Culver City Crossroads

Brothers and sisters, Yesterday at a special board meeting, the board voted 4–1 to hire Patti Jaffe as our new superintendent. It ended a long, drawn out and expensive superintendent search process——with the candidate being …[READ MORE]

Dear Editor, As a Culver City homeowner, I have watched and read the issues about the schools for more than a decade. For that entire time I mistakenly thought that you represented the teachers. I …[READ MORE]

Dear Editor, A number of teachers and community members have asked me to respond to some of the written comments from school board members Kathy Paspalis and Steve Gourley that were published recently. First, I …[READ MORE]

Dear Editor, One way the board is trying to ameliorate the problem is to find new revenue for our district. That means using our capital funds that can’t be used for salaries to upgrade existing …[READ MORE]

Dear Editor (and Board Members,) I know the Board doesn’t want to lose a single teacher, administrator, or otherwise. Neither do I. I know the state’s budget woes are a terrible thing and I know …[READ MORE]

Thank you, Kathy, for a very informative response. I just want to add that for years when my kids were in elementary school I would go up to the second floor of the district offices …[READ MORE]

Dear Editor, and other concerned members of the Culver City community: I appreciate everyone’s concern for our students and our teachers. Indeed, our students are my primary concern, and I take pride in knowing we …[READ MORE]

Dear Editor, I agree with your observation in the article Redevelopment on the Chopping Block, “In Culver City it is obvious- in many places visually obvious- that many redevelopment projects are beneficial. The issue is …[READ MORE]

I cannot adequately express the pride I feel for our students, parents and community who were moved to the core to keep this extraordinary teacher doing the work she was born to do. I have …[READ MORE]