academy. We need and compentent proven educator for these roles, not CEOs who prefer to feed the free market than to provide real education for all the students in LAUSD.

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   • taxpaying truth teller says:

     October 26, 2013 at 1:46 pm

     Ellen.
     Parents need to DEMAND that they are included in the hiring process, or we the people, will bounce them out along with Deasy & Co.

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10. Ellen Lubic says:

    October 24, 2013 at 11:56 pm

    sorry…cannot edit my material…but you all get my meaning despite the jumble of words.

    It is with great relief that I write this comment, and I hope the School Board has him clean out his desk tomorrow and not wait until February which would give him too much more time to make too many more bad decisions. Deasy and Aquino should turn in their keys tomorrow.

    I also will continue to press for a complete house cleaning with all the Broadies hired by Deasy leaving as well. It will be a new day when Garcia and Galatzan get replaced by better Board representatives. I look forward to supporting some few I have met in the last year who would make excellent new Board members. I thank our current ‘teacher five’ Board for their efforts.

    As an aside, I understand that there will be breaking news about some California legislators who play dirty pool as well.

    Since this software is suddenly working……

    I would also like to add that it took a huge effort by a multitude of people, mainly educators who are both working and retired, and some fantastic community members and blog directors, to bring us to this moment…and I am glad to be in such great company. But we must continue to hang together in unity and resolve, and work with the Board on the many issues such as those suffering in teacher jail, getting nurses/librarians/and above all, teachers back in classrooms of teachable size.

    Thanks to everyone who has been writing to us from other parts of the US. Today is momentous…and it is hopeful and ever more possible that the billionaire educational deconstructionists will not overcome

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11. Lori Vollandt says:

    October 25, 2013 at 12:13 am

    Tipping meet point. Pendulum meet swing. Common meet sense.

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    • Robert Rendo says:

      October 25, 2013 at 12:23 am

      Deasy meet courtroom.

      Sorry, but this resignation is not enough. Deasy must face major lawsuits against him in civil and any other court that has jurisdiction over his billion dollar theft of funds that bought i-pads rather than being used for the bonds they were originally designated for.

      Misuse of bond money should entail harsh penalties and jail.

      John Deasy is a criminal.

      Criminals go to jail.

      Deasy, meet cellmate . . . . . .

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      • bluewombat says:

        October 25, 2013 at 1:05 am

        x2

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      • Mike says:

        October 25, 2013 at 3:24 am

        If he could be put in jail for just the deal itself, without any proof of wrongdoing, then the whole school board (only exception–Monica Ratliff, not yet on the board at that time) would have to be jailed too, and the LAUSD Bond Oversight Committee.

        However, I think conflict of interest should be thoroughly investigated by the district (or city) attorney’s office.If proof of wrongdoing is found, yes, JD should be behnd bars

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      • Michael Fiorillo says:

        October 25, 2013 at 6:08 am

        May Deasy be the first of many so-called reformers to be given perp walks.

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12. bernie1815 says:

    October 25, 2013 at 12:46 am

    It is going to take more than an educator to run this behemoth:

    During the 2007-2008 school year, LAUSD served 694,288 students, and had 45,473 teachers and 38,494 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County, after the county government. The total school district operating budget for 2012-2013 is $6.78 billion.

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13. Tfinn says:

    October 25, 2013 at 1:06 am

    Congratulations!

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14. Educator says:

    October 25, 2013 at 1:10 am

    This was truly a massive effort to expose the misuse of funds. We have to be grateful for the efforts of LA Times reporter, Howard Blume. Starting with the revelation that keyboards were “accidentally” left out of the total cost, he continued to reveal other missteps. The articles gave the public a forum to state their intense displeasure at having their hard earned tax dollars spent in such a careless fashion.

    But, we have to also thank you, Diane, for responding swiftly to the many requests to post articles and reports generated by local citizens, parents, and educators.

    In the end, it could have been the public questioning around the iPad fiasco. One question that no one at LAUSD could or would answer is why discussions that could have revealed the many questionable aspects of the plan did not happen well in advance of the initial purchase.

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    • redqueeninla says:

      October 25, 2013 at 1:44 am

      Agreed! Thank You Howard!!!! Thank You Diane!

      WHAT a good night…. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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15. Amita Capri says:

    October 25, 2013 at 2:08 am

    Now, hopefully someone who has the humanity and dignity of teachers at heart will come. Teachers have given their very lives willingly in sacrifice for the students they love. Surely they deserve to be honored cherished and respected. A new day on the horizon, we must keep moving onward and speaking our truth fearlessly.

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16. Mike says:

    October 25, 2013 at 3:28 am

    Another very weird post, attacking people. I think you should moderate out such comments, Diane.

    So George, are you going to beat up Ellen behind the schoolyard, for taking credit for your great work??

    How childish?

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    • Dienne says:

      October 25, 2013 at 8:55 am

      Seconded.

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17. Jack says:

    October 25, 2013 at 9:35 am

    DATELINE: Friday, October 25, 2013:

    I’m celebrating, no matter what.

    This “brown shirt bully boy” is history.
    Here’s a relevant excerpt from a great
    radio broadcast:

    – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
    “So they’ve given up!

    “They’re finally done in,

    “And the rat is dead in an
    alley back of Wilhemstrasse.

    “Take a bow G.I.!

    “Take a bow Little Guy!

    “The superman of tomorrow lies at the feet

    “Of you common men of this afternoon.

    “This is it, kids.

    “This is the day all the way from Newburyport to Vladivostok

    “You had what it took and you gave it,

    “And each of you has a hunk of rainbow around your helmet.

    “Seems like free men have done it again!”

    “Is victory a sweet dish or isn’t it?

    “And how do those lights look in Europe
    after five years of blackout going in six?

    “Rather pretty good. Pretty good, sister.

    “It can at last be said without jinxing the campaign,

    ” ‘Somehow the decadent democracies,
    the bungling Bolsheviks,
    the saps and softies
    were tougher in the end
    than the brown-shirt bully boy

    ” ‘and smarter, too…

    ” ‘far flung ordinary men,
    unspectacular, but free

    ” ‘rousing out of their habits and their homes
    got up early one morning,
    flexed their muscles,
    learned, as amateurs,
    the manual of arms,
    and set out to whop
    the be-jeezers out of the professionals.’

    “This, they did!!!”

    – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

    Norman Corwin, from his broadcast
    “ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH” in
    August 1945

    Listen to the whole hour here.
    It so applies to today’s events here
    in Los Angeles:

    http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=4668028&m=4668044

    Corwin’s work ends with a prayer:

    – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

    “Lord God of trajectory and blast,
    Whose terrible sword has laid open the serpent
    So it withers in the sun for the just to see,
    Sheathe now the swift avenging blade with
    the names of nations writ on it,
    And assist in the preparation of the plowshare.

    “Lord God of fresh bread and tranquil mornings,
    Who walks in the circuit of heaven among the worthy,
    Deliver notice to the fallen young men

    “That tokens of orange juice and a whole egg appear now before the hungry children;

    “That night again falls cooling on the earth as quietly as when it leaves Your hand;

    “That freedom has withstood the tyrant like a Malta in a hostile sea,
    And that the soul of man is surely a Sevastopol
    Which goes down hard and leaps from ruin quickly.

    “Lord God of the topcoat and the living wage
    Who has furred the fox against the time of winter
    And stored provender of bees in summer’s brightest places,
    Do bring sweet influences to bear upon the assembly line:

    “Accept the smoke of the milltown among the accredited clouds of the sky:

    “Fend from the wind with a house and a hedge
    Him who You made in Your image,
    And permit him to pick of the tree and the flock,

    “That he may eat today without fear of tomorrow,
    And clothe himself with dignity in December.
    Lord God of test-tube and blueprint,
    Who jointed molecules of dust and shook them till their name was Adam,
    Who taught worms and stars how they could live together,
    Appear now among the parliaments of conquerors
    and give instruction to their schemes;

    “Measure out new liberties so none shall suffer for his father’s color
    or the credo of his choice:

    “Post proofs that brotherhood is not so wild a dream
    as those who profit by postponing it pretend:

    “Sit at the treaty table and convoy the hopes of little peoples through
    expected straits,

    “And press into the final seal a sign that peace will come
    for longer than posterities can see ahead,

    “That man unto his fellow man shall be a friend forever.”

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18. Robert says:

    October 25, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Great lost for LA Schools, Teachers need someone like Deasy to make them work, most of them are just not earning their pay, that is the reason why they didn’t want him, but he was doing a good job.

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    • taxpaying truth teller says:

      October 27, 2013 at 4:38 pm

      That’s for parents and the public to decide, Robert. The superintendent answers to the board and the board answers to the poeple. And the people haven’t just spoken – they are screaming for his resignation.

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19. Patrick Carlin says:

    October 28, 2013 at 1:47 am

    Will there be an investigation of the conflict of interest involved with his connection with Bill Gates and the railroading through the Common Core Standards, along with several other district superintendents in California?

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