New school board united

Escalating their show of solidarity and majority power, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's four allies on the LAUSD board united with Superintendent David Brewer III on Thursday and vowed to bring urgency to district reform in a report by staff writer Naush Boghossin in the Daily News..

Newly elected board members Tamar Galatzan and Richard Vladovic and current members Yolie Flores Aguilar and Monica Garcia joined with Brewer at a membership meeting of the Central City Association and pledged to cut bureaucracy and partner with the business community to improve the schools and dismal graduation rates.
Aguilar also foreshadowed a potential leadership change for the seven-member board.
"Now we have a reform board with the great leadership of Monica Garcia, who has been pushing for many of these reforms - oftentimes a very lonely voice," Aguilar said.
The appearance came a day after the group celebrated its Tuesday election victory with a high-profile gathering at Ninth Street Elementary School in downtown Los Angeles.