Mike Stryer, a Fairfax High School teacher and candidate for Marlene Canter's District 4 LAUSD board seat, says he'd like to close the eight local district offices, in a profile in the Palisadian-Post.
"It's just another layer of bureaucracy between the school site and the central office," he said. By closing the offices, the district could save $40 million to $60 million, which could be used to reduce class sizes, add electives and improve teacher training, Stryer said.
Of course, Stryer may at least in part get his wish before even facing voters, if Senior Deputy Superintendent Raymond Cortines' pledge to cut the local district budgets in half becomes a reality.
The profile of Stryer also notes that the candidate's two children attend private schools: Viewpoint School in Calabasas and Milken School in Bel-Air.
Stryer is the UTLA chair and head of the social studies deparment at Fairfax. He's got an unusual background for an urban school teacher. According to the story:
He received his bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford and his master's degree in international relations from Yale. He worked for JPMorgan Chase in international finance in New York and for the international divisions of a gift company and a sporting goods company in Los Angeles before changing careers.
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