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School board adopts school choice policy
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At the Oct. 20 meeting, the CVUSD board voted unanimously to adopt the revamped school choice policy for the 2021-22 school year. Of the four presented, option one was selected with some slight modifications. The plan follows a three-tier system. The first tier continues preschool, sibling and employee priority, meaning if the applicant was…
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Meet the school board candidates – Lauren Gill
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Rather listen than read? Go to https://youtu.be/mk2YE_E447Y to check out our full recorded Zoom call with Lauren Gill. Timestamps for each topic of discussion are located in the description of the video. What is your current occupation? I work for Pearson Education. I work to help students make the transition to college, find their…
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Meet the school board candidates – Sandee Everett
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Rather listen than read? Go to https://youtu.be/luMtsgnflRQ to check out our full recorded Zoom call with Sandee Everett. Timestamps for each topic of discussion are located in the description of the video. What is your current occupation? My current occupation, I am a trustee on the Conejo Valley Unified School District School Board. I’m also…
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Meet the school board candidates – Patti Jones
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Rather listen than read? Go to https://youtu.be/F8p_eqJ7YJA to check out our full recorded Zoom call with Patti Jones. Timestamps for each topic of discussion are located in the description of the video. So we’re going to start by asking you to introduce yourself and your current occupation. Okay. Great. Thanks. Yes. My name is…
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Meet the school board candidates – Karen Sylvester
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Rather listen than read? Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5yDcKn7Rhc to check out our full recorded Zoom call with Karen Sylvester. Timestamps for each topic of discussion are located in the description of the video. Are you able to introduce yourself and what your current occupation is? Sure. So my name is Karen Sylvester, I’m running for…
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District adopts the Learning Continuity Plan
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The 2020-2021 CVUSD Learning Continuity Plan (LCP), was adopted by the school board on Sept. 29, following an hour and eleven minute board meeting. The LCP is an in-depth plan that describes the district’s direction, goals, actions, services and expenditures in order to support students through the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to combat concerns…
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Meet the 2020 School Board Candidates
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Despite these new circumstances regarding the coronavirus, democracy goes on. In this year’s election for School Board, CVUSD has adopted a new by-trustee area election system with two positions up for election, Trustee Area No. One (in yellow on the map) and Trustee Area No. Five (in purple on the map). The incumbent of…
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PPP raises community discussion
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The district is in the process of adopting new health curriculum to meet the updated state guidelines, which is bringing multiple community members to the recent CVUSD school board meetings to express their support and concerns. No curriculum has been adopted at this time, but the district recognizes the need to include curriculum that…
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School board changes CSF designation
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The Conejo Schools Foundation (CSF) will not be registering as a booster this fiscal year. CSF will now operate solely under the CVUSD bylaws by the board of education, as stated in policy 1260, in order to maintain official business with the school district. CSF has always been under this policy, however they are…
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School Board Trustee attends God-Speak event
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On Saturday, Aug. 10, CVUSD school board trustee Sandee Everett spoke at the Godspeak Calvary Chapel about “local Christian alternatives to public school,” as stated in an advertisement for the event. The event flier, which has since been removed from the webpage, stated that public schools supported a “progressive anti-god, anti-American pagan agenda,” and…