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Is this legal? Are school board members allowed to use public resources to affect elections?
Here is a quote from the minutes of a recent CVESD board meeting:
CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
MINUTES
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Regular Meeting
November 13, 2007
7 P.M.
"...President López recessed to public session at 8:47 p.m and reported the following: The Board directed Legal Counsel to take all steps necessary to avoid litigation while educating the County Committee of the negative repercussion of the political actions related to the Petition for Trustee Areas..."
http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/cvesd/schoolboard/boarddocs/pdf/minutes11132007.pdf
1 comment:
It unfortunate and disheartening when school board members vote to allocate public funds to defeat a publically initiated petition to increase public representation. I look forward to the day when we can work to take the politics out of schools and do what is simply right.
Thank you for your post,
Ed Herrera
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