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Voters will soon decide who should represent them on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, with three seats on the body up for grabs in Tuesday\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n
LAUSD is the second-largest school district in the nation, with more than 520,000 students across a 710 square-mile area covering the majority of Los Angeles and portions of 25 other cities or unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n
School boards in California are charged with overseeing the operations, finances, educational priorities and policy and more.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Unified School District has faced plenty of challenges in recent years, ranging from financial issues \u2014 including a projected structural budget deficit of about $877 million for the 2026-27 school year, narrowly avoided a teacher\u2019s strike in April<\/a> and the recent temporary replacement of Superintendent Alberto Carvalho<\/a>, who has been on paid leave since February after his home was searched by federal agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n LAUSD\u2019s seven-member school board will be tasked with dealing with those challenges, and voters in Districts 2, 4, and 6 are weighing who should represent them.<\/p>\n The district is home to 76 elementary schools, 11 middle schools and 24 high schools that served 55,014 students during the 2025-26 school year, according to LAUSD data. The district covers a large portion of the downtown and East L.A. areas.<\/p>\n There are just two candidates running: incumbent and board vice president Roc\u00edo Rivas and Raquel Zamora, a teacher and counselor with 20 years of experience with LAUSD.<\/p>\n In terms of LAUSD\u2019s budgetary challenges and declining enrollment numbers, Rivas said she plans to ensure the board continues investments in students outcomes and experiences while making strategic budgetary adjustments.<\/p>\nDistrict 2<\/h4>\n