Lydia Gutiérrez

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Gutierrez grew up in a family of 10 children. Her father was born in Missouri to a family of migrant farm workers, and her mother was born in San Pedro, California. Gutierrez has experience working in a number of different fields. She started her career as a teacher, but she also worked as an administrator in the aerospace industry for F/A 18 Radar and as a cost estimating supervisor in the parts division of Bradley Tank. She currently works as a teacher for the University of California at Los Angeles’s Math Project Center X, as a writing project fellow at California State at Long Beach and as a lecturer for the Los Angeles County Teachers Mathematics Association. She served on the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council as an elected board member for seven years and has experience serving on education, budget and cultural committees. Gutierrez earned her bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Pepperdine University and her master's degree in multicultural bilingual education from Dominguez Hills.[1]

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Gutiérrez highlighted the following issues on her campaign website:

Lydia's Plan 4 LAUSD

My name is Lydia Gutierrez, candidate for LAUSD School Board District 7 and I would like to bring effective change at the organizational level. At present, LAUSD is poorly run in three areas: finances, administration and most importantly lack of academic goals for our children. I have the experience in understanding the demands in the educational field with 25 plus years teaching experience, and having worked in the aerospace industry as an administrator and supervisor in cost estimating. When any person takes on a leadership position they should first learn how it is run financially, what services are being administered correctly and if the child’s academic needs are being met by how the money is being spent.

At present, there are 11 high schools in District 7. In the California ranking system for 2013, one being the lowest and 10 highest, 10 schools ranked below 3. One school ranked 10 and it was the only school where 50% of the population was labeled gifted. 91% failure rate is unacceptable.

In my judgment, a strategic plan is required in 3 specific areas to dramatically change how LAUSD does business and to bring back academic success for our children’s future:

Academic Achievement (including vocational trade skills)

Fiscal Responsibility

Administrative and Support Staff Accountability

First, Academic Achievement:

Give back control of our classrooms to the teachers who know what needs to be taught instead of mandating what, when and how they will teach. Before No Child Left Behind (NCLB), teachers like myself, knew what needed to be taught by the end of the day. In the process of learning, we would integrate music, art, and drama as a part of the teaching day. With NCLB, that was all thrown to the wayside. Mandated testing took over our teaching time and we became test prep facilitators. Academic achievement must take priority.

Second, Fiscal Responsibility:

There is currently no transparent financial accountability of money received and spent. We need a publicly accessible online financial audit trail of money received and spent, which goes into details like, audits, payroll, purchasing, revenue, and budgets. You the taxpayer should know how every tax dollar is being spent and why.

Lastly, Administrative Accountability:

Too often, consultants are hired who do not have background knowledge of the inner workings of the district and are paid extremely high wages when an in-house employee could have performed the task. It is time to stop cronyism and favoritism when hiring. Every employee in the district should be reviewed to make sure they are in the position that best suits their skills and they are being given an opportunity for upward advancement. Administration and Support Staff are the backbone of support that every teacher needs in the classroom.

During these challenging times, we need experienced and trusted leadership more than ever.

Respectfully, I ask for you to vote for Lydia Gutierrez on March 3rd.[8]

—Lydia A. Gutierrez's campaign website (2015)[9]