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How We Sold Our House By Owner
Well, I guess we haven't actually sold our house by owner yet. That'll happen at closing in mid December (fingers crossed). But here's how we got an offer. We're hardly real estate experts, so this post is just a roundup of things that happened to work for us. Here's hoping they help anyone else attempting to DIY their house sale too. The cool thing is that the people buying our house aren't blog readers (they'd never heard about us or YHL- but we disclosed the blog to them to ensure that they were cool with images of the house with our furniture remaining on the site). Anyway, we thought it would encourage other FSBO peeps to know that you don't need a blog to sell your house. But it was interesting for us to learn that our blog had nothing to do with attracting the people who are buying our house. Anyway, enough jibber jabber, on with the show:
Tip #1: Pick the right asking price. This is paramount. And we didn't do this at first. We priced the house too high and we only had two showings in the first two weeks. Then we finally got real with ourselves, dropped things by about 25K, and priced our house to sell in this less-than-ideal market based on what similar homes in our area were going for. Wouldn't you know we had fourteen showings within two weeks of the price drop – and an offer within two days of it. Really can't stress this step enough.
Tip #2: Clean and declutter your house within an inch of its life. Now is not the time to leave a pile of socks in the laundry room or a stack of bills in the kitchen. And dust bunnies have no place in your house when it's on the market. Oh and make sure the house doesn't smell funny while you're at it. Because that's just gross. Sure you'd hope prospective buyers can look beyond any lapses in cleanliness, but those dirty spots can signal to the buyer that the house isn't cared for in other areas either. Here are a few posts about what else we did to get things ready for sale-age (here, here, here, and here).
Tip #3: Market the heck out of it. The amazing thing about using a realtor (which we definitely would have done if we couldn't get 'er done on our own after a few months of trying) is the fact that they can draw a ton of potential buyers to your house thanks to clients, connections, and widespread publicity on sites like MLS. To offset this advantage you'll have to do a heckova lot of legwork yourself. The FSBO route isn't easy by any means. We paid to put ads in the paper, re-listed our house on craigslist every few days, bought a for-sale sign and made countless fliers for the front yard, and eventually spent $295 to put it on MLS ourselves (using this service – although in the time since we used it we have heard this complaint, so perhaps it's not as nice as it used to be). All told we spent about $500 marketing our house- but it certainly beats the $12k that we would have spent on a typical 6% realtor fee.
Tip #4: Learn how to show the home in a way that appeals to buyers. We learned that keeping Clara, Burger, and myself out of the house (we went on nice long walks) while potential buyers were led on a quick tour by John was the most professional and crowd-pleasing way to conduct showings. After John's speedy walk-through he would step outside and let people poke around on their own just to see how they liked the feel of the house without anyone hovering. And if it was raining sometimes Burgs, the bean, and I would hang out in the car since walks were out of the question.
Tip #5: Make a strong argument for why your house is worth buying. Your flier (and the things you mention when you show the home) really can make all the difference. We learned that pointing out that many items would convey with the sale really helped people see added value (we tossed in all of our appliances, window treatments, light fixtures, dining room shelving, and even the master bedroom built-ins & our bed frame). We also pointed out things like the size of our large .75 acre lot and our two-car garage, which are both rarities that most other homes on the market in our price point don't offer. And of course mentioning perks like the newly remodeled kitchen and baths, the new roof, the refinished hardwood floors, the new windows, and the other upgrades that we put into our home seemed to really set us apart from some of the other old but un-updated brick ranches on the market.
Tip #6: Figure out what to do if you get an offer. The whole purpose of selling your house is to get an offer, but if you don't know what to do when you get there, you're kind of sinking your own battleship. You'll definitely want to bone up on your negotiation skills learn how to trust smart people. Sure we were selling our home by owner, but we didn't do it on our own. Not even close. We even asked the buyers agent that we used to purchase our new house a few questions along the way- and we definitely relied heavily on help from our closing attorney and our lending agent (both people that we've used before, so we really appreciated their opinions). When it came to ratifying the contract and getting through all the finer points like inspection negotiations and closing date determinations they really were our sounding board. Hiring a closing attorney is only a few hundred bucks (again, a lot cheaper than hiring a realtor to do all the marketing, negotiating, and ratifying) and you actually have to pay for a closing attorney whether you FSBO or do things through a realtor, so it was a no-brainer to rely on ours for all the help we could get.
Oh and thanks to the fact that most buyers will present you with an offer on paper, you just have to tweak that and "respond" to it (instead of drafting anything up from scratch). But you'll definitely want to have the legally necessary papers on hand (like a lead paint disclosure form and a residential property disclosure form- both things that we googled and found online). Your closing attorney should be able to help you with those if you can't track them down. I guess the key here is that a good closing attorney can really be an amazing resource- especially so you're sure that everything you're doing is 100% legit. Gotta protect yourself!
Tip #7: Rest assured that realtors won't boycott a FSBO house. At least that wasn't our experience. AT ALL. Nearly all of the showings that we attracted were to people with a buyers agent at their side (the agents were actually the ones calling us to schedule each showing). In fact, the people buying our house came through a realtor (so of course we owe a small percentage to that realtor since she's acting as their agent) but we definitely appreciated not having to shell out close to 7K to a sellers agent as well (since we took on the marketing and the showings ourselves and did all the paperwork directly with a closing attorney as opposed to using a sellers agent for those items).
So that's what we did to get 'er done. Again- we definitely would have used a realtor if we didn't have much luck in the first few months, but we're just such DIYers that it felt fitting to give the whole for-sale-by-owner thing a shot and share our experiences with you guys. Is there anyone else out there who sold their house by owner? Feel free to chime in with more tips and tricks. We're certain there are at least a few things we forgot to mention and probably a ton of things that we didn't even think of. It's amazing what a learning curve the whole experience can be. Now we'll just be holding our breath for a quick and painless closing in around a month's time. Wahooo. Is it December yet?
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Thanks for the advice, one day I hope I get to use it
We sold our house FSBO as well. One thing I found helpful was to have sample offer sheets for the buyer. Many people coming through our house were nervous about buying with no realtor, so we had some info on the legal aspects to give to them.
Do you think your blog played into the selling of your home this fast at the end of the year (It's usually the slowest time for buying and selling.) and with it being a buyers market out there?
Hey there! This is not related to FSBO-ing (though maybe it's good thing to not do if you're trying to sell a house?) but I saw this link about a guy that decorated his basement with $10 worth of sharpie markers and wondered if ya'll had seen it yet? Pretty wild, brave, wired, lovely etc etc.
Congrats on the new home!!
Best of luck for a smooth closing!
Thanks for such an informative post–we may be selling our house in a few years and this is so helpful-esp. http://www.mlsmyhome.com! Quick question: you mentioned you had to lower the asking price to something more "realistic" but how did you pick the starting point for your sales price? Did you have an appraisal, did you just do your own research on what was in your neighborhood?
Can't wait to see more of your new house!
Even in different areas of Virginia, closings are only done with title agents. I own several rentals in Northern VA and Maryland and have only used a title agent in Virginia. In Maryland, we used an attorney.
Who drew up the contract? When I bought my house I remember sooooooooo much paperwork. How did you get all the right legal documents??
Wow, go you guys! that's amazing that you were able to accomplish such a huge feat! It sounds so intimidating but you guys–as always–make it look like a cinch! : D
Good for you for doing it all yourselves!
It is too bad — for you and all others selling during these times — the housing market is so depressed, because I think in better times your DIY and decorating skills would have enabled you to readily sell at a price above the competition.
Thanks for noting the last point. We did FSBO w/ cheap MLS listing several years ago and no realtors boycotted us, they all just whispered cattily behind our backs about how way overpriced our house was. Too bad for them, the house sold in a couple of weeks, multiple contracts, and full price. Best yet an RE agent/mortgage banker from Richmond bought it, and she was very nice about doing a lot of the paperwork and closing arrangements.
Hi Youngsters! I love y'all, and as a realtor I have to ask-you dropped your list price $25,000, and didn't want to spend 12k on a realtor? He/she could have helped save some of the equity in your home and still made you some additional money before that drastic of a price reduction! I was glad to read that you used a buyer's agent-I hope you will blog about that experience as well! :-)
Best wishes for a great closing & move! Can't wait to see the new home!
"And you actually have to pay for a closing attorney whether you FSBO or do things through a realtor…"
Not true in California. Each state will have different laws that govern a real-estate transaction (e.g. required disclosures, what constitutes a "fixture", the need for legal counsel, etc.) What is true in VA may not be true in WA, for example.
The public policy reasoning behind not requiring an attorney for a house transaction in Cali is that our housing prices are already too high and requiring legal fees on top of that would put our costs even higher.
Good luck with, as we say, "escrow"! ;)
We used a "discount" realtor in Dallas to sell our first house. We paid a flat fee of $995 for them to handle everything, but they had an even cheaper $495 option (our company was NXT Home Realtors but there are lots of other options too). It went very well and our house sold very quickly. Then we used a "cash rebate realtor" to buy our next house (we used ZipRealty, but again there are lots of other options). Basically they refund you a portion of the commission at closing. We received a refund of $2200 at closing. Yay! Love saving money!
My inlaws are from VA and have lived in GA, SC and NJ since I have known them. ALL their home purchases (and there have been several) have involved an attorney. They were SHOCKED when in AZ we bought our first home and all we had was a title company handling the close of escrow. Yup – things certainly are different!! We are shopping now and will rent our current home out (being a bit upside down – it is Phoenix afterall) but maybe FSBO will be the right thing for us in a couple of years! Luckily we can carry both mortgages should it come to that.
Wow! Congrats guys!! Now I can't wait to see what your new house is like and all of the reno adventures you'll take us on. So cool!
Congrats on selling so quickly! After having gone through the home selling experience ourselves (albeit with the help of a realtor), I can attest that proper pricing and presentation definitely pay off! Due to timing issues I ended up meeting the couple who bought our place before the showing (I was running out the door later than I'd like with my 1 year old in tow while they arrived early to scope out the neighborhood), and was surprised by how similar our buyers were to us – they are "us 7 years ago, but without the desire for a major fixer-upper". I'm assuming that either you or John met your buyers – are there any similarities in personalities (well, as much as you can tell from a brief meeting)?
It was so interesting to read this post. We recently sold our house ourselves, too, and did everything you guys did (like pricing too high in the first few weeks). It took ten weeks, which felt like ages, but I know that is nothing compared to so many people's houses that have been on the market for forever! One other thing we did was leave an album out (and point it out to the people) of the before and after shots of everything we did to our house. I felt like it kind of justified our asking price to show them how much money we had put into it. And you are so right about the fact that realtors WILL come to FSBO houses. All of our showings were with realtors.
We sold our first home by owner and used the same attorney we use for our wills and power of attorney stuff. He was awesome! I would like to reiterate the point about pricing your home correctly for the market….Many FSBO's price too high by factoring in the amount they think they'll be willing to 'come down'. This usually places the home in a higher price range and the sellers miss out on a lot of traffic and possible offers. Pricing very close to what you're willing to take for the home puts your home at the correct price point and lets potential buyers know you're realistic and honest…another good selling point. If you price your house correctly, the offers coming in shouldn't be that much lower {if any} than your asking price.
Another good thing to do before selling by owner {if it's possible} is to pack up a lot of stuff {just as if you were moving} and store it in a small storage unit. We packed up absolutely anything that we didn't use on a regular basis. This helps to declutter AND makes your move that much easier. When your home sells, all you have to do is pack up what's left in the house! We also found that by living without those items that were in storage for a few weeks, we realized we didn't really need them and were able to purge most of it instead of dragging it to our next home.
So happy you decided to try FSBO!
J & S – I feel like I know you personally after reading your blog for the past couple of years. We sold a condo by owner a few years back and echo all the advice you have given. Here's a little bit of our experience:
The week after our condo was up FSBO, the condo across the street (exact model as ours, in fact) put up a for sale sign. We about cried thinking we would never sell because theirs was up with a Realtor…all that exposure…but after printing out professional fliers, much like yours, and adding some sparkly parade float skirting along with a 5 foot helium balloon 90 feet in the air, presto, we had lookers and the eventual buyer in the door. We sold three months sooner that the neighbors across the street (at the same price no less) and it only took us three weeks on the market!
Anyone can do it, it just takes a little moxie and a whole lotta cleaning up after yourself!
Congrats, can't wait to see the next chapter…
thanks for sharing all these tips. so just to make sure i do this right, since we are planning on selling our house FSBO very soon. I should just make sure to have a closing attorney on hand for when we get a potential offer, right? otherwise, i wouldn't know what the next step would be without guidance. thanks!!!
You said that many of your showings were to people with buyers agents. When we were house shopping with our realtor he didn't want to take us to see any FSBO properties. Did you have to advertise that you were willing to pay a buyer's agent? Thanks for the great info!! This should come in handy one day. : )
Obviously you didn't need to do anything different because you sold the house (and fast!) But did you ever consider building a website about the house and its features? It might be helpful for others who are diving into this adventure. That was the ticket for me when selling FSBO. (And the reason an out-of-town couple fell in love with the house before even visiting!)
This is my list of FSBO resources, including info on how I built the site that sold my house: http://wp.me/phpOm-7Q
Great post, though I hope to never need your advice. I, like you, believe that I'm living in my forever home. Clearly things can change, but for now that's what I believe:-)
We bought our house through FSBO. Honestly, I'm surprised at how many people have had such success with it. We almost didn't view it because of that. I'm not sure why FSBO seemed sketchy, maybe because of family influence, but it certainly worked out well for us. As it has for many of your readers.
Great job selling so quickly. That means we get to see you start the DIY process on your new home sooner! Can't wait.
Sorry guys, I totally skipped that first paragraph and went straight for the details.
Thanks for breaking the FSBO process down. What I found most helpful was the site that allows you to pay to put your listing in MLS. I feel like if I do choose to go the DIY selling route someday it's feasible. What previously made me wary was that so many people say that FSBOs don't sell — and I've seen several in my neighborhood sit and sit and sit on the market. It's great to see that it can be done.
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THE BOATHOUSE is a stylish detached one-bedroomed two-storey dwelling sitting in the grounds of Quayside on the banks of the magnificent River Deben at Waldringfield. This is one of two holiday cottages that sits in the grounds of Quayside - the other is QUAYSIDE COTTAGE (also see Quayside Cottage at Quayside on the River Deben).
We have our own quay, making it ideal for boating (rowing boat available) and fishing (in particular sea bass during the summer).
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There are three properties in the grounds of Quayside: two stylish detached holiday cottages and the main residence occupied by us, Ged and Donna Morgan and our son Stuart. Each property has its own parking area and bicycle storage within the grounds, with easy access via electric gate, and riverfront seating.
Both cottages are lovingly cared for and finished to a high standard (past winner of 'Best Self-Catering Holiday of the Year' voted by East of England Tourism).
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The market town of Woodbridge sits on the banks of the River Deben, once the only transport route by sailing barge to trade goods. Today's barges cruise the river for pleasure and are a sight to behold.
The River Deben is one of the finest estuaries to shape this Suffolk coastline. Approximately 9 miles of navigable water and in parts up to half a mile wide. Quayside sits on the banks of the river, in the village of Waldringfield which is about mid way, on the west bank.
This is a tranquil and picturesque coastal village, with a keen sailing community and boatyard where river cruises operate May to September, Arts and Crafts Studio with resident artist providing art lessons on request and beachfront pub dining (breakfast, lunch, dinner). We have an unusually high number of quality golf courses a short drive from your cottage, plus our own excellent 18-hole course here in the village. Newbourne Farm Shop and The Fox Inn are just a couple of miles away in the next village and a short drive to the market town of Woodbridge where you will be spoilt for choice with more excellent pub food.
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14 Nov 2014
"Wonderful self catering accommodation."
Just returned from a short break at The Boathouse. This has got to be the best self catering accommodation we have stayed in.After a very warm welcome from Donna we settled into the Boathouse which is very well equipt with everything you could want and a welcome pack of milk,wines,chocolates, cake and lots of useful information on the surrounding area.
Very peaceful location by the river and we felt really at home for a few days.
Would highly recommend to anyone and we chose The Boathouse after reading the great reviews. If you book you will not be disappointed.
Thank you so much, Judith. What a really kind review. It was great to meet you and we will look forward to seeing you again.
Very best wishes,
Donna and Ged
25 Oct 2014
""Simply the best""
I cannot fault the Boathouse in any respect. With an excellent foodie pub a few steps away it is like having a suite in a five star hotel. Except that you are met on arrival by the friendly owners who have put a lot of care and imagination into providing quality accommodation of character. Superbly equipped, it is spacious and quietly situated with private access through the garden to the banks of the River Deben.
Dear Ron and Barbara, thank you so much for such a kind review. It was a pleasure to meet you and we will hope to see you again some time.
Best wishes,Donna and Ged
28 Sep 2014
"The Boathouse, The Quayside, Waldringfield, Suffolk"
The Boathouse is a fabulous Five Star holiday cottage. It was wonderfully equipped with everything you need, a little slice of luxury. It is in a breath takking setting by the River Deben, perfect for exploring the surrounding area. The owners gave us a lovely warm and friendly welcome & were very helpful. Will be recommending to family & friends. Thank you for a lovely holiday.
Hi Jane and Andrew,
Thank you for such a kind review. It means a lot. It was lovely to meet you and we will hope to see you again some time.
All the best,
Donna and Ged
26 Aug 2014
"Relaxing and peaceful."
Thoroughly enjoyed staying at The Boathouse which was comfortable and extremely well equiped. The location is perfect for exploring this beautiful area of Suffolk. The river is gorgeous. It was a pity we could not see it from the property but it was easily accessed through shared garden. The owners were very friendly, helpful and run their holiday lets with attention to detail.
Thank you, we are glad you enjoyed it.
Best wishes,
Donna and Ged
24 Aug 2014
"quality cottage and location"
we loved the boathouse - very peaceful, great views of the estuary, nice walks, friendly owners and a quality cottage. Definitely a place to return to, maybe rent both cottages with friends. The Maybu… More
Thank you for your review, it is really appreciated. Hope to see you again some time.
Best wishes,
Donna and Ged
14 Aug 2014
We had a wonderful, relaxing week at The Boathouse. Nothing was too much trouble for our hosts, and the attention to detail in the accommodation was second to none: clean, comfortable and elegant. We would book again.
Hi Lou and Darren,
Thank you very much for taking the time to write this kind review. It was good to meet you and we hope to see you again.
Best wishes,
Donna and Ged
12 Jul 2014
"Amazing stay - can't wait to return"
My boyfriend and I recently stayed here for 2 nights and I can safely say it was the best weekend of the year. The Boathouse is an adorable property and has been furnished and finished to an immaculat… More
Hi Kari and Paul,
Thank you for providing such a kind review. It really means a lot and we are looking forward to seeing you again some time.
Very best wishes,
Donna and Ged
5 Jun 2014
"stylish retreat"
I stayed in The Boathouse with my girlfriend recently and cannot recommend it highly enough! It is a holiday cottage which has been stylishly decorated and is simply impeccable. Donna & Ged ensured … More
Hi Stuart,
Thank you for such a great review. It was a pleasure to have you here and hope to see you again soon.
Best wishes,
Donna and Ged
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Drinks dancing dinner then after that is up to her.
Never been on a actual first date so would be interested in hearing your thoughts
Coffee walk along the beach :)
your place or a coffee shop, anywhere we can get to know more about each other and what we're both into/open to ;)
A float down the river on a warm sunny day or even just dinner and a walk.
Is go out something Fun drinks
Anywhere and anything romantic
Firstly coffee in a cafe and couple of hours to spend together and have an adventurous date
I love u so much did u love me let us marry I love u
That depends a lot on what we both like to do. There is always room for compromise so that we can get to know each other. Hopeful that we learn enough about each other to see more of each other.
Take her out where evere she wana go
After getting to know you a bit from messaging back and forth a bit, meet somewhere casual and quiet so we can talk and get to know each other.
A.cup of coffee and great conversation
Coffee and deep conversation, weather it be talking about our day or just life
It's nice to start with tea or coffee and see what happens then.
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Need help with home networking
Just completed a tear down/rebuild and find the wiring is inadequate. None of our professionals addressed this and we didn't know enough, so we got no dedicated ethernet or speaker wiring. Just coax in locations where we thought we might want to watch TV and 4 cat5 cables from basement to locations intended for telephone service. We expected to use WIFI and never thought about needing ethernet connections. Now we find that - probably because of the radiant heat panels we installed in the floors throughout - we have very poor WIFI signals. We bought a new router but it doesn't really make a difference. When we put the router and modem in a high, central location, we have good service to about 60% of the desired coverage area, but it means abandoning the cat5 from the modem to the phone jacks. We converted these cables to ethernet and put the modem and router in the basement sending ethernet through the cables but we get WIFI only to the room directly above the router. We can run some additional ethernet cables for computers, but still need WIFI for wireless devices and comfortable mobility in the rest of the house. We would like to have it in the yard, as well - we did before the rebuild. Because of the radiant heat and insulation we are limited in how we can run wires at this point. We are looking for ideas and are prepared to invest in multiple routers or access points, repeaters/network extenders, switches etc. but we're not knowledgeable and can't find a pro who seems confident. At this point, it's running more wires that is the hard part. Any thoughts on the best way to approach this - or to selecting a pro who could take on the job? Thanks.
I understand the problem you're having but I'm not sure I follow what you've tried as remedies. It's not clear to me where your modem is located.
There are two types of devices that might help:
1) Ethernet over Coax devices do just what it says. This uses coax cable for the same result as if it were cat5
2)Homeplug devices, which similarly use your house's electrical wiring to send signals.
Using these, you could have a wireless access point at the far end to originate wifi signals. You could have a different access point on each level of the house. If you do this, you need to be sure that the signal path is something like the following
Modem connected by ethernet wire to ===>Router without wifi====>connected by ethernet wire to Homeplug or ethernet over coax===>Wire===>second homeplug or ethernet devices===>connected by ethernet wire to a wireless access point (WAP) that broadcasts a wifi signal.
WAPs are sold just as standalone devices. Alternatively, you can use an old or unused router BUT FIRST you need to turn off the DHCP function of that second router so that it just broadcasts a signal and does no "Routing". Otherwise, you'll have a mess.
Running ethernet wires in any house is relatively easy IF one has proper tools. I also do not understand the complication of a wire from modem to phone jack. That should also be trivial. Electricians have even better tools to do it.
Locate ethernet jacks in various locations throughout the house. If that location cannot get Wifi, then attach an access point to the nearest ethernet port. That access point is simply another Wifi connection.
Good luck trying to get some salesman to understand what an access point is, in part, due to so many manufacturers using different phrases for the same device.
There are always multiple solutions to any question, but the devices I mentioned use existing wire runs and avoid the need for incremental effort and cost. I disagree with you, running new ethernet wiring in many houses can be difficult to impossible, my house is an example of that.
As to finding a salesman who understands what an access point is, to each his own, but I never have a problem with salesmen when buying gear from Amazon or Newegg.
I've had major problems staying connected to Wi-Fi in my home DSL network modem. At one point I've moved my DSL modem to upstairs to make networking work better and it turned out not to be so since I have multiple connections.
Network constantly disconnect: DirecTV/Cell Phone(s)/Computer(s) and Wii Console.
One Router should do the trick by keeping the ISP modem downstairs and the Router upstairs using the Ethernet 1 cat5 connection in the most central location in the upper part of home nearest most used room / window to your backyard.
Set up Guest Access through your ISP Gateway.
Split up and divide your home network between the ISP modem, Guest Access and Router. By doing this, your ISP Modem will not be over burden causing disconnection to your Home Network. I've been fighting with my Frontier Communication ISP for several months and finally got everything working after Linksys or Netgear Router was reinstalled.
Keep it simple!
ISP Modem (SSID "user name") *Toshiba*
Guest Access (SSID "Separate user name + Password") *Toshiba Guest*
Router (SSID "your user name + number") *Toshiba2*
Reset all connections in your home:
You should see all your Networking Connections (Toshiba, Toshiba Guest and Toshiba2)
TV's on Modem according to location in home.
PC on Router connection or modem location.
Cell Phones on Guests connection.
By doing this, your connectivity should improve!
Good luck, Larry.


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Is there any nice way to use an unordered_map so that you can access objects by a member variable in constant time (average case)? The following example has this functionality but requires the name of each
Person to be duplicated as the Key:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <algorithm>
class Person {
Person() : name_("") {}
Person(const std::string& name) : name_(name) {}
std::string getName() const { return name_; }
void kill() const { std::cout << name_ << " is dead!" << std::endl; }
std::string name_;
int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
Person p1("dave");
Person p2("bob");
std::unordered_map<std::string, Person> map = {
{p1.getName(), p1}, // Duplicating the
{p2.getName(), p2} // keys here
return 0;
I'm thinking that somehow the
value_type would need to be
Person itself, instead of a
pair<string, Person> and the
unordered_map would need to know to use
Person::getName when hashing and accessing objects.
The ideal solution would allow me to set up an
unordered_map (or
unordered_set if it's more apt for the job) that knows to use
Person::getName to get the key of each object. I would then be able to insert them simply by giving the object (and no key because it knows how to get the key) and access them by giving keys that would compare equal to the return value of
Something along the lines of:
// Pseudocode
std::unordered_map<Person, Person::getName> map = {p1, p2};
So is it possible to instantiate an
unordered_map template class that can do this neatly?


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Cafeteria was made after experiencing the unlikely phenomena of unintentional dancing. A person attempts to walk from one end of a crowded room to the other, but is delayed by having to weave in and out of all of the tables and chairs that are filling it. I do not like crowded rooms and quickly become annoyed by the mundane task of repeatedly having to struggle back and forth through a room full of obstacles. The repetition of this task made me conscious of the way my body was moving as I would try to accommodate the architecture. I thought that if the tables and chairs were not there a person might look like they were dancing, and found it amusing how this random structure could conduct someone's movements. An annoying, mundane, clumsy task like walking through a crowded room evolves into a dance. There is a break with reality when you become lost in the momentary pauses that come with negotiating obstacles. Changes in direction, speed, balance, and body posture can cause you to find yourself dancing.
Biography: Kayo Nakamura was born in Los Angeles, California. She received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University and recently completed the residency program at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, and is an Assistant Professor of Art at Biola University.
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Hello, Just wondering where I may find a small Sensation Peace lily. All I have seen are almost full grown I like to buy small plants and let them grow larger. Thanks
This post was edited by simplegreenguy on Sat, Sep 14, 13 at 5:48
Thanks for your responce . I buy small discounted potted house plants after they are maked down. Just recently I purchase a ficus rubber tree it had 4 differnt plants for $2.00 and a Green and yellow Snake plant that had 4 plants for $3.00. I like to think Im frugal some say Im just Tight. Ha Ha
To see markdowns and tell yourself no,and walk right by without even stopping to look takes willpower even for a fellow who's mindful of his spending.
I'm kinda the same way and just the other day I broke down because the deal was just too sweet.
So,..you wouldn't care to show off your new plants,would ya? If it's inconvenient I understand. :)


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Tiny LA district is approving charter schools beyond borders
A tiny, rural school district in northern Los Angeles County is under growing scrutiny over its approval of more than 20 new charter schools in the last few years, the majority of them serving students outside of its own district boundaries. At least three are within the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The small district, called Acton-Agua Dulce Unified (AADUSD), is home to just three traditional schools, 1,100 students and one site-based charter school that opened just this year. The district is teetering on the brink of insolvency: it has seen a sharp drop in enrollment in recent years and not enough revenue to meet its budget needs of $10 million – all of which have contributed to its unusual charter policy.
"I'm not denying there is a financial component," says Acton-Agua Dulce superintendent Brent Woodard, referring to the charter approvals. "But bottom line is I'm an advocate for kids." He says the district has little choice because of its dwindling resources. Approving the slew of new charters is good for the charters and good for his district, he says, which has charged up to a 7 percent fee to manage.
"We've been called rogue," he said. "I would disagree."
Charter schools are independently run but publicly funded schools, typically authorized by local districts that are responsible for overseeing operations and performance. The vast majority of the 1,200 charter schools in California operate within the boundaries of the districts that authorize them.
The large-scale approval approach taken by Acton-Agua Dulce has raised the ire of neighboring school districts, including Los Angeles Unified — where three of those charter schools, Valley Prep Academy 9-12, K-5, and 6-8 opened in the valley at the start of this school year.
Top 5 reasons the school board won't vote on Deasy
Will the fate of John Deasy, the beleaguered LA Unified school chief who evokes passion among both supporters and critics, come down to a school board vote at his performance review scheduled for later this month? We say unlikely. Here are the top 5 reasons why:
When the board meets behind closed-doors on Oct. 21 at least four members must approve of Deasy's performance to extend his contract beyond its current expiration, in 2016. Ditto for ousting Deasy — a consensus of four is a tall order for a fractured board, long plagued by in-fighting and competing ideologies. According to our math (see below) there are not many signs that four members are seeing eye to eye – especially when they know the vote would have to be made public.
The variables at play for each board member on 'the Deasy question' can be reduced to the election next March, when four of the seven members must defend their seats. School board elections can cost millions, pitting the teachers union against a coalition of SEIU and reform groups. Board members and even the teachers union, may want to avoid having Deasy's departure become a campaign issue.
To complicate matters, the district has shown improvement under Deasy, and while the teachers union may condemn him, his policies and stances seem to be popular with the public, including his pivotal support of the Vergara lawsuit last year that challenged teacher tenure laws. He has modernized, streamlined and reorganized at LAUSD, prevailed under dismal economic conditions and formulated a budget this year that was praised publicly by every single board member.
BOARD OWNS iPAD CONTROVERSY TOO
Like it or not, the school board was complicit in every phase of the now controversial initiative to purchase iPads for LAUSD students. While Deasy is taking heat for his push to put iPads in the classroom, the board supported him in the effort, voting unanimously as recently as January to approve Phase II of the rollout. The board may now find it hard to make iPads an excuse for ousting him.
Deasy has told close confidants that he is fed up with the hostility on the board, and is concerned about his health. The LA Times reports talks have been underway, and reaching an agreement would enable both sides to announce an amiable parting, leaving the ugliness of recent months behind them. This is the option that would suit his detractors on the board just fine.
WHERE DO BOARD MEMBERS STAND ON JOHN DEASY? Continue reading
LAUSD Board calls closed-door meeting to discuss Deasy
The LA Unified school board has scheduled a last-minute closed-door meeting next week to discuss its top employee, superintendent John Deasy. Sources tell LA School Report that the meeting was called to give the seven school board members a chance to discuss what criteria they would like to include in the superintendent's upcoming annual performance review, scheduled for Oct. 21.
The closed session, as well as a "special" open meeting were added to the board schedule late yesterday — the closed session reportedly at the request of board member Monica Ratliff, one of Deasy's more vocal critics. Both meetings are set for September 30, starting at 4 pm.
According to people familiar with the closed session agenda, board members will have the opportunity to discuss what they consider fair game for Deasy's annual performance evaluation. Under no circumstances, said one of the sources, would a vote be held to determine Deasy's employment. According to that source, Deasy has the right to attend, but because it is not his official performance review, he isn't required to.
When reached by LA School Report, the superintendent declined to comment. School board members did not return messages seeking comment.
While the board is bound by no legal requirements to cite any reason for dismissing Deasy — he is essentially an at-will employee whose contract with the district allows the board to fire him at any time — his contract has the unusual stipulation made at his behest that requires the board to evaluate his performance annually based on broad goals, such as graduation rates, student proficiency, attendance, parent engagement and school safety.
To renew his tenure, four of the seven board members must find his performance "satisfactory."
Three sources who discussed the newly schedule meeting with LA School Report said at this juncture there are not enough votes to fire Deasy, who was hired in 2011 to take over from Ramon Cortines under a friendlier school board.
But that, of course, could change.. Despite academic gains and lower dropout rates districtwide under Deasy's leadership, he has also generated widespread criticism for any number of issues, including fallout for the iPad program, the continuing problems with the student-tracking system known as MiSiS and his strong-willed leadership style.
How much those factors and others, the good and the bad, should count in a review will be determined in the closed session — and likely divide the members between those who would keep him and those who would vote him out.
Previous Posts: What's next *if* Deasy is out? Speculation abounds; Deasy on his critics: Constant attacks are 'politically motivated'; Teachers union changes tactics, urges board to 'evaluate' Deasy*
Kamala Harris: absenteeism interferes with 'students' rights'
California Attorney General Kamala Harris appeared at LA Unfiied's Malabar Elementary School today to highlight a report on truancy released by her office this week that shows a high correlation between attendance problems and both income and race.
But the argument she's using to bring attention to the issue is curious: the report notes the high rates of absenteeism "interfere with students' right to an education under the California Constitution."
Sound familiar? You may remember that students' rights argument from the Vergara case, in which a judge struck down California's teacher tenure and dismissal laws based on findings that the laws interfered with students' right to a quality education protected under the California constitution.
But Harris apparently didn't buy it – late last month she joined the teachers union to fight that ruling by filing an appeal on behalf of the state, putting her at odds with recent public polling on the issue.
Meanwhile, back to the report. It found a high correlating between truancy and race: 37 percent of African American elementary students sampled were truant, the highest of any subgroup (including homeless students) and 15 percentage points higher than the rate for all students. African American elementary school students are also chronically truant at nearly four times the rate of all students.
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School board election results: McKenna wins despite gains by Johnson
Amid a deep split in the black community in south Los Angeles, retired administrator George Mckenna won a seat on the LA Unified school board, fighting back substantial gains made by Alex Johnson a young education aide to County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, in a special election runoff yesterday.
Marked by voter low-turnout, the unofficial final results were: McKenna, 14,940; Johnson, 13,153. Voter turnout was low, with just eight percent of the voters coming to the polls.
The two candidates, both African American, split support among black leaders and elected officials, some of whom went to the mat to help the candidate of their choice: Congresswoman Maxine Waters took the unusual step of using her own campaign funds to send out campaign literature on behalf of McKenna; Mark Ridley-Thomas campaigned door-to-door for Johnson and used his network to raise money for his bid.
Outside influence was also an issue. Despite making his reputation when he was a principal and school turnaround champion by challenging the teachers union, McKenna won the support of the union in the special runoff, which used its political muscle to help reach out to voters. Johnson meanwhile attracted almost $800,000 in outside superPAC money, much of it from reform-minded education funders, who see him as a strong supporter of LA Unified's outspoken Superintendent John Deasy. McKenna has refused to publicly share his views on Deasy, while his union backers, UTLA, have frequently demanded Deasy's resignation.
Despite significantly less money, McKenna won by a safe 7 percent margin, but that amounted to the difference of a few thousand votes. Due to low voter turnout and renewed strength by the Johnson camp, McKenna lost voters since the June 3 primary. In that race he received 20,000 votes – 5000 more than he attracted in yesterday's election. Johnson gained about 3000 more voters than he had won in the June primary election.
In the end, almost 9 months after long-time board member Marguerite LaMotte died in office, the school board will now once again have a full, seven member panel, and the south Los Angeles district, plagued by poverty and low performing schools, will once again have representation. As the new board member, McKenna could provide the deciding vote in a number of crucial issues facing the district including threats from the teachers union that is preparing to strike. But his role will need to be renewed by voters in just six months, when the regularly scheduled school board race takes place in March of next year.
Low voter turnout predicted in LAUSD board race
Even as the runoff election appears to be tightening to fill the vacant LA Unified school board seat in south LA, the question is not only who will win, but just how low can voter turnout go?
Set for August 12, the stand-alone election not only falls in the dog days of summer, but also hits on the first day of school, when parents tend to have their minds on other things.
Some election experts are predicting that turnout could drop below the disappointing primary turnout, which was just 13 percent.
"It will be really low, probably under 10 percent," says Bill Carrick, a Democratic political strategist, who doesn't have a horse in the school board race.
The vacancy, left by the death of longtime school board member Marguerite LaMotte, is a runoff contest between the top two vote-getters from a field of seven in the June primary: Alex Johnson an up-and-coming aide to County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, and George McKenna, a retired school administrator with a long record of service in LAUSD. McKenna won the primary with nearly 45 percent of the vote — shy of the 50 percent he needed to win outright. Johnson came in second, with 24 percent.
That election coincided with the statewide primary, but still underperformed estimates.
Even more pessimistic is Fernando Guerra, director the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University, who told LA School Report that a runoff might attract only 5 percent of the 340,000 voters registered in the district.
A look at the history of orphan elections in the LA area supports those predictions. (See graphic).
The most recent special election in Los Angeles last December, when Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, son of the County Supervisor, Mark Ridley Thomas, won the contest for a vacant state assembly seat in south LA, in a race that garner an 8.6 percent turnout. Two other special elections last year were also marked by low turnout: Holly Mitchell won for state senate in south LA with a turnout of 5.5 percent, and Nury Martinez won for city council, with a turnout of 11 percent.
If low turnout predictions hold, each voter who does go to the polls has outsized clout. A turnout of 5 percent in the school board race would translate into a candidate winning the race with as few as 8,500 votes.
Magnolia Charter troubles in LAUSD highlight larger concerns
Troubles encountered by the charter school operator, Magnolia Public Schools (MPS), at two of its eight charters in the LA Unified School District highlight a murky governance issue that legislatures in California and elsewhere have been slow to address.
Should a parent company operate its charter school network as a single entity, as MPS does with its 11 California charters? Or should each school be run independently, with separate budgets and governance?
LA Unified last month closed two MPS schools, saying financial problems at the parent company rose to the "level of fiscal mismanagement." But by scrutinizing the financial health of the overall charter management organization, the district has tread into uncharted territory for an authorizer.
"This is an emerging issue, and my guess is a lot of legislatures will have to address this in the near future," says Kathy Christie of the Education Commission of the States, which compiles research on charter school practices nationally.
The school closures followed a District audit that not only examined Magnolia Science Academy 6 and Academy 7, both high-performing schools, but also MPS as the parent group. The audit found among other things that MPS met the IRS definition of being "insolvent" as of June 2013, that it owed millions of dollars to the schools it oversees and that it transferred money between schools. It also found that it paid millions of dollars to a third party non-profit, Accord, for educational services with little accountability.
Magnolia charter troubles having an impact beyond LA Unified
New troubles for the non-profit charter school network, Magnolia Public Schools (MPS), are beginning to raise concerns beyond LA Unified, where the sudden closure of two schools for fiscal mismanagement expanded yesterday into what could be a larger investigation.
In a letter outlining a recent fiscal audit that led to the closure of the two LA Unified schools, Magnolia Science Academy-6 and Magnolia Science Academy-7, district officials detailed a number of irregularities and called the parent organization itself "insolvent."
At least one other county has noticed.
"We will pay attention to this – we wouldn't want to find out that our school would have to close because other schools are in trouble," said Don Bolce, director of special projects at the Santa Clara County Office of Education, which renewed a charter petition last year for a Magnolia school located on the outskirts of Cupertino after reviewing concerns about the school's finances.
"We recognize that with a charter school that is part of a charter management organization, a problem at one school could impact other schools – if there is a problem, it endangers the system," he told LA School Report.
Messages seeking comment from Mehmet Argin, the MPS chief executive, were not immediately returned.
MPS currently operates 11 schools across California: eight in LAUSD, plus three others, including one in Santa Ana that has been of concern to school and county officials in Orange County despite winning approval for $18 million in facilities bond money.
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Analysis: How to avoid a school board runoff in 4 easy steps
With seven candidates vying for the vacant LAUSD school board seat in South LA, what would it take to pull ahead of the pack and head off a costly stand-alone runoff?
Coinciding with the California statewide primary on June 3, the special election was called to fill the District 1 board seat, left vacant by death last year of longtime member Marguerite LaMotte.
We asked Democratic strategist Bill Carrick, whose expertise in local politics helped steer Mayor Eric Garcetti, among many others, to victory, for his armchair analysis based on the number of candidates in the field — although not on the specific candidates themselves.
Carrick concedes, "It's tough to get to 'fifty-plus-one,' " the magic majority for an outright win.
Tough but not impossible. Here's what he says the potential winner needs:
Great name recognition: "In a large field, with lots of challengers name recognition is especially important. Running up a huge margin in a race without an incumbent is hard. The kind of name ID a candidate would need usually doesn't come easily with a non-incumbent."
A robust campaign operation: The idea, he says, is to generate enough community support that the second-place candidate stays below 40 percent. It's harder in such a larger field, he says, making the campaign operation all the more important.
Hope the lesser-known candidates don't 'pop': "If the lowliers add up to more than 10 percent combined, it gets much harder."
Fingers-crossed for a high turnout: It helps the frontrunner in a crowded field; low turnout magnifies the power of each vote cast.
What could all this mean for the presumed front-runner, George McKenna?
McKenna, leading in school board race, won't commit on Deasy
With three weeks to go before the election, George McKenna, a leading candidate for the LA Unified school board representing south LA, is refusing to clarify whether he supports John Deasy, the district's current superintendent.
McKenna's unwillingness to provide a clear answer comes at an important time for the school district, the second-largest in the country, as it faces contract negotiations with teachers and other union members, an approaching deadline on a challenging budget and an ongoing shift in curriculum.
Although Deasy has an impressive record in his three years at the helm, including raising student achievement and graduation rates, recent school board elections have eroded his support.
While The Los Angeles Times endorsed McKenna from among the seven candidates in an editorial that indicates he is a strong supporter of Deasy, there has been concern by some who have discussed issues with him that he could be changing his story behind closed doors.
A source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told LA School Report of attending a meeting in which McKenna said flatly, "the first thing he would do is fire Deasy."
McKenna denied that in a letter to LA School Report saying, "this is a total fabrication as I never said that or ever conveyed such sentiments."
Fueling uncertainty were remarks McKenna made during and after a candidate forum earlier this week. The first question, from a charter school parent and former teacher, directly addressed the question of mixed messages:
"We have heard widely different reports on your point of view on Superintendent Deasy and his tenure with the district. Very specifically, do you believe the superintendent is doing a good job with the district and if elected would you support keeping Deasy's current contract in place through 2016, or would you work to reopen and reconsider?"
McKenna dodged the question, answering, "Your question to me is not misplaced, but it is a question I have no interest in, whether the superintendent's contract is reopened or not."
After the forum, when LA School Report sought to clarify McKenna's response, he again declined to answer directly, saying, "I am not an elected official, I am a private citizen watching a Superintendent in the newspaper."
Despite numerous follow-up efforts to elaborate, McKenna would not budge: Continue reading
LAUSD candidates agree (!) on value of public charter schools
The latest forum for candidates running in a special election to fill the vacant seat in South LA's District 1 produced unexpected agreement last night on some of the most volatile issues in public education.
The four contenders who participated — Alex Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Genethia Hudley-Hayes and George McKenna — saw eye to eye on nearly every core issue involving charter schools, including those that have been particularly contentious for the Los Angeles Unified school board.
The consensus could be partially attributed to catering to the crowd: the event was sponsored by CCSA Families, an advocacy group affiliated with the California Charter School Association, and more than 200 parents and teachers, many of whom were wearing CCSA Families t-shirts, filled the room at at Mount Moriah Baptist Church.
But the area has long been plagued with low-performing schools in a high-needs population, and charters have proven popular with parents.
Even the sole candidate endorsed by the teacher's union, Rachel Johnson, was unabashed in her support of charters – despite the union's fierce criticism.
"We [must] move past that adversarial 'oh, the charter schools are taking us over' idea" she said. "No. Charter schools are educating our students."
Seven candidates are competing in the June 3 special election. The four last night agreed that charter schools are higher performing than traditional public schools and should be used as models; that there should be no cap or limit on charter growth; that 'co-location' between public charter schools and traditional public schools should be supported.
Perhaps most surprising was consensus that charter school operators should be allowed to takeover failing traditional school – a privilege that the board stripped from charter operators in its agreement with the teachers union three years ago.
The event was marked by polite restraint and only the slightest sign of criticism.
"We can't keep doing the same old things that we were doing [30 years ago]," Alex Johnson, an aide to County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, said to much applause. "We just can't. It is ineffective, and it is unacceptable and our children deserve change here and now." Two of his opponents, McKenna, and Hudley-Hayes are more than twice his age, 33, and have been involved with LAUSD for decades.
If there were buzzwords of the evening, they were "accountability," mentioned by every candidate numerous times; "choice" and "scale."
"If they (charter schools) are doing a better job, we need to figure out what they are doing, find out what can be brought up to scale," said Hudley-Hayes.
In a rare divergence, McKenna, a recently retired administrator, broke rank with the others on the question of his support of current LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy. While his three adversaries voiced support for Deasy, McKenna said the issue of whether the superintendent is doing a good job and whether he would support re-opening Deasy's contract, "is a question I have no interest in, whether the superintendent's contract is reopened or not."
McKenna later told LA School Report that as a private citizen, he doesn't "know enough about the Superintendent's performance" to evaluate him and refused numerous times when pressed to answer. Continue reading
LAUSD labor relations lets the sunshine in (kinda)
A committee launched last year by LA Unified's Office of Labor Relations to provide public information on labor negotiations is meeting today to discuss the district's collective bargaining contracts. That the committee even exists has not been reported until now.
Called the "Sunshine Committee," it is intended to bring transparency to the negotiating process. According to a district memo issued last August, the committee's mission is to provide a forum for parent representatives to review initial bargaining proposals between LAUSD and its labor partners. Among the items on the agenda today are teacher evaluations and an initial bargaining proposal from the principals' union, AALA.
The formation of the committee signals a policy change for the district, which for years fulfilled its disclosure requirements by giving only minimal public notice at school board meetings, as required by law. Any public access to the secretive negotiation process is a rarity in California, where negotiations with school employee unions is specifically exempted by law from the Brown Act, which requires public access to meetings of local agencies.
In practice, however, the new committee is still a long way from transparent. According to a district staff member, the Sunshine Committee's meetings are not considered public; no minutes of the meetings are taken; the names of the parent-members appointed to the committee are not publicly available, and information about the contract proposals themselves is not posted on the website.
The staff member said the office is currently updating its website, and some documents relating to past meetings, could not be made available.
In addition to negotiating with the principals union (AALA), LA Unified is expected to enter into labor negotiations with its two largest labor partners SEIU and UTLA in the next few weeks.
Discussions related to collective bargaining issues is one of the few occasions in which school board members may meet or discuss issues outside of public view.
* A previous version of this story stated that a document presented before the committee in August was not available on the LAUSD website. It is, and can be found here.
Hudley-Hayes still has big-name support in LAUSD board race
Despite her inability to substantiate a number of academic credentials and other claims on her resume, Genethia Hudley-Hayes still has the backing of her major supporters in the race for the LA Unified District 1 board seat.
"Outsiders don't get it," said one longtime south Los Angeles activist who spoke to LA School Report on the condition of anonymity. "Our community closes rank when it feels attacked."
Still in her camp is one of her biggest endorsers — U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass, whose district overlaps with the open board seat, left vacant by the death of longtime board member Marguerite LaMotte. Bass told LA School Report, "There has been a lot of carelessness and it's extremely unfortunate. But I will continue to support her."
District 1 stretches from Hancock Park south to Long Beach. The population is increasingly Hispanic, but for 40 years, voters have consistently elected a black woman to the school board.
Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who along with Bass announced his endorsement of Hudley Hayes in February, before discrepancies in her resume were confirmed, has apparently not changed his position. Messages left by LA School Report asking if he has withdrawn his endorsement were not returned.
The timing is important: with candidates busy preparing direct mail pieces timed to drop when vote-by-mail ballots arrive early next month, a high-profile face featured on campaign literature can make a big difference in swaying voters. The special election is scheduled for June 3.
Bass said Hudley-Hayes, who served as on the school board as president more than 10 years ago, bring the board together. "She has a long track record of working on educational issues," she said. " She was able to build consensus amongst board members on a variety of issues at a contentious period of time."
Commentary: Mayor Garcetti's elephant in the room
In his first State of the City speech, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti laid out a plan to boost job creation, safety and the city's ability to compete in a global economy.
Noticeably absent, however, was any mention of the vast education challenges facing the city.
The Mayor's vision of Los Angeles was notable for its optimism and his passion. And the half-hour speech (transcript here) was heavy on specifics — including a focus on neighborhood improvements, DWP rates and carpool lanes. He cited how he "pushed and prodded" the feds to open a lane on the 405 earlier than expected, and he pledged to "pave more streets and fix more sidewalks."
But wait, is he talking . . . potholes?
I couldn't help but flash back to my home town, Chicago, where the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, ran the city with an iron fist for more than 20 years in the 60s and 70s. Boss Daley knew how to fill a pothole, but sadly, at the same time he presided over a disastrous decline in the city's pubic education system.
Mayor Garcetti's goal, of "building a better city," while admirable, is ultimately not achievable without addressing the elephant in the room — education — and his hands-off approach is bad for students, parents and ultimately the economy. The recent departure of Thelma Melendez, who carried the title of education deputy but in practice was almost invisible makes matters worse. And, so far, he hasn't named a replacement.
Granted, the mayor's office in Los Angeles officially exerts very little control over the vast LA Unified School District, run by an often fractured seven-member elected board. But that didn't stop Garcetti's predecessors from using the bully pulpit to try and enhance the educational opportunities for city students. The outgoing Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, who considered improving public education his mission, devoted a large portion of his 2013 State of the City address to education and saw it as vitally linked to job-growth and the economy.
The district is slowly improving, but challenges like high dropout rates and low student achievement are so profound that it's hard to argue that all hands should not be on deck, especially those of the mayor.
And the excuse of not having mayoral control? Well, the last time I looked, the mayor doesn't have much influence on the 405 federal highway project, either.
Analysis: Hudley-Hayes resume raises more than red flags
Rather than jump to conclusions in the case of allegations first reported here earlier this month, that a LA Unified School Board candidate, Genethia Hudley-Hayes, has numerous inaccuracies in her resume, we at LA School Report embarked on our own due-diligence.
What we found were a series of repeated conflicts and inconsistencies over a number of years, without any apparent attempt to publicly set the record straight, thus posing serious questions about her candidacy for LA Unified school board race on June 3.
The controversy first came to light when campaign staff for Alex Johnson, one of her opponents, approached the Hudley-Hayes campaign before the filing deadline, recommending she drop out quietly for what his campaign calls "a pattern of pattern of academic falsification." (See story here). Instead, Hudley-Hayes, a longtime civic leader and public servant, responded publicly that she would not be "bullied" out of the race. (See story here).
To get to the bottom, our own reporters have done their best to verify, independently, the accuracy of her current resume and her past biographies. Here are the inconsistencies LA School Report has found:
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Analysis: Zimmer takes center stage in LAUSD drama
Emerging as something of a Shakespearean figure, LA Unified School Board trustee Steve Zimmer took central stage earlier this week at a long board meeting complete with its share of sound and fury.
Zimmer, facing one of the most challenging moments in his political career, had been publicly cryptic about his position on the evening's big decision: whether the vacant seat on the board left by the sudden death of Marguerite LaMotte should be filled by a board appointment or special election.
Ever since an election last spring created a board more sympathetic with positions of the teachers union, Zimmer has played an increasingly pivotal role on the fractured board, leaving him somewhat stuck in the middle. While he was re-elected last year with big support from the union's super PAC, Zimmer nonetheless recently stepped in to help save Superintendent John Deasy's job- a move that couldn't have gone down well with union leadership that has made no secret of wanting Deasy's head.
This week, as a critical vote on a split board, Zimmer appeared sympathetic and earnest, repeating multiple times that he came to listen to the packed room — filled with members of the South Los Angeles community who made impassioned pleas both in favor of an appointment and an election. Continue reading
Filling LaMotte Seat by Election or Appointment? Board is Decider
If history is any guide, a school board election is in the offing.
As officials at the LA Unified school board scramble to work out options with the city and county on how best to fill the school board seat left vacant last week by the sudden death of longtime member Marguerite LaMotte, they are weighing elements of timing, tradition and of course, politics.
The law relating to vacancies on the school board, written into the LA City Charter, clearly lays out two options for the school board: appoint a replacement or call a special election.
And while appointing someone may seem simpler, cheaper and faster, doing so has big liabilities.
For one, it's dangerous politically. The seat for school board district 1, which encompasses a wide swath of south LA, extending from Hancock Park to Gardena, has been held continuously by a black woman since 1979. That was the first year board members were no longer elected at-large, a change brought about in part because the black community argued it was under-represented electorally. So having the school board hand-pick an appointee raises red flags in the black community, which is already voicing concerns.
For another, there's a long tradition of vacancies being filled by election, not appointment. City council seats — which are frequently vacated by members seeking higher office — have uniformly been filled by special election. The last long term appointment was in 1966.
But calling a special election takes consensus, too. The last time a special election was called by the school board was when Jose Huizer vacated his seat after being elected to city council in 2005.
That year, the school board fast-tracked a special election in late November by giving notice and approving a motion (seconded by LaMotte) to hold a stand-alone primary the following March and consolidating with a statewide election for a run-off in June 2006.


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The man driving the wrong way on Interstate 94 in a deadly crash Friday had a history of drinking and driving, drug violations and other offenses, according to court records in North Dakota and Minnesota.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol said alcohol was a factor in the crash. Troopers say they smelled alcohol on the driver, Wyatt Daniel Klein of Jamestown, and his vehicle.
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For the first time in over two years, Denair Unified School District received news that merited applause during a Board of Trustees meeting.
California State University, Stanislaus is wrapping up the semester, but not before earning yet another prestigious achievement.
There is no questioning that Turlock High School junior Larry Maloney is one sharp shooter. Just last month, Maloney garnered the highest score nationwide during his participation in the Navy Junior Reserves Officers Training Corps marksmanship program.
Denair Middle School educator David Rodriguez attributes a number of experiences to his mindset as a teacher today.
Crowell Elementary School is set to welcome a new principal halfway through the academic year, as Linda Alaniz moves to Turlock Adult School and Dennis Earl Assistant Principal Margaret Osmer takes her place at Crowell.
As the Turlock High School Naval Science instructor, Carlos Montanez wants to equip his students with real-life skills that will prepare them for their futures upon graduation. On Friday, he helped facilitate a six-hour competition, CyberPatriot, which he believes will do exactly that.
Despite the fact that the United States currently has no active Ebola cases, Modesto Junior College hopes to remind the community that the Ebola epidemic is still thriving in West Africa with a panel discussion on Wednesday.
Crowell Elementary School found the perfect way to congratulate their newly appointed student council members by inviting a prominent figure who was recently elected himself: mayor-elect Gary Soiseth.
California State University, Stanislaus will host a candlelight vigil on Wednesday entitled "Standing with Ayotzinapa" as a sign of solidarity with the 43 Mexican college students who are missing and presumed dead after a tragic encounter with police more than two months ago.
Since its establishment by the World Health Organization n 1988, World Aids Day has served as an opportunity for communities to come together in the fight against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
The rankings are in and California State University, Stanislaus has placed No. 10 out of 539 universities nationwide and third among universities in the CSU system in terms of providing the most economic mobility for graduates.
Although only in its third academic year, the Online Master of Business Administration degree program at California State University, Stanislaus has already been ranked No. 28 out of 500 online MBA programs by the Affordable Colleges Foundation.
With the state facing one of the most severe droughts on record, recognizing groundwater as one of the state's most important natural resource is critical.
With the conclusion of a successful 29th Annual National Red Ribbon Week, the Stanislaus County Office of Education announced that Turlock's Julien Elementary School earned first place in the elementary school division for their 2014 Best Decorated-Most Spirited Schools contest.
For the past five years, Turlock Unified School District has been significantly increasing and enhancing Advanced Placement courses at Turlock High School and Pitman High School. This effort has not gone unrecognized as the school district was recently honored on the College Board's 5th Annual AP District Honor Roll.
What do robots, fashionable clothing, and flowers all have in common?
If asked one year ago whether or not she could imagine herself at the White House with President Barack Obama watching a short film she had made, Erin Benning would have most likely laughed.
Audience members waited with bated breath as Oakdale Police Chief Lester Jenkins carefully formulated his answer on whether or not he personally believed that security personnel should be authorized to carry concealed weapons on school campuses.
Stanislaus Christian Fellowship Chi Alpha is crying discrimination to a recently implemented open-membership policy, which has been enforced by the California State University system in an effort to eliminate discrimination in student organizations system wide.
The Modesto Junior College Speech and Debate team returned with armfuls of awards from their performances at the California Community College Forensics Association State Championship.
Opportunities that allow students to multiply their math expertise never take a break-not even during spring break.
The Turlock Unified School District and Turlock Teachers Association has come to a settlement agreement regarding a disputed high school final exam week schedule.
Pursuing a college degree can be a financially exhausting investment-particularly for former foster youth and student veterans who are oftentimes left without reliable financial resources or dependable support systems to aid them on their academic journey.
City of Turlock Go Green Coordinator Toni Cordell and City employees visited various school sites on Tuesday to promote environmental conservation. Along with teaching the students about environmentally friendly techniques like how to compost, reduce waste, recycle and conserve water, the kids also got to help plant, water and name trees. The trees planted by Wakefield's 2nd grade classes on Tuesday were a Red Maple, October Glory and Cedrus Deodara (California Christmas tree). The city workers plan to visit various other schools throughout the week.
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With my second son I woke up at 5 in the morning with real constant contractions, my water broke at 7 and had him at 245. Ive been having what feels like braxton hicks since I woke up this morning whether im sitting or working. Theyre mildly crampy. Its so much different this time but im really hoping its my turn! Any other similar experiences?
contractions all day. so different than my first labor. my turn?
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With my first I never had BHs or anything. Woke up in the middle of the night, water broke, still no contractions untill hours later when they hooked me up to pitocin, then they became contractions from hell, now I have been having BHs for weeks, and the past few days I have been having painfull contractions that build for a few hours them go away, it's horrible
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This was me this time around...
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