Voters deserve to know who is responsible for the information on the 4allthekids website.

Just like Camarillo Unified, 4allthekids.org is a political action committee. The treasurer is Stacy Roth and the domain for their website is registered to Anna Bevens.

Ms. Bevens definetly has an agenda, and there's nothing grassroots about it: she is the daughter of Oxnard Union High School Board member Socorro Lopez Hanson. Ms. Bevens served as treasurer of Lopez-Hanson's unsuccessful campaign for county supervisor when she ran against Supervisor Kathy Long, who won that election with close to 80% of the vote. Ms. Bevens does not live in the Pleasant Valley School District.

For the record, Measure U has been extensively studied and found to meet ALL criteria for unification that the state requires. Measure U has been approved by the Ventura County Committee on School District Organization, the California Department of Education and the State Board of Education. Measure U does not raise taxes--not one penny! In fact, passing Measure U will ensure that Camarillo and Somis tax dollars are spent on students in our community. Measure U will provide more state funding for our local schools--approximately $5 million more every year. Those funds can be used on classroom programs and to raise salaries for teachers.

The County Superintendent of Schools has prepared a Statement of Statistics on Measure U that will be in the voter guides. It states that the new unified district will receive 12% more funding that other unified districts in the county. For those who would like to read the analysis and additional information about unification, please visit www.camarillounified.org

Debra is technically correct when she says that passage of Measure U will not increase taxes in and of itself. However, with 800-900 additional students, passage of Measure U will most assuredly require a bond measure (ie. higher taxes) in order to house these additional students. Some of her other "facts" are also simple fiction. Please get the facts at 4AllTheKids.org and make your decision based on research instead of this name calling. BTW, you can start with grassroots which is in the dictionary.

Debra forgot to mention that both Ms. Bevens and Ms. Roth are parents of children in Camarillo.
Debra can't argue the issue so she attacts the individuals.
At the recent 'Teachers Forum' one of the speakers said the district they formed was expected to get $18m. It got $9m for thirty thousand students. They also said the amount of ADA, money per student will be much less than expected.

No to UniFICaTION
No on Measure U

Debra is the queen of spin. Your teachers "forum" which was illegal to have, went over like a lead balloon. The teachers are not going to buy this mess. You told us nothing yesterday that would make us vote for this. We are tired of the lies and failed promises.
This political action committee that you continue to slam is made up of camarillo residents that obviously have the children and teachers of Camarillo best interest at heart.
I voting No on Measure U.

Some of Debras bio from the Cam U site-

"After spending over 15 years as a political and fundraising consultant at the local, state and national level, Debra currently works for the County of Ventura as a Legislative and Policy Analyst. During her career as a consultant, Debra worked for candidates and initiatives including Senator Barbara Boxer, District Attorney Greg Totten, Superintendent of Schools Chuck Weis, Supervisor Kathy Long,..."

Sounds like a politico to me. She also consults Berg, Speakman, Lerner, Herrera and Little.

Not her again,

Thanks for the information. That explains why PVSD can continue to violate the Brown Act and break education codes. It looks like the people who are supposed to be helping police the ones who are breaking the law are sharing the same bed.

Unification is long over-due. It's time for Camarillo to stop being held hostage by the unconcerned-about-camarillo-kids leadership at ouhsd. The higherarchey of the district has never cared about Camarillo kids or they would have already built the much needed and deserved modern high school. They have had their chance to refurbish cam high or to put their money where their mouth is and build a new high school.The meager "modernizations" to Cam high were done reluctantly and as little as possible to cover up their general disregard over many years for Camarillo kids. If they really cared they would've done something positive years ago. The parents and teachers of our county truly care about what's best for the kids but the small group of overly vocal people who attack the measure all have some personal axe to grind that has nothing to do with this measure.Let's be real here, the web-site claiming to be for all the kids is nothing more than a lame attempt to hide the spiteful,"if camarillo wants it we're against it" few.The more bitter and hateful their personal attacks become, the more it shows their lack of caring for the kids and their fear that something good will happen in our community. A yes on measure "U" is good for all of us, and we can't let a few sour-pusses put out a negative smoke screen to try and hide the huge benefits this measure will bring.

Go to 4allthekids.org for a factual representation of Measure U. That is the site that is definatly pro education. The concern is not about a building its about education. OUHSD is doing a great job of preparing our children for the next step life presents them.

TJ Zeiler: No matter what happens in Camarillo with unification, if there are new facilities, taxpayers are going to pay for them.

Measure H was passed about 4 years ago for $135 million. OUHSD promised to Camarillo voters the first school, and in the same campaign promised to Oxnard voters that the first school would be in Oxnard. They haven't done anything with this money, and now there most certainly is not enough money for 2 schools, and Oxnard definitely needs the school more than Camarillo does. So … Camarillo will be paying for another Oxnard school. 4allthekids is now saying that a new Camarillo school will cost $85-$100 million dollars! THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PUT A SCHOOL IN CAMARILLO!

Oxnard area will always need schools before Camarillo and OUHSD would be negligent to their largest population if they put a school in Camarillo.

So, the bottom line is ... if we do not unifiy, OUHSD will let Measure H money which will cost Camarillo taxpayers and ... we'll get no school.

If we do unify we will not be responsible for the Measure H bond and Camarillo can get to work on developing their own facilities. At least this time, when the taxpayers are writing their checks ... they really will be paying for a Camarillo school.

Resident,

Boy do you have it backwards. Wait till 4allthekids puts the endorsement list up. You will see teachers, parents, taxpayers endorsing NO on U, Not politicians with a politcal agenda. This is the perfect year for this to be on the ballot. All the voters are tired of the same rhetoric. Big mistake for Cam unified was having the same PVSD board members run for the CU Board.

Resident: OUHSD could not and cannot build a new high school in Camarillo while this ridiculous group of Camarillo Unified politicians threatens secession, er, unification. How would you have felt if OUHSD had built a new high school in Port Hueneme while a bunch of elitists, er, residents were threatening to secede?

Would it have been OK for OUHSD to spend tens of millions of dollars – including a couple of million dollars from Camarillo & Somis taxpayers – to build Port High, and then have the Hueneme secessionists take it away a year later? You would not have minded if your money went to a school that was gobbled up by a new, elitist, er, “locally controlled� district run by long-time politicians, er, individuals?

Of course not! It would be financial irresponsible for OUHSD to build ANY school with district-wide money that is under threat of secession.

Once we vote No on Measure U, we will get our high school.

P.s. to Resident: $16 million in upgrades isn’t “meager,� it’s a significant investment in Camarillo High School over just the last couple of years. Of course, if you’re supporting a group that charges $250 per couple to hear a few words on Measure U, maybe $16 million isn’t that much money to you. It is to most parents and taxpayers.

Anna Bevens might live in Camarillo, but she lives in the Mesa Union District, not PVSD and she has chosen to put her child in CAPE which is chartered by OUHSD, where her mother is a trustee. Doesn't sound to me like her priorities are for all the kids.

As for the 4allthekids website, it's interesting that their very first statement is:

Recommendation 29
The State should take steps to bring all school districts into unified PreK-12 structures.

parent-
Don't play into the stereotypical unifier. Only providing part of the information will lead to your demise. If you include Rec 29 include 29.1:

Recommendation 29.1
The Legislature should develop fiscal and governance incentives to promote local communities organizing their local schools into unified districts, and should eliminate all fiscal and other disincentives to unification.*

Parent-
What are you some kind of stalker? Where do yu live? How many kids do you have in PVSD? What is your motivation? Who are your parents? Who are your friends? Are you spending $250?

CAMPARENT - we're waiting with baited breathe for the list of supporters opposing unification. And while you're at it, please enlighten us on the Brown Act violations.

PTELFORD: If lack of a school was the reason for unification, then why in the world didn't they build the school? Slapping a sign up and a few renderings mean nothing. OUHSD was never going to build a school in Camarillo. And if they wait any longer, there won't be money for the school in Oxnard that they really need.

$16 million is meager for a 40ish-year-old school that had nothing done to it in ages. The bathrooms were so disgusting that many of the kids wouldn't use them. The sewer system backed up onto the grounds. I especially liked when they painted the football field 3 years ago for the televised football game. If the school had been taken care of, they would have spent less and there would have been a lot less dissension.

OUHSD should take care of Oxnard schools. Let us take care of our own.

Not Her Again: Why don't you provide us with the disincentives?

I am no more of a stalker than you are. I live in Camarillo, I have had and currently have family and friends in the district schools. You want to know who my parents are? I guess that's because I said Anna is biased because of her mom. You are so clever!

Can't tell you about my dad, you are not cleared to know. My mother is not employed outside the home. My friends support unification … I tend to associate with folks that want what's best for our children. I've spent plenty. My motivation? I've seen what OUHSD has done to Camarillo students. I want it stopped.

So we've established that you are for UniFICaTION.
What about Stacy Roth? Her dad or dad in law is the major force behind the Camarillo Academic Olympics, a competition between every school in Camarillo. I dare say without him the program would dwindle.

For the disincentives you need look no further than the forum the teachers had on Monday. Ask the presenters about the lack of funds, 'Y' rating teachers and the new calculation of CU's ADA limit.

No one has said you arn't for education. We accept your limitations on understanding complex issue. Please refer to the 4allthekids.org website for clarification and an education of your percieved benefits. Then I suggest you go to the high school and see the campus for yourself. Ask students how they feel. Ask parents. I was at the football game Friday and many parents were for U before their kids started going to ACHS. Don't become a poison to the communit. Act civil and vote no on u.

Not her again: You pick up quickly … how long has it been since I've been posting? What Stacy Roth's father (or father-in-law) does has little bearing on unification. I think it's fantastic that he's involved with CAO. Been there, done that too.

Since the teacher forum was closed except to teachers … I have no inside knowledge of that event, other than it happened. I would like to hear from both sides of the teachers on what they thought of the forum. You still haven't defined disincentives. Why don't you explain exactly what they are?

Very nice little dig on whatever you assume my limitations may or may not be. You can trust that I have no trouble keeping up with you. I have seen the campuses, and I have talked to parents - plenty of them, and for a lot longer than you have. The poison isn't coming from this side of the camp.

Parent,
We can see that you are for education but sorry you are hanging with the wrong crowd.

This is the same group Sandra Berg, Patty Lerner, Ron Speakman that drug Camrillo through the school closure debacle. They put schools against schools, parents against parents and teachers against parents. And for what? did the teachers get the raise they deserved? No.
Instead we closed a well performing school and moved another well performing school to their campus and destroyed its program.
These are the same people that denied the CAPE charter which has now celebrated its first year and scored in the top 10% of the County schools.

These people (CU) are professional politicians not people who care about the education of our children
As long as you have BERG, LERNER and SPEAKMAN on the top of the CAM unified ticket, this unification plan is fatally flawed.

Sister, I didnt write it I just reported it. The same authors of it's good to unify said as soon as there are no disincentives. If you want to know what the issues are call the active members of the committee listed below

Finance and Facilities Working Group
Mr. Bob Agee Associate Director, Budgets, University of California, Davis, CA
Dr. Ruben Arminaña President, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Ms. Debbie BettencourtAssistant Superintendent, Business Services, Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Folsom, CA
Mr. Duwayne Brooks Director, California Department of Education School Facilities Division, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Thomas Duffy [Vice-Chairperson, Facilities]
Consultant, Coalition for Adequate School Housing, Sacramento, CA
Dr. Nicholas Ferguson Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, Riverside Unified School District, Riverside, CA
Mr. D. Michael Foulkes Manager, State and Local Government Affairs, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA
Dr. Norton Grubb Professor, UC Berkeley, School of Education, Berkeley, CA
Mr. Kenneth Hall [Co-Chairperson, K-12] Chairman of the Board, School Services of California, Sacramento, CA
Mr. Larry Hershman Vice President for Budgets, University of California Office of the President, Oakland, CA
Dr. Brenda Barham Hill Chief Executive Officer, Claremont University Consortium, Claremont, CA
Mr. Marty Hittelman Professor, Mathematics, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Steve Juarez Director of Financial Management, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Patrisha Koch Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Huntington
Beach, CA
Ms. Susan Lange Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Technology and Administration, California Department of Education,
Sacramento, CA
Ms. Michelle Lawrence Superintendent, Berkeley School District, Berkeley, CA
Mr. Patrick J. Lenz Executive Vice Chancellor, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, Sacramento, CA
Dr. G. Nanjundappa Professor, California State University, Fullerton - Department of Sociology, Fullerton, CA
Page 229
And more. Check the document for full listing.

Not her again: Honey, I'm not your sister. You seem to have this inside track about disincentives yet you continually tell people to call all these other people or to ask this or look here.

If you know what the disincentives are, spell them out.

As much as you would like you can'thave it both ways. Either the report is wrong about disincentives and wrong about K12 financing or right about K12 financing and right about financial and other disincentives.
Quit picking and chosing the information you want. At least 4allthekids supplied the entire statement.

Refer to teachers forum, ask a teacher that was there I asked 3, and 4allthekids.org for clarification on the common misconceptions about the benefits of reorganization.

Not her again: Talk about spin!!!

"$16 million is meager for a 40ish-year-old school that had nothing done to it in ages. "

Uh...HELLO! Most of Camarillo's elementary schools are this age! Oh, wait - maybe just those on the western side of town. Those of you on the "newer" side of town get to have schools that are new. No wonder Cam High seems old to you - you didn't have 40ish year old elementary schools. Guarantee none of those 40ish year old elementary schools go 16 million dollars worth of remodeling! But wasn't it a PVSD board member that said that "buildings don't teach"? I believe it was!

Until I have an answer as to where my child will go to school and how those boundaries will be drawn - I will keep my kids at Rio Mesa. I was there tonight for back to school night and was thrilled. Whoever said that OUHSD doesn't appreciate parent support ( I believe it was one of the candidates for CUSD) - what school were your kids attending? I have found the staff and administration of OUHSD much more responsive and accomodating that PVSD ever was. Oh...and didn't PVSD close one of the schools with the highest parent participation? Guess they really appreciated it!

I'm a parent of 2 PVSD children. I can tell you why I'm against Unification. It's not the same reasons for everyone else probably. I'm not involved on any boards, I don't go to Board meetings. But here is what I see as a common parent.

PVSD has closed way to many schools. They have even admitted that closing Valle Lindo was a mistake. They closed Los Altos (talk about an old school). Cancelled a great program of BEDFORD (originally). Lost about 450 kids due to CAPE. How much money did we lose right there. (On a side note got to say with everything those parents have been thru moves, name changes and cancelling there program look how they have rallied together and fought for their kids. We need a school board that will fight that hard for our kids.)

They've spent way to much of our money on Unification. Which to me doesn't seem right. That money should go to our children and our teachers. They lied to our teachers and are underpaying them. I'm surprised they haven't gone on strike.

You think this new CU board (which is PVSD) is going to give you a new school. They can't even manage the schools they have now. Why give them more responsibility. It just seems to me as a business owner if my employee can't handle the job I hired them for I wouldn't give them more responsibility I'D FIRE THEM!!!!

That is just my opinion. So don't go arguing with me. I don't want to hear it. This board has proved to me by their actions and their lip service, so I don't need to hear yours also. And everyone is entitled to their opinion and to do what they feel is right for their children. I WILL VOTE NO ON MEASURE U.

I too am a parent of 2 PVSD children. I can tell you I am for unification. I am not on any boards either. Here is what I see as a common parent.

How sad I am to see a community so divided. Lets face it this all started when OUHSD desided to bus our kids to Rio Mesa and not build us a school in Camarillo. That was more than 13 yrs ago.I don't know exactly when.

Yes PVSD has had to close schools because of declining enrollement but so has many other districts. Alot of communities in California have also seen declining enrollment. And Cape parents, , if they couldn't have it their way well that's all they care about anyway. And what does OUHSD do? Run right in and save Cape to cause more division. Just remember as long as we can't work together here in Camarillo, OUHSD will have our children's tax dollars to sqander on beautiful high schools in the Oxnard area. I would be willing to bet Huenene and Channel Islands would love a new school. But the Oxnard area grows and grows so the greater need will always be in Oxnard area and by law OUHSD has to build where the greatest need is. If unification passes I hope it does cause this could be our last chance. One of my children is going to high school next year, Yes my child will be affected. I chose to accept that for the better of those children younger who will have a more tuned district when they reach the high school level I am not selfish I am looking to the future of the next generation. By the way we do get to vote for the new Camarillo unified board. So vote in some good ones.
Alot of people have lost jobs in the last year with the economy and the teachers and the teachers of PVSD got a good raise. I support teachers and believe unifiy will get them a better salary. Which they very much diserve. I was a union employee at one time and I watched the union delay accepting contracts all the time. The bottom line is we need to band together as a community and the purpose of school is to educate the kids . Unification is encouraged by the state because it is so much better for the kids. The reasons for having two separate districts no longer excist. Camarillo has grown and we need to work better together for Camarillo kids. Then truly Oxnard can work better together for there kids too. I have family in Oxnard. Vote yes on measure U to unify the Community of Camarillo!!!!

I'm a parent of 2 PVSD children and I am for Unification. I am not involved on any boards and this is what I see as a common parent.

I'm so sad to see the people of Camarillo so divided. It seems to me this division started years ago when OUHSD desided to bus Camarillo kids out to Rio Mesa instead of building Camarillo a school.

Yes, PVSD had to close schools due to declining enrollment. But alot of school districts at that time had declining enrollment and they also had to make tough choices like closing school. The same decisions PVSD has had to make have also been made by many other school districts in California. We in Camarillo are not special.

Cape was formed because Cape parents had to have it there way. While Cape was having it there way OUHSD ran to support Cape and further enjoyed creating more division among Camarillo parents. Lets face it OUHSD wins and our tax dollars lose when we in Camarillo don't work together for our kids.

I was a Union employee and I know how Unions delay and are an equal partner in the process.

I am not really sure why Camarillians would think OUHSD is going to build us a school. They have had plenty of time and $$ to do it. But OUHSD by law only has to build schools where the greatest need is. That would be Oxnard. OUHSD is the I can't district.

One of my children is entering high school next year and that child will be directly affected by the new Unified school district. I am not selfish, I will Vote YES on Measure U because it is not about me and or my child. I Truly care 4allthechildren. And I want to be a good example to all children. A positive example, " I can" Vote Yes measure U.

Rio Mesa has been a Camarillo school since it's construction. As Camarillo High was getting more crowded the boundry shifted east. To say it started 13 years ago shows the ignorance and lack of information you have.
Check both web sites but know 4allthekids.org is not presenting the same half truths and partial story as demonstrated by parent.

Not her again, it's you again … with your baloney. How you can say that the information and decisions by the Ventura County of Education and the State Board of Education are half truths is beyond me.

But then it's spin, spin, spin.

How is correcting information that is patently incorrect spin? Seems as though you do a much better job.
Can you tell us what the CDE and the VCOE said?

How is correcting information that is incorrect spin?
Can you tell us what the CDE and the VCOE said?

Go to www.camarillounified.org and read the documents. Listen to the video.

Why would a school district build a school for Camarillo so far away from Camarillo? I attended Old Oxnard High and Rio Mesa was not built for Camarillo kids exclusively. Give me a break!! Building a school in Rio Mesa instead of Camarillo kept $$ going to Oxnard area. OUHSD likes $$, right in their own pocket. We are way over due for a school and Oxnard has had plenty of time to put there money where their mouth is. Build a school in Camarillo already!! Actions speak louder than words. I will say it again, changing the boundry was good for OUHSD it sent children from Camarillo outside of Camarillo and created a real riff among the people of Camarillo. Camarillians need to realize OUHSD has been playing a game with Camarillo for years. Lets work together and be a good example for our kids. Mark my words, " OUHSD will not build Camarillo a school". They had the power to end this along time ago.

You called me ignorant, I will not insult you back. NOt my style. I only stated facts as I see it, and we still do not have a school?? I do not insult people I know or do not know. I wish to be a good example. Wise people can look at the whole picture not just what affects them personally. I will vote YES on Measure U because in the long run it will be best for the kids of Camarillo and Oxnard.

4thekids
For your information Camarillo students have been attending Rio Mesa since the 70's.
13 years doesn't begin to cover it.
I went there as well as my sister, husband and his 2 sisters....no one was complaining then.

4allthekids
For your information Camarillo students have been attending Rio Mesa since the 70's.
13 years doesn't begin to cover it.
I went there as well as my sister, husband and his 2 sisters....no one was complaining then.

parent-
I want to hear what you heard. At least point me to the areas where statements made support whatever your take is. What information and what decisions?

Go to www.4AllTheKids.org. Read all it has to say. Go back over minutes from board meetings....it may just enlighten you.

Enough! Politics are NOT supposed to be about personalities, but ideas. Measure U is intended to actually unify Camarillo schools. But some of you say things like, "I don't like the way the school board has handled things, they don't deserve my support."
Some people may have issues with some of the conduct and decisions made by the PVS board of educators over the years.It is easy to find issue with anyone. But a Vote Yes on measure U is not about the past or anyones issues with another person. Measure U is about the future. It is about local control of local tax dollars. It is about establishing a cohesive continuum of educational philosophy and practice from preschool/kindergarden through adult education for our community.
Change can be viewed as frightening or exciting. I choose to view this opportunity as exciting. This is our opportunity to build on the outstanding educational program that currently serves our K-8 children. The enthusiasm, the commitment, the dedication, the creativity and the rigor of PVSD teachers and staff will extend to serve the whole community.
Our Yes Vote in Nov. is a vote for the future. Its impact will extend far beyond our life time. What a legacy. It is the right vote for the future,for our children and our community.
VOTE YES MEASURE U

Enough! Politics are NOT supposed to be about personalities, but ideas. Measure U is intended to actually unify Camarillo schools. But some of you say things like, "I don't like the way the school board has handled things, they don't deserve my support."
Some people may have issues with some of the conduct and decisions made by the PVS board of educators over the years.It is easy to find issue with anyone. But a Vote Yes on measure U is not about the past or anyones issues with another person. Measure U is about the future. It is about local control of local tax dollars. It is about establishing a cohesive continuum of educational philosophy and practice from preschool/kindergarden through adult education for our community.
Change can be viewed as frightening or exciting. I choose to view this opportunity as exciting. This is our opportunity to build on the outstanding educational program that currently serves our K-8 children. The enthusiasm, the commitment, the dedication, the creativity and the rigor of PVSD teachers and staff will extend to serve the whole community.
Our Yes Vote in Nov. is a vote for the future. Its impact will extend far beyond our life time. What a legacy. It is the right vote for the future,for our children and our community.
VOTE YES MEASURE U

Anyone on the fence?
I urge you to go to 4AllTheKids.org. The website has valuable info on it. It's not emotional, it's factual.
VOTE NO ON MEASURE U!!!!!

Vote NO on Measure U. Unfortunately, politics are about personalities. People, with personalities, make decisions and their beliefs/ideals have A LOT to do with it. It's too late to change personalities, but we can change who's running the School Board. Vote NO on U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry....didn't realize that there was someone out there with the name camparent!

In regards to Measure U, separating Camarillo and Oxnard school districts to create the Camarillo Unified School District would most likely have a huge negative impact on teachers and therefore the quality of education for Camarillo students. Oxnard Union is one of the highest paying districts in the entire area. Breaking with Oxnard would most likely reduce teachers salary and Camarillo's collective bargaining power, as Oxnard encompasses more schools. I am unsure how it would effect pay scales, unionization, health benefits and current jobs of Camarillo HS staff, faculty and so on because each school district functions separately. Teachers have to take a pay cut to switch districts...(vusd and ouhsd have different pay scales, medical plans, union affiliations and so on for example). There is no such thing as a lateral transfer when it comes to primary and secondary education in the state of California. This could potentially make the new school district a less attractive place to work for more experienced teachers and administration, especially at the new high school, thereby reducing the quality of education in Camarillo.

In the mean time the new high school in Camarillo is unbuilt, which would mean if the 800 Camarillo residents currently attending Rio Mesa HS were transfered to Adolfo HS this would result in a severe crowding problem. The impact on Rio Mesa of course would be a sudden lack of students and a cut of educational programs like AP classes.

This will raise taxes in Camarillo and Somis especially, but also in Oxnard. As Oxnard is a much larger city than Camarillo, most of the funding for schools in Camarillo is paid by the citizens of Oxnard--70% to be exact. If Camarillo separates from Oxnard it will be responsible for paying paying its own education bills, divided up by much fewer residents. The new district would receive new money, but would have to spend as much or more to run the two high schools leaving tax payers from Camarillo and Somis alone to bare the burden of the bill and possibly resulting in a deficit. In addition, Oxnard School District would have to relocate Frontier elsewhere.

No on U

In regards to Measure U, separating Camarillo and Oxnard school districts to create the Camarillo Unified School District would most likely have a huge negative impact on teachers and therefore the quality of education for Camarillo students. Oxnard Union is one of the highest paying districts in the entire area. Breaking with Oxnard would most likely reduce teachers salary and Camarillo's collective bargaining power, as Oxnard encompasses more schools. I am unsure how it would effect pay scales, unionization, health benefits and current jobs of Camarillo HS staff, faculty and so on because each school district functions separately. Teachers have to take a pay cut to switch districts...(vusd and ouhsd have different pay scales, medical plans, union affiliations and so on for example). There is no such thing as a lateral transfer when it comes to primary and secondary education in the state of California. This could potentially make the new school district a less attractive place to work for more experienced teachers and administration, especially at the new high school, thereby reducing the quality of education in Camarillo.

In the mean time the new high school in Camarillo is unbuilt, which would mean if the 800 Camarillo residents currently attending Rio Mesa HS were transfered to Adolfo HS this would result in a severe crowding problem. The impact on Rio Mesa of course would be a sudden lack of students and a cut of educational programs like AP classes.

This will raise taxes in Camarillo and Somis especially, but also in Oxnard. As Oxnard is a much larger city than Camarillo, most of the funding for schools in Camarillo is paid by the citizens of Oxnard--70% to be exact. If Camarillo separates from Oxnard it will be responsible for paying paying its own education bills, divided up by much fewer residents. The new district would receive new money, but would have to spend as much or more to run the two high schools leaving tax payers from Camarillo and Somis alone to bare the burden of the bill and possibly resulting in a deficit. In addition, Oxnard School District would have to relocate Frontier elsewhere.

No on U