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Judge rules CUSD's "guiding principle" effectively discriminated based on race
Sep 04, 2006 | Permalink
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Editorial, The Orange County Register “The ‘general guiding principle’ [of CUSD’s attendance boundaries] that no school shall have a ‘minority’ population greater than 35 percent limits the number of positions available at each high school for members of different ethnicities, effectively discriminating based on race,” the judge ruled. “This is in direct contravention of the state constitution as amended by Proposition 209.”
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Racial gerrymandering another symptom of arrogant CUSD leadership
Sep 04, 2006 | Permalink
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Editorial, The Orange County Register "CUSD is in the midst of a heated school board race, with many allegations of mismanagement hovering over the current board. The racially gerrymandered boundaries are another symptom of an arrogant district leadership. Instead of continuing the fight, the Capo Unified board – regardless of who wins election in November – should throw out its attendance boundaries and put together new ones that treat race and ethnicity in a neutral manner, as mandated by the law."
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Judge rules CUSD's racial gerrymandering violates Prop 209
Sep 04, 2006 | Permalink
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Editorial, The Orange County Register "As Capistrano Unified School District Superintendent James Fleming retired under a cloud of controversy, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler issued a ruling Aug. 25 that is the equivalent of the door hitting Mr. Fleming on the backside as he left the building. The judge ruled that Capo Unified’s racially gerrymandered school attendance boundaries violate Proposition 209, which bans state and local governments from discriminating on the basis of race or ethnicity."
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Smollar says Flemings kept list of names ilegally obtained from registrar's office
Jul 12, 2006 | Permalink
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Editorial, The Orange County Register "Then, according to the July 11 Register, the district’s former director of communications, David Smollar, and another district official viewed the petition data at the registrar’s office and Mr. Smollar wrote down many names of recall signers, and then handed them over to Superintendent James Fleming. Mr. Fleming told the newspaper that he was uncomfortable with the list of names and handed them back to Mr. Smollar. But Mr. Smollar said that Mr. Fleming kept the list."
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Potential for retribution most chilling aspect of enemies lists
Jan 11, 2006 | Permalink
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Editorial, The Orange County Register "The most chilling aspect of this case is the potential for retribution against children – something one recall supporter believes happened to her elementary school child. Public schools have a responsibility to keep politics out of the education process. Whether or not retaliation took place, it’s natural for parents to suspect the worst when the district kept tabs on them, noted where their kids went to school, and used descriptive terms such as “NIMBY” and “outspoken” on the spreadsheets compiled of recall supporters. Parents have every right to be as outspoken as they please about a recall of a school board."
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Lunch on the run at Capo Valley High
Sep 11, 1998 | Permalink
The Orange County Register "The feeding frenzy began at 12:06 p.m. on Thursday at Capistrano Valley High, where lunch lines were as long as those at a Moscow money exchange."

The 2,900 students were left with just 30 minutes to eat lunch. This is the fastest-growing high school in Orange County's fastest-growing school district.
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