Econerd shares her view of traffic in Oak Park: “Here’s a different take on OP transportation. Currently, 1/3 of the enrollment at Oak Park schools consists of out of area students. This is the first year that the district has contracted with an outside bus company to transport those students at a cost to those [...]
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I atttended Marie Panec’s Funeral Service Today (5-10)
May 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Education, Elections, Ventura County
I am not big on attending funerals, and was trying to talk myself out of going to Marie Panec’s memorial service today, but my better self prevailed, and I did go. I am glad I did. It was held at beautiful St. Max’s Catholic Church in Oak Park in the early afternoon, and so many [...]
OPUSD Trustee and Moorpark College Professor Marie Panec Dies
May 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Oak Park, Ventura County
Oak Park Unified School District trustee, Marie Panec died Tuesday Morning, 5-3. An OPUSD school official announced Tuesday, that she died of a brain aneurysm. I am so sad! Marie was such a wonderful, warm, intelligent, and above all, caring person! Not only was she on the OPUSD school board, she was also chair of the Biological Sciences [...]
Tags: Marie Panec·Oak Park·OPUSD
Thank You, David Ross!
September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, History, Oak Park
I was sorry to read in the VC Star yesterday(9-7) that David Ross was retiring from the board of the Community Foundation of Oak Park. David Ross is one of the good guys of Oak Park, and has been, since way before I moved to the Conejo Valley in 1997. He was one of the founders [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·Oak Park·OPUSD
Back to School and Safety
September 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Education, Las Virgenes, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
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 [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·CVUSD·Oak Park·OPUSD·Thousand Oaks·Westlake Village
School Cross Walks
May 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, Education, Oak Park
On my walk, about 8 AM this morning, I watched two boys, looking around ten years old, run across a school cross walk on Conifer Street, to get to Brookside School. This cross walk always makes me nervous, because a lot of drivers in mostly SUV’s and some cars, roll down Conifer Street toward the intersection at [...]
Tags: Brookside School·cross walk sign·Oak Park cross walk·OPUSD
