Unusual for the day after Labor Day…we have a misty and gray sky, as the kids head to school on the old traditional starting day. Of course, most students now start back sooner, sometimes by weeks, but today is when my internal alarm clock tells me that it is time for the school year to begin. Above is a [...]
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September 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Education, Las Virgenes, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Tags: Conejo Valley·CVUSD·Oak Park·OPUSD·Thousand Oaks·Westlake Village
Conejo Schools: Growth vs. Specialization
February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Education, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks
Two articles in the 2-18-10 Acorn Newspapers offer a contrast. In the T.O. Acorn, the headline reads, “Another charter school approved in Thousand Oaks.” The Ventura County Board of Education approved Bridges Charter School, which is based on an open classroom philosophy. The article reported that Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) would like the school to [...]
Betsy Connolly on Time to Start a Dialog on Schools
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Education, Thousand Oaks
CVUSD board member, Betsy Connolly, wrote a comment to the post of 10-3 about school choice. I am posting it as a separate entry. Betsy Connolly said: “Parents have been making school choice a priority for many decades. In my day, you chose your town or your neighborhood based on the quality of the schools. [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·CVUSD·No Child Left Behind·public education
So Many Choices of Schools in the Conejo Valley
October 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
I am amazed at how many different schools from which parents and students can choose in the Conejo Valley! At the top of the list are the three public school districts operating in the Conejo – Conejo Valley Unified (CVUSD), Las Virgenes Unified (LVUSD) and Oak Park Unified (OPUSD). (A quick question: what are these [...]
Parents Want to Start Bridges Charter School at Closed University Elementary
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Thousand Oaks
Parents of children attending the Open Classroom magnet program at Conejo Elementary in Thousand Oaks, are organizing to start Bridges Charter School to open next school year. According to an article in the 9-24 Thousand Oaks Acorn, the parents sent a letter to CVUSD Superintendent Mario Contini, saying that they wanted to house the school at University [...]
The Many-Layered Issue of School Choice
July 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Oak Park, Thousand Oaks
The California “District of Choice” law regarding students transferring to schools outside their districts without their district’s OK, ended July 1. However, Wednesday, a State Assembly committee voted in support of a bill to continue the program for another 7 years, according to an article in The Star, 7-16. The bill, SB680 was amended to include require more [...]
Tags: California Assembly·CVUSD·OPUSD
