Comments by Bev France
November 07, 2006
The La Honda Pescadero School District did an informal exit poll for students leaving the district. The reasons are so varied, religious school, prep school, sports school, special arts schools, and the migrant population must vary every year as well. I know that some students do not attend school from November through January as they go home to Mexico for the Holidays. As a parent watching some children leave the coast for other schools it usually is for some reason other than an aging middle school.…
November 07, 2006
Hi All, Hope everyone who didn't do an absentee went out to vote already. I tried the new machine - interesting - I thought it would be a touch screen. But of course it had to be some kind of computer voting machine no one has seen before. Not hard to use, but different. Anyway.... I was wondering the other day about the low enrollment numbers that are being flung around here lately. As the baby boomers age, and their children are already cycled through the school system, wouldn't it just be a given…
November 06, 2006
Technically what do we know of her experience? Six years on some school board across the country. Have you checked her record? Does she work for Cabrillo as a speech teacher? I attended the forum last week and was not impressed. I felt other candidates had more passion and a better handle on the current problems than Ms. Fisher. And some of the other candidates have children in the school district, always a good thing. Maybe the issue over the field was petty in your opinion, but bottom line it cost…
November 06, 2006
Todd, Thank you for speaking so eloquently about public services. I agree that these are seperate issues. Here are my accounts. I was at the field the day Ms. Fisher asked the Pop Warner teams to "go somewhere else". (By the way Barry those Pop Warner Cheerleader pictures on the front page were cute, good thing they have a field to practice on). My son has been photographed by Ms. Fisher. I was not present but he told me about it immediately. He rarely parks on Highland but was late for practice…
October 31, 2006
I wanted to make some clarifications about comments that have appeared here. Hal Bogner writes: "or Bev France’s apparent belief that supporting school sports is both more important than education and more important than following the law." Clarification: I have worked many years in public schools as both a volunteer and paid employee. I have never stated ANYWHERE that sports are more important than education. The issue was the sports field, not the chem lab. But isn't it better to have our students…
October 27, 2006
Shame, shame, shame on you Barry for mimicking the Review in your endorsement of Pam Fisher for School Board. Just because someone is a “fresh face” to local politics does not mean she will be a good school board member. Even you say you have never heard of her before. As an employer would you hire someone who has sued your company? Ms. Fisher has filed lawsuits against the CUSD twice to stop improvements to the athletic fields. Besides forcing the school district to spend funds also available…
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