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In the mid-1990s, he served as an advisor under the Clinton administration, leading a team in Russia that focused on helping that nation switch over to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The board, which pledged Wednesday to conduct a “robust and equitable search” for a new schools chief, has called a special meeting for Friday to discuss the superintendent’s position in closed session.Īs for what’s next for the outgoing superintendent, Beutner said that beyond some much-needed rest initially, don’t expect him to sit idly by.īeutner, who had studied economics at Dartmouth University, became the youngest-ever partner at the investment firm The Blackstone Group, at age 29, before founding Evercore Partners, a leading independent global investment bank. With the next school year just several months away, it’s unclear if school board members will name an interim superintendent to buy them time as they look for a permanent hire.
“My wish for my successor is to continue down this path to accelerate the pace of progress, and my request to the community is to stay with us and make sure that … every school in Los Angeles Unified has the help it needs,” he said. Early results have been encouraging, and Beutner said he’d like the district to continue building on that, as well as the path to recovery. The district has piloted a program called Primary Promise to build reading, math and critical thinking skills among elementary school students. His advice for whomever succeeds him is to “keep doing what we’re doing, and do it faster.” “The way to keep making progress in this critical juncture is (tapping) someone who’s been part of the team,” he said. Whoever takes over will oversee the eventual transition from a hybrid model of learning to, presumably, full-time learning in person again, while helping many of the more than half-million students enrolled in LAUSD to recover from learning losses and the trauma they’ve endured throughout the pandemic.īeutner said this week the pool of talent already existing within LAUSD is the deepest the district has seen in a long time and that he believes the board could name a current employee as the next superintendent, though he said he had no particular individual in mind. Since 2010, the district has had six superintendents, two of whom were interims. Like many large, urban districts, LAUSD has struggled with leadership stability over the years.
I’ll be around to help advise whoever my successor is.” “I want to make sure there’s a seamless transition.
“I’ve told the board I’m not going anywhere,” he said. On Thursday, April 22, one day after informing the school board that he won’t return when his contract is up at the end of June, Beutner reiterated to reporters during a visit to a South Gate campus that with the foundation laid for schools to reopen, he believes now is the time to hand over the baton. “It can’t be all that my life is about,” he said of his job, adding that he has to balance work with being “a son, a husband, a father.”
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