Luis Sanchez, a top aide to L.A. school board president, will run for open seat on panel
Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Luis Sanchez, a city commissioner and top aide to school board President Monica Garcia, announced plans Thursday to run for the Los Angeles Board of Education. Sanchez, 35, is vying for the District 5 seat, hoping to succeed Yolie Flores, who previously announced she would not seek a second four-year term. Flores’ replacement could well affect the path of future reforms in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She had emerged quickly as a prominent member of the board, pushing sometimes controversial policies, including an initiative to allow the takeover of some low-performing schools and all new schools by groups inside or outside the school system. (more…)