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On the one-week anniversary of the School Board’s surprise uncoupling of Supt. Josh Arnold after his first year in Culver City, the original impression remains: Although insiders say they anticipated the change, the community was caught off-guard. In March, Sue Robins stepped down as School Board president to move to Maine with her family. When polled for a reaction in … Read More

Re “New Bond Measures Possible, CBAC Says”   Reporting on the final interview Supt. Josh Arnold gave last Tuesday, six scant hours before the School Board gave him the axe, carries a whiff of sweeping up infragrant ashes following a huge fire. His responses were wash-day clean. They packed the pleasant aroma of well-pondered, freshly laundered frankness, just like the … Read More

[Editor’s Note: The former School Board member directly expresses his feelings about last Tuesday’s firing of School District Supt. Dr. Josh Arnold.]   Josh, I can’t tell you how disappointed and dismayed I am at what appears to be a poorly thought-out decision by the School Board. It took us years to find a charismatic, ingenious, energetic, innovative leader. Then … Read More

A school district superintendent is the only employee of governing school board members. He or she is hired to oversee the district administration and the district’s schools, based on district policies passed by the current and previous school board members. But, some board members, thinking they know best, may want to have things done a certain way. And so, they … Read More

Were the last two superintendents of the School District – both charismatic personalities – as alike as they seemed or more different than they publicly seemed to be? A onetime District employee assessed Dave LaRose and the just terminated Dr. Josh Arnold in perhaps surprising ways. “Dave LaRose was reserved, and he liked to talk about himself,” the person said. … Read More

Twenty years ago I purchased a porta-potty from Sears. A month ago I asked Siri to add a reminder that I need to practice the portable toilet.  Today I learned to use it. Having a portable toilet at my disposal (pardon the pun) is second on my earthquake preparedness list, just below gallons of water. I was curious about how … Read More

Undeniably, the most fulfilled woman in Culver City, yesterday, today and a bushel of tomorrows is Leslie Lockhart, freshly promoted from assistant superintendent to the newly created title of interim superintendent. A 19-year veteran of the School District she rang bells of unbridled excitement before dashing home to celebrate with her family: Daughter Kennedy, 20, home from the University of … Read More

Culver City Middle School soccer, or fútbol, continues to get better with every year. Parents have been supporting these kids since their early AYSO days. Many of them are in competitive clubs. further developing their skills. Playing for your local middle school continues to be a special honor. All of the hard work throughout the year culminates into a few … Read More

It looks like earlier this school year, on March 25, our School Board approved a salary schedule change for the assistant superintendents that turned out to be 6.26 percent. Only later did the School Board, after a couple of months, say “Oops” and then voted to rescind it. (See pdf below) Pdf: Asst Super Salary Schedules This action happened after the School District employees who were supposedly okay with it, … Read More

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