Brewer's anniversary a "mixed bag"
Los Angeles School Board Tamar Galatzan's description perhaps typifies the high expectations for Superintendent David Brewer during his first year on the job as LAUSD's superintendent. Naush Boghossian's story takes a look at Brewer's performance, as well as his "rocky initiation into city and union politics as well as the massive bureaucracy at the nation's second-largest school district."
One nugget: the former Navy Admiral compares reforming LAUSD to steering a battleship. "When you put the rudder over, you don't necessarily get any movement initially."
Pick up the Daily Breeze on Sunday and you'll get Brewer's first-year report card of what he's promised and what he's delivered. Click on the video link below the story's headline online to hear the audio from Boghossian's interview with Brewer.
Brewer's true test will come starting Tuesday, when he presents his reform plan for the district to the board at a 2 p.m. meeting that can be viewed on the district's Web site.