The Reality of LAUSD

The Reality of LAUSD
Louis De Barraicua, Writer Director of OptomystiK, is creating an interactive story where the audience becomes aware of the character they are playing in society where they decide to take action.

June 30, 2026, 8:53 am

Penelope: You describe your life before LAUSD picked on you as pretty isolated and reserved. How has it changed since?

Louis: Yes, I really thought we were living in an authentic world where people are really trying to fulfill unmet needs; we can be taught ideas and concepts, but there is no replacement for experiencing reality.  For example you can read about being in love, or watch movies about being in love, but you don’t know what it’s like to be in love until you’re in love. In the same way, you can’t figure out reality until you really put in serious effort to tune into unmet needs. When I saw what I did in LAUSD, I realized what a complex problem it was because I was living in it - in the laboratory - a teacher in three distinctive neighborhoods - and I was able to find the common link to the problem. 

Penelope: What is the common link? 

Louis: The blissful unawareness of the Los Angeles School Board. They’re completely unresponsive for some reason; and they’re putting on a nonsensical performance that completely ignores the reality of what is happening. That’s the characteristic of a dystopia being ruled by an invisible force - Rich people with bad community values who indirecxtly control the school board through process conditioning and indirect bribes to what, from what I can detect, legals forms of bribery through non-profit jobs for spouses - like Kellly Gonez.  

Penelope: What exactly happened at Van Nuys High School?

Louis: The only reality I am a witness to is my own life, and what I can tell you is that all I did was to take off my mask to get a drink of water; and a student left my classroom, on cue, then ran to get an administrator; and the administrator pulled me out of the classroom; and ended my teaching career. That’s exactly what happened. After that, the district used the materials from my campaign videos; and use that as evidence against me - I wrote in the campaign that it was fictional - and the district used it anyway (no critical thinking) - and then they went on to fabricate evidence against me and made up incidents that did not even exist that were so generic, it almost seems like a comedy. This is when I knew the LAUSD was, in reality, truly corrupt. It wasn’t vague; and that’s when I sort of became of aware of reality for the first time. Before that, I actually assumed there could be no corruption.