LAUSD responds to city councilmanâs push to reopen schools LOS ANGELES - The President of the LAUSD Board of Education (BOE) says, "I think it’s a clear political action motivated by politics." LA Unified School Board President Kelly Gonez IS taking aim at Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Busciano. She, Superintendent Austin Beutner and the district leadership think his threat to use the courts to open schools is politically motivated. The councilman says, "This is no political stunt here... If the experts, 1500 pediatricians, Dr. Fauci, the CDC Director are saying that it is safe to reopen schools then why aren’t we reopening schools today?"