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Over the past several weeks, the CVUSD board has been embroiled in a controversy over a new policy for approving Core Literature. Not only does this policy outline a new selection process for approving Core Literature novels, but it also creates an opt-in policy requiring parents to essentially sign a permission slip for their…
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The district has been grappling with how to decide on a viable compromise that both supports an in-class literature opt-out policy for concerned parents and maintains student and teacher rights. On Oct. 25, two members of a recently formed teacher-administrator coalition proposed to school board members Pat Phelps and Sandee Everett a solution to…
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At the school meeting on Aug. 15, John Andersen, board member, proposed the discussion of an opt-out policy for core literature that would give students the ability to read alternate texts if they have personal objections to literature being taught in English classes. Discussion of the approval of “The Absolutely True Diary of a…
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In recent months, the CVUSD school board has debated allowing new literature into the high school curriculum. Controversy over the “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian,” a novel by Sherman Alexie and recipient of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, has led to many parent, teacher and student claims…
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Dr. Ann Bonitatibus has resigned from her position as CVUSD superintendent. Her resignation was caused by a change in her “life circumstances.” Bonitatibus has shifted her focus to “some personal needs that balance out (her) professional passions.” During Bonatitibus’s two year tenure, she has added many improvements to the district including hiring more counselors,…
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The audience and school board members bowed their heads. The room was silent. At the start of the school board meeting on Jan. 3, 2017, Superintendent Ann Bonitatibus called for a moment of quiet remembrance of Darrin Carr, an NPHS English teacher who passed away during winter break. However, the silence was soon replaced…
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Community members and students alike flooded the school district office meeting room on the night of Jan.17, spilling into the reception area and filling the hallways, with even more livestreaming the school board meeting from their computers. Neon green stickers speckled the crowd, marking the supporters of one of the most controversial issues of…
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When you open a history book, no matter for which grade, you will see the overwhelming accomplishments of many who came before us, but not everyone. People with different ethnicities, sexual orientations or other differences are too often omitted from the pages — sometimes the only tie between the future of the country and…
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“Let’s have a round of applause and welcome our newly elects,” Dr. Ann Bonitatibus, Superintendent, said. Dr. Betsy Connolly, first elected in November 2008, and Sandee Everett, elected this November, were each sworn into their elected positions to the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Board of Education in a Swearing-In Ceremony on Tuesday,…