Chait, who began his K12 career as a kindergarten teacher at LAUSD, was the district's chief of school operations when he succeeded the suspended Alberto Carvalho, who resigned this week.
Our district's most recent bond campaign was, on paper, the hardest one to pass. There was no new school to unveil or gleaming gymnasium to tour on opening night.
Declining enrollment has hit many of the nation’s largest urban school districts, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, a New York Times analysis found. But smaller and suburban districts are shrinking at a similar rate.
Some of California’s smallest rural schools cost far more per student than larger districts, but closing them could disrupt communities that rely on them for jobs and essential services.
