"We're going to be down at the board next week en masse."
That's what columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson said he's hearing from the African American constituency over the potential ouster/buy-out of Los Angeles Unified Superintendent David Brewer, who is black.
He spoke on an informative segment of KCRW's "Which Way, L.A.?" tonight, saying there is no doubt the school district will see some kind of backlash from black residents if Brewer is forced out.
Also on the program was Connie Rice, head of the district's Bond Oversight Committee. She criticized the Board of Education for micromanaging and compared the state of the district to that of King/Drew Medical Center before its collapse.
The district "is mainly a bureaucracy and a jobs engine, just like King/Drew became," Rice said.
A.J. Duffy, president of United Teacher Los Angeles, said Brewer seemed to have his heart in the right place but wasn't up to guiding such a trouble ship. (He echoed Rice's thoughts on this.)
The district "needs somebody like Ray Cortines -- or Ray Cortines," he said of the senior deputy superintendent who came on board in April.
Anyway, the whole program is definitely worth a listen. It's about 20 minutes. Go to the main page to listen.
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