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January 13, 2006
Pleasant Issue is getting Less
There seems to be an "act getting together" problem in the issue over whether Camarillo Schools can leave Oxnard and become their own unified school district.
First - there was the committee...
Then - the committee wanted voters to Vote..
then, the State said No...
then, the County Board, said we'll get rid of the committee...
then parents and community members dissented...
The time ran out...
But the talking and yammering didn't...
And now the State wants to decide...
And the County wants to decide...
I thought a LAFCO would have to be formed to decide this? Has LAFCO been implemented (local Agency Formation commission)
And what do the parents really want to get done and when?
Why is the County Board trying to exert control?
What's going on here?
Why is Tim asking all these questions?
Folks - these are your schools. Decide what's in the best interest of the kids, then get it done? what kind of example is all of this dithering setting.
Debate - Decide - Vote - Form - Move On.
You read it here first.
Tim
Comments
For the county board to exert influence in this matter would hinder the voice of the people that will actually be affected by this decision. I feel this is not a county school board matter at all.
Scott
Posted by: Scott Blough at January 18, 2006 09:08 AM
There are 20 or 30 conditions that must be met for this type of separation to take place, and, as I recall, only about 1/3 of the conditions have been met. The biggest one cannot be fixed -- namely that the separation changes the racial mix of the districts.
Furthermore, Tim, you've forgotten the one group that has the most say -- the teachers. Without their concurrence, there will be no separation.
Posted by: Jerre Reimers at January 15, 2006 03:18 PM