Public Education: Building Up or Building Down

Mayor Guidi demanded that Centinela Valley stop tearing things down.He wasn't talking about the substandard education that the students have been getting.He was talking about the Historic buildings on the Leuzinger campus, a historic legacy, in part because now...

Public Education, the Press, and the Status Quo

Local news organs and dedicated community activists have all raised hell.Centinela Valley has issues.Yet nothing is being done about it.From the Leuzinger Alumni Associations who decry the tear-down of historic buildings, to the voters in Wiseburn, Del Aire and...

Public Education and My Connection to Vince Bravo

Weird times have been spinning at Lawndale High School and Centinela Valley Union High School District. Vince Bravo was an excellent administrator, one who led a school which would be recognized by the state as "Distinguished" Yet within two years, he went...

Public Education: Local Battleground on Students

School boards and Unions do not fight for schools or students.They fight on students. The ongoing conflicts, from an outrageously nonsensical no-confidence vote, to planned sick days, to the time off that Union Presidential candidates take campaigning for leadership,...