Beutner announced his decision in a letter Wednesday to the Board of Education.pic.twitter.com/emiZqIp5OX
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Breaking: LAUSD Supt. Austin Beutner to step down when his contract expires in Junehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-21/lausd-superintendent-austin-beutner-step-down …
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Beutner did not say why he was choosing to step down, focusing instead on listing accomplishments during his three-year tenure. Chief among them has been managing the school district through a pandemic while launching several bold initiatives.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-16/l-a-schools-announce-massive-covid-19-testing-tracing-initiative-for-all-students-staff …
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These have included a meal program that invited all in the community who needed food to come to school sites for assistance, almost certainly distributing far more meals than any other education-related entity in the country.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-19/lausd-feeds-hungry-amid-coronavirus …
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He also developed a nation-leading school district coronavirus testing program.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-30/lausd-new-coronavirus-testing-program …
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Beutner also dealt with a once-in-a-generation teachers strike — during which he was sometimes vilified as an unfeeling, corporate-style reformer, a characterization that deeply offended him.https://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-lausd-teachers-strike-politics-20190117-story.html …
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Wow, a multimillionaire banker doesn't want the responsibility of running a school district when times are tough? Shocking!
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What office is Austin going to run for now? Is there anything left ha hasn't run for?
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Are you saying you don't want him to run for elected office?
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