Despite a variety of potential fiscal and legal obstacles, splitting the Santa Monica-Malibu school district into two separate entities is feasible, according to the district's financial oversight committee.
Separation of the area school district into Santa Monica and Malibu factions seems to be turning into a "not if, but when"issue.
At its meeting Wednesday night,
Editor's note: This is the second installment of a two-part series about English learners in Santa Monica-Malibu schools. Click here for the first installment.
The student had come
The Santa Monica-Malibu school board voted Monday to approve the district's budget and priorities for 2015-16 amid discussions about diversity and how the district should address achievement gaps.
Say hello to the elephant in the room.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District appears ready to explore the separation of the district into two entities, a topic that has
What do you call a $4-million fundraising drive to support staff and enrichment programs in local schools?
As the district school board on April 16 prepared to review the controversial
Three vacancies on the Santa Monica-Malibu school district's Financial Oversight Committee were filled when the Board of Education approved recommendations during its March 19 meeting in Malibu.
Seth
Several months remain in the regular school year, but Santa Monica-Malibu district officials have already been lining up plans for upcoming summer sessions.
The district is expecting to have more
Education board candidates spent more on the 2014 election than they did in the previous two elections combined.
The seven Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education candidates spent a combined $257,
With Santa Monica High School set to receive the bulk of the money that voters approved for the district through Measure ES, the education board is now tasked with deciding
Where did all the kindergartners go?
Just 81 students enrolled in kindergarten for every 100 graduating seniors in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District last year, a trend revealed to
