TUESDAY’S SCHOOL BOARD AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE ELECTIONS

Runoff elections will be held tomorrow for one seat on the Los Angeles school board and three spots on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees.

Candidates in each of the nonpartisan races are the top two finishers in the April 14 primary. Here is a look at the candidates on Tuesday’s ballot:

BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT 4: The West San Fernando Valley

In the campaign for the school board seat, the hottest issue of the year finally cooled off last week when a tentative salary agreement was reached by the school system and the teachers union, United Teachers-Los

Angeles. With the two candidates in substantial agreement on issues affecting schools in their district, the choice for voters appears to be more one of style than substance. The candidates:

JULIE KORENSTEIN, 43

Occupation: coordinator of community volunteer programs, Chatsworth High

Comments: Led field of seven candidates in April with 24.6% of vote; moderate to liberal politically; endorsed by teachers union; opposes conversion of additional schools to year-round operation; supports reopening of West Valley schools that were closed in recent years when enrollment declined.

BARBARA ROMEY, 40 Occupation: Accountant, housewife

Comments: Finished second to Korenstein in primary with 22.9%; longtime anti-busing activist; opposes increase in year-round schools; supports pilot program of on-campus health clinics and reopening of closed West Valley schools; more conservative politically than her opponent and and more confrontational in approach.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES: All seats are at-large

In the community colleges races, the principal issues have been the performance of the administration of Chancellor Leslie Koltai as the community college system has struggled through a tumultuous period of enrollment declines, program cuts and threats of faculty layoffs. Enrollment has finally turned up again in the last year, but financial problems continue, and the college faculty union has lent its active support to candidates who have pledged to resist future layoff proposals. The candidates:

OFFICE NUMBER 1

WALLACE KNOX, 40 Occupation: Attorney in private practice

Comments: Led a five-candidate field April 14 with 38.0% of vote; endorsed by American Federation of Teachers College Guild; long active in local Democratic politics; has called for a comprehensive review of financial practices of Chancellor Leslie Koltai and his administration.

PATRICIA HOLLINGSWORTH, 40 Occupation: English instructor, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College

Comments: Finished second to Knox in primary with 22.1% of vote; a teacher for 19 years, she wrote a dissertation on the community college district; favors immediate ouster of Koltai and “new leadership” for district; calls for expanded effort to recruit students.

OFFICE NUMBER 3

MARGUERITE ARCHIE-HUDSON, 49 Occupation: Community college trustee, administrator at UCLA College of Letters and Science

Comments: Fell just short of majority needed for outright election in April, finishing with 49.1% of vote despite being targeted for defeat by faculty union; trustee for 10 years; only black member of board; outspoken advocate of interests of minority students.

JULIA K. WU, 49 Occupation: Librarian in Los Angeles school system

Comments: Finished second among the four candidates with 22.4% of vote in April; endorsed by faculty union; has sharply criticized Archie-Hudson for contributing to college district’s financial problems; favors ouster of Koltai; one of 15 members of National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

OFFICE NUMBER 7

DAVID LOPEZ-LEE, 44 Occupation: Professor of public administration, USC

Comments: Led a seven-candidate field in April with 38.0% of vote; endorsed by faculty union; long active in Eastside politics; favors a thorough evaluation of administrative practices before firing any administrators.

RICHARD E. FERRARO, 62 Occupation: Retired school administrator

Comments: Finished second in April with 23.2% of vote; a member of Los Angeles school board from 1969-83; former teacher at Franklin High School; an outspoken conservative, favors immediate ouster of Koltai and other administrators.