“I have been able to make a difference in some ways, and not as much as I would like in others,” McKenna told the Sentinel.
He achieved his greatest fame relatively early in his career as the hard-charging young principal of Washington Preparatory High School, for a decade starting in 1979. The South L.A. campus enjoyed a renaissance of positive attention during his tenure. He became the inspiration for a movie in which he was portrayed by a young Denzel Washington.
The board’s only Black member, he has focused especially on spurring efforts for Black student achievement. He’s also been a staunch supporter of school police — departing strongly from the anti-police position of the teachers union. He has refrained from second-guessing Carvalho — giving the superintendent one less political minefield to navigate. His District 1 stretches west from Koreatown to Mid-City to the Westside and south to Baldwin Hills and South L.A.
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