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Carl Petersen is a parent, an advocate for students with special education needs, an elected member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, a member of the LAUSD's CAC, and was a Green Party candidate in LAUSD's District 2 School Board race. During the campaign, the Network for Public Education (NPE) Action endorsed him, and Dr. Diane Ravitch called him a "strong supporter of public schools." For links to his blogs, please visit www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com. Opinions are his own.

Carl Petersen is a father of five, including two daughters who are on the autism spectrum. His involvement in education issues began when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) refused to provide services that his daughters' teachers agreed they needed. It was then that his family was forced to sue the District.

At the end of two days of mediation at the District's headquarters, he turned to his wife, Nicole, and said: "somebody has to change this." His wife replied, "What about you?" He accepted the challenge and has run twice for a position on the LAUSD School Board. His platforms included advocacy for special education issues and strong support for public education. In his last election he was endorsed by Americans for Democratic Action Southern California, SFV/NELA Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and Network for Public Education (NPE) Action, a group co-founded by Dr. Diane Ravitch.

When Carl is not working or engaging in activism, he enjoys hanging out at theme parks with his family. He took his oldest daughter to Woodstock '94 when she was two and used to play in several local bands. If he is at his home in Northridge, California, there is a dog at his feet and he is probably writing one of his blogs which have been published in OpEdNews, Medium, Patch, and K-12 News Network.


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Anti-LGBTQ+ protester in front of a Glendale Unified School District School Board meeting (Courtesy of Kelly Stuart), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 17, 2024
Hate on a Saturday Morning A group of "loving" and "kind" activists clutch their pearls over the label of "bigots" while they angrily denounce the LGBTQ community at a meeting of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council Education Committee.
Karla Griego, From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 15, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Karla Griego on Special Education Would LAUSD Candidate Karla Griego confront the status quo and fight for the vulnerable students who depend on the District to provide the Special Education services that they need?
Sherlett Hendy Newbill (from the candidate's website), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 13, 2024
LAUSD BD1 School Board Endorsement: Sherlett Hendy Newbill Sherlett Hendy Newbill has the knowledge and experience needed to be the passionate leader that the students of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) BD1 deserve for their member of the School Board.
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SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 10, 2024
Public Education Supporters Can Breath A Little Easier In Los Angeles Preliminary results show candidates supported by public education supporters will have the opportunity to maintain a majority by defending the three seats they currently hold on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board.
Rally in front of PRCS (provided by Andreas Farmakalidis), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 10, 2024
A School Fights To Keep Its Community In Tact As developers continue to build homes in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley without adding classrooms, Porter Ranch Community School struggles to meet the demand.
Karla Griego (from her website), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 9, 2024
LAUSD BD5 School Board Endorsement: Karla Griego Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) BD5 School Board candidate Karla Griego is a Special Education teacher and parent who has the experience and fight needed to take over for Jackie Goldberg in Southeast Los Angeles.
LOKA protesters in Glendale (Kelly Stuart), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 7, 2024
Hate And Violence On The Ballot In the past year school boards have been under attack, sometimes violently, by anti-LGBTQ+ extremists. Now they want seats on those boards.
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SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Special Education, Charter School Delinquent Debt, and the Computer Hack Videos of the six candidates for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) BD3 race facing questioning from the Northridge East Neighborhood Council Education Committee.
Kevin de León, John Lee, and Wendy Carrillo (From their respective websites), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Will Voters Reject Corruption, Bigotry, and Scandal? Corporate funding of campaigns has created an entitled political class that continues to seek seats on the Los Angeles City Council even after getting caught red-handed.
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SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 5, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Forum: The Budget One of the most important jobs of a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member is overseeing the $18.8 billion budget. What are the priorities of these candidates?
Gallardo and Ortiz from their websites, From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 4, 2024
Does SEIU 99 Think That Voters Are Stupid? With Graciela Ortiz's campaign for school board collapsing under an avalanche of ethical complaints, her desperate supporters go negative in an ironic way.
Karla Griego (from the candidate's website), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 3, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Karla Griego on The Budget How would Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Candidate Karla Griego ensure transparency and accountability as the school district spends $18.8 billion per year educating students?
Farmakalidis from his campaign website, From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 29, 2024
I'll Be Voting For Andreas Farmakalidis in LAUSD BD3 In an imperfect field of six candidates, I am impressed by Andreas Farmakalidis' willingness to evolve as he learns more about the issues facing the LAUSD.
Karla Griego (Photo provided by the candidate), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 29, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Karla Griego on Student Safety Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Candidate Karla Griego responds to questions about the safety of students including one about uniformed police officers operating on LAUSD campuses.
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SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 27, 2024
School Board Candidate Loses An Endorsement Citing the lawsuit filed against Graciela Ortiz by a former student, CSEA LOCAL 500 retracted its endorsement of her in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) BD5 race.
Jackie Goldberg speaks at a Board meeting in September 2022 (from LAUSD video), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 26, 2024
Will School Board Protect Public School Students? The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board does not fix flaws in a policy to protect public school students when charter schools take space on their campuses but approves it anyway.
Janie Dam (provided by the candidate), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 21, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Janie Dam on The Budget How would Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Candidate Janie Dam ensure transparency and accountability as the school district spends $18.8 billion per year educating students?
Kahllid Al-Alim on his Twitter feed, From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, February 17, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Kahllid Al-Alim on Governance If elected to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board how would Kahllid Al-Alim approach policymaking and implementation?
Andreas Farmakalidis, From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 14, 2024
LAUSD Candidate Andreas Farmakalidis on The Budget How would Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Candidate Andreas Farmakalidis ensure transparency and accountability as the school district spends $18.8 billion per year educating students?
Scott Schmerelson speaks at a Board meeting in September 2022 (from LAUSD video), From Uploaded
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Has The LAUSD School Board Lost Control? The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Charter School Division's choice to provide Special Education services in closets and stairwells is not the only time it has acted without authorization from the Board.

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