Alberto Carvalho emerges but LAUSD kids are still stuck

LAUSD superintendent Alberto Carvalho has finally been spotted after months in hiding, following raids in February on his homes and offices as part of a federal corruption probe.Yes, it’s been that long.Somehow, he hasn’t resigned yet.

And why should he? There’s no accountability in LAUSD — not for mismanagement, not for bad policy, not for poor results, and not even for sexual misconduct.The LAUSD is currently the subject of a federal investigation into lax disciplinary procedures regarding teachers accused of sexual misconduct, including inappropriate behavior toward students.No doubt everyone has the right to a presumption of innocence, but the fact that teachers accused of frightening things still manage to stay within the system is less an outcome of due process and more the result of union pressure.One would think the LAUSD would be extra careful about sexual misconduct cases.

After all, it has already borrowed $750 million to pay compensation to alleged victims of prior sexual offenders, going back decades.That is thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom‘s ill considered decision in 2019 to sign SB 218, which relaxed the statute of limitations and allowed reported victims of alleged sexual misconduct to sue almost indefinitely.

Unlike other states that have allowed past victims to win compensation for wrongs that were covered up at the time, California put no caps on damages.The trial lawyers who run the Democratic Party saw to that.There is no accountability in LAUSD at all.

The district is complacent — we’re great! everything is wonderful! we’re improving! — and its teachers unions are radicalized.Only the persistence of exceptional individuals within the giant bureaucracy allows a few successful children to emerge with a brighter future.There has yet to be a reckoning for the insane policy of shutting down the schools during the coronavirus pandemic.

In Europe, where governments took much more draconian actions than even here in California,...