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As parents, when we send our children to school each morning, we trust that the adults in charge are making decisions that put students first.

Newly revealed documents suggest that trust may have been misplaced.

According to The California Post, LAUSD’s own financial experts warned district leaders that bowing to union demands and approving substantial employee pay raises would put the district on an unsustainable financial path.

The board ignored those warnings, and the raises were approved anyway. Now the district faces the very fiscal challenges its own experts predicted.

This isn’t just a budget story. It’s a leadership story.

Every dollar a school district spends should advance one mission: giving children the best education possible. When leadership ignores its own experts, students are ultimately the ones who pay the price through program cuts, larger class sizes, financial instability and fewer opportunities.

Meanwhile, the academic results speak for themselves. Fewer than half of LAUSD students meet California’s English Language Arts proficiency standards, and too many children continue to leave our schools without the........

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