Mayor wins over schools

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appeared to be winning his bid to manage
seven low-performing Los Angeles Unified schools, the mayor's office
said late Tuesday. Naush Boghossian in the Daily News.

While the school district had not yet released official ballot
results, officials with the mayor's office who were observing the vote
count said it appeared the majority of parents and teachers were
backing the plan. Villaraigosa said at a news conference he was "very
optimistic about all seven schools."

"While not all the votes have been counted, we do know this - over
20,000 parents and community members either voted today or signed a
petition to see the Los Angeles school district on a course toward
lower drop-out rates, higher student achievement, and safer
communities," he said as votes were still being tallied.