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LAUSD takeover battles escalate

Whoa:

As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stumped across Los Angeles on Thursday to drum up support for his proposed takeover of the public schools, Supt. Roy Romer unleashed a stinging rebuke of the mayor and a forceful defense of the embattled school district.

Romer lashed out at Villaraigosa, challenging the frequent attacks the mayor has leveled against the Los Angeles Unified School District during his yearlong push for control. Romer repeatedly called the assault "propaganda" and likened it to the U.S. government’s campaign to justify its internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. (emphasis added)

As you might imagine, L.A.’s rather significant Japanese American community was less than thrilled with those comments.  In light of this and other concerns–especially as parents may start asking some uncomfortable questions–School Me!’s Predict-O-Meter^TM is now trending bearish.