Steve Lopez, columnist for the Los Angeles Times, asks all the right questions about John Deasy and the blow-up of his plan to spend $1 billion for iPads loaded with Pearson curriculum.
Can he survive the release of the emails that give the appearance of impropriety?
Can he survive when the new board may have a majority of members not in his corner?
Can he survive in light of the fact that Stuart Magruder, one of the few public critics of Deasy’s decision to use school construction bonds to pay for the iPads, was reinstated to the Bond Oversight Committee?
Can he survive when the LAUSD technology committee criticized the deal with Apple and Pearson before the emails were made public?
How much worse can Deasy’s situation get? Will he tough it out or has he lost the public’s confidence?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I’m incredulous that ANY school system would pay $1 billion for curriculum and technology that may be soon outdated. Stunning.
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And Deasy made this deal using Construction Bond money meant to repair the decrepit schools in our inner city. The public did not understand nor seem to care that they would be paying interest on these bonds for 25 – 30 years…long after the iPads would be obsolete.
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I’m answering your questions as an internal viewer;
Number 1 Yes he can because the BOE will allow it.
Number 2 It’s still his to direct.
Number 3 Definitely yes because they don’t listen to this committee anyway
Number 4 Ditto no. 3
Number 5 As long as he had the BOE, he has the staying power.
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Paula…many of us are calling for an external independent audit, and for a Grand Jury investigation of this whole Deasy-instigated and implemented mess. Broad, as his mentor, is also culpable. Please join us by demanding a full investigation be made, sending letters to th LATimes, the BoE, and to Governor Jerry Brown.
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As if he ever had the public’s confidence. He is a master manipulator who has been on a maniacal ego trip at our district’s expense. Shame on him and his corporate cronies who have caused the destruction of morale and near collapse of LA public education. It’s not nearly enough for him to be humiliated. He needs to be stripped of his unearned credentials and shown the way out of town.
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….and what was Deasy’s kickback? Yes, he’ll get away with it if history is any indication.
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Sorry to be so cynical but after all I have seen he will probably not only endure but be promoted. [Sincerely hope not of course.]
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