Molina, Alejandra
Arroyo Vista PTA caught misrepresenting national,
state and district PTA support, now spinning to cover
up lies
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Alejandra Molina, Rancho Santa
Margarita News
"The park use issue recently resurfaced after the
Arroyo Vista PTA sent letters in February to SAMLARC
and CUSD asking them both to reassess the park use
policy at the school. Language in the letters
suggested that the national, state and district PTAs
supported the group in its efforts. The move angered
some CSRSM members, who later verified that the
national, state and district PTAs are not taking
sides on the issue. The Arroyo Vista PTA has said it
did not intend to make it sound like the groups were
on its side, and acknowledged that language in the
letter should be reworded."
The PTA letter was assertive and unequivocal in its misrepresentation about national, state and district PTA support ... so much so, that all three oraganizations saw right through the ploy and the state PTA minced no words, ordering the Arroyo Vista PTA to "cease and desist." The simple fact is, the Arroyo Vista PTA got caught doing something dishonest (again) and, as usual, they are compounding the offense by spinning to cover it up. Molina is a reporter for The Orange County Register.
The PTA letter was assertive and unequivocal in its misrepresentation about national, state and district PTA support ... so much so, that all three oraganizations saw right through the ploy and the state PTA minced no words, ordering the Arroyo Vista PTA to "cease and desist." The simple fact is, the Arroyo Vista PTA got caught doing something dishonest (again) and, as usual, they are compounding the offense by spinning to cover it up. Molina is a reporter for The Orange County Register.
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RSM city council letter urging CUSD to abandon
blanket EIR
Jan 26, 2007 |
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Alejandra Molina, Rancho Santa
Margarita News
"The city will send a letter to Capistrano Unified
School District, urging it to abandon the preparation
of an environmental report studying the effect of
maximizing the number of portable classrooms at
schools. The City Council on Wednesday voted 5-0 to
authorize Mayor Tony Beall, who made the
recommendation, to send the letter."
A report to the City Council, written by Beall, says the environmental report would threaten the 1,050-student cap at Arroyo Vista, a kindergarten through eighth-grade campus, and possibly lead to higher enrollment at crowded Tijeras Creek Elementary.
A report to the City Council, written by Beall, says the environmental report would threaten the 1,050-student cap at Arroyo Vista, a kindergarten through eighth-grade campus, and possibly lead to higher enrollment at crowded Tijeras Creek Elementary.
CUSD proposes blanket EIR to maximize portables
throughout the district, City of RSM opposes EIR
Jan 26, 2007 |
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Alejandra Molina, The Ladera
Post
"The Rancho Santa Margarita City Council backed Mayor
Tony Beall in sending a letter to Capistrano Unified
School District, urging it to abandon the preparation
of an environmental impact report. The EIR would
study maximizing the number of portable classrooms on
each of the district’s school sites. The discussion
recalled hard feelings left from last year’s
conflicts with then-Superintendent James Fleming and
the CUSD board."
The proposed blanket EIR is particularly offensive, since Marlene Draper and other CUSD leaders assured voters during the recall and ABC reform slate campaigns that CUSD had a "strategic plan" to remove portables. Now, just weeks after the November election, CUSD is scheming to circumvent the environmental process with a district-wide EIR for the purpose of "maximizing" the number of portables at every CUSD campus. Molina is a reporter for the Orange County Register.
The proposed blanket EIR is particularly offensive, since Marlene Draper and other CUSD leaders assured voters during the recall and ABC reform slate campaigns that CUSD had a "strategic plan" to remove portables. Now, just weeks after the November election, CUSD is scheming to circumvent the environmental process with a district-wide EIR for the purpose of "maximizing" the number of portables at every CUSD campus. Molina is a reporter for the Orange County Register.