“We're planning on taking the next three or four months to explore all of the options. Possibly those options can change, but the committee has done a lot of work and this is where we are at.”
“We've reviewed the scan charts, enrollment projects and we've surveyed staff. We've really done a whole lot of work. We've reviewed boundary change options and looked at both short-term and long-term solutions.”
“I really do appreciate the efforts of all the committee members. It's the kind of thing where if there was a simple solution to all of this, we would have arrived at it a long time ago.”
“Things have always operated with somewhat of a shortage. We could always use more qualified substitute teachers. There are days when the administrative staff looks for teachers to cover somebody's class because we couldn't find anybody to substitute.”
“There are tracts of land that are going to be annexed by the city and are going to be developed by developers that we don't have mitigation agreements with. Part of our job is to continue to get agreements with all of those developers.”
“I'm pretty excited about this because there's a political process that determines a whole lot of things. Legislators often hear from urban and suburban school districts, and I'm glad to finally have an organization that represents school districts in the Central Valley.”
“Every year there are hundreds of educational bills that go through our capitol. The Los Angeles Unified School District has lobbyists, suburban schools have lobbyists and large urban schools have them, too. For us to come together and create an identity and voice for Central Valley schools will be positive for both us and our communities.”
“We believe that what we've been implementing is effective. Whenever you have a high percentage of English-learners in your schools, you will have to adjust the curriculum accordingly.”
