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From The Los Angeles Times' "Letters" section, Sunday, 10/31/99:

Ousting Zacarias

     I obviously don't understand something here. The position of LAUSD
superintendent is not an elected position. Therefore, doesn't he serve
at the pleasure of the school board, which is elected? Yes, he is under
contract, but does that mean he cannot be fired or bought out? Doesn't
this happen in private business all the time? What is the big deal? The
duly elected school board is taking the steps it deems necessary to get
the district back on course.
     I'm sorry that the previous, lame-duck board, in a petulant act,
extended Supt. Ruben Zacarias' contract as a last slap in the face to
not only the newly elected board members but to the electorate in
general.
     ARNIE MOORE
     Sherman Oaks
     * How refreshing to have the majority of the LAUSD Board of
Education with a backbone! Maybe there is hope for our students yet.
     BONNIE CHRISTENSEN
     San Pedro
     * Re "Turning a School Crisis Into an Ethnic Injustice," Oct. 26:
     Agustin Gurza lamented the lack of respect the school board
afforded Zacarias in appointing Howard Miller to run the daily
operations of the district. I wonder what Gurza would call what the
children face daily at their schools: no or outdated schoolbooks,
unsanitary or woefully inadequate bath room facilities, overcrowded
schools, poor building maintenance, etc. Respectful? Or they should be
used to it by now?
     MARK STIPANOVICH
     Glendale



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