Democratic Club
by Mary Larson
LW contributor
LW Democrats and supporters are invited to the LW Democratic Club’s meeting on March 22 in Clubhouse 3, Room 9, at 1 p.m. The meeting will include a presentation by Los Alamitos Unified School District Board Trustee Scott Fayette, who represents the board’s Area 4, which covers a portion of Leisure World. Fayette will be up for re-election in 2024.
Members who are unable to attend the meeting in person can participate online or by phone. For the Zoom login information, contact democraticclubsblw@gmail.com or call 562-296-8521.
Fayette will speak on a number of topics during the meeting, including:
• The importance to support public education even if a person doesn’t have children in local schools.
• How the growing “Parents’ Rights” movement affects the school district, as well as other districts throughout the county and the nation.
• What the board is doing about the attempt of charter schools to operate in the district.
• How the board relates to the Orange County Board of Education.
• What Fayette’s plans for running for re-election are in 2024.
• If there is any anticipation the board will be called on to finance another costly recall election.
Fayette was the target of two unsuccessful recall attempts in 2021 and 2022. The grounds listed on the recall supporters’ website in the 2022 attempt included the district’s mask requirement policy and sex education curriculum.
The effort to recall school board members has not been limited to this area. It is currently allowed in 23 states. Between 2009-2022, Ballotpedia tracked recall efforts against an average of 66 school board members each year.
Fayette currently lives in Seal Beach. He moved to California from upstate New York in 2002. He has a clear multiple subject teaching credential and has taught in various school districts as a substitute and/or an intervention teacher. He has also been a room parent as well as a PTA president, executive vice president, auditor and parliamentarian.
Club members who are able to attend the March meeting in person are invited to bring documents for the newly re-instated advocacy information table. All documents on this advocacy table represent the views of individual club members. They do not necessarily represent those of the LW club itself or the Democratic Party . ••• Readers are reminded that the LW Democratic Club is chartered by the Democratic Party of Orange County (DPOC). DPOC and the California party have rules and regulations related to making official candidate endorsements. Club members speaking as individuals are free to endorse candidates such as Scott Fayette at any time.
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