Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Polaris LAUSD superintendent Austin Beutner dances with Canterbury Avenue Elementary School first graders on April 20, 2021 in Arleta. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Polaris LAUSD superintendent Austin Beutner dances with Canterbury Avenue Elementary School first graders on April 20, 2021 in Arleta. April 22, 2021 The resignation of Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner has raised the specter of whether the pandemic will contribute to an accelerating pace of turnover in the leadership of the state’s and the nation’s school districts. Superintendent turnover is a fact of life, especially in large urban districts, and especially in L.A. Unified. By the end of this school year, half of California’s 30 largest districts will have new superintendents, compared to those in place in 2017.