[3] That year, Mayor Stephen C. Foster was chosen by the other Board members and urged the need for improvements in the system.

[5] The second female superintendent would be Susan Miller Dorsey, appointed in 1919 and the longest serving with 10 years.

[7][8] In 2005 after his election, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attempted to gain control of the Los Angeles Unified School District as one of his top priorities.

He did so with the passing of AB 1381 through the California State Legislature, which would remove the power from the Board of Education and give it to the superintendent who would be picked by a council made by mayors of the cities in LAUSD.

After an interview process, a permanent superintendent is selected and their contract is finalized and approved by the Board of Education.