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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'OPUSD'
Thank You, David Ross!
September 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, History, Oak Park
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
Mandarin Classes Offered at Oak Park High School
March 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Education, Elections, Oak Park
After reading an article in the Ventura County Star on Friday (3-5) about a class in Mandarin being offered to sixth graders in Camarillo, I just wanted to say that a school district in the Conejo Valley offers classes in this Chinese language, too! Oak Park High School offers four levels of Mandarin, according to [...]
Tags: Mandarin Classes·OPUSD
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 [...]
Jim Kalember on Time to Start a Dialog on Schools
October 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Conejo Valley, Education, Oak Park
Former OPUSD board member, Jim Kalember, broadened the discussion of school choice, that I am going to post in two parts. Issues he raises go beyond the Conejo Valley, but I believe what Jim has to say will be of interest. Here is the first part by Jim Kalember: “Janna-very good takes. The Conejo is [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·No Child Left Behind·OPUSD·public education
Marie Panec on Time to Start Dialog on Schools
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Education
Oak Park Unified School District board member, Marie Panec, wrote a comment to the post of 10-3, about school choice. I am posting it as a separate entry. Marie Panec wrote: “I agree, it is time for a national converstaion on education. No Child Left Behind has done very little of what it promised. The [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·No Child Left Behind·OPUSD·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 [...]
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