The Region - News from Feb. 17, 1986

A group of Westside parents is circulating a petition to recall Los Angeles school board member Alan Gershman because he voted last month to include year-round schools among the district’s options to ease overcrowding. The petition accuses Gershman of failing to “adequately foster and develop” alternatives to overcrowding. Gershman called the petition “false, wrong and misleading.” The group has four months to gather 46,569 signatures--15% of the registered voters in Gershman’s district. If the signatures are verified by the city clerk, the City Council will schedule a recall election. Elisabeth Haskell, a spokeswoman for the group, said the recall petition will be withdrawn if Gershman votes against the year-round plan when it comes before the school board for a final vote Feb. 24.