Dr. Josh Arnold’s contract with the School District is attached below. Note: On page 5, the letter M seems to be the section of his contract evoked by the School Board for its dismissal of Dr. Arnold. At the very end of the June 13 School Board meeting minutes, it shows that the Board did come back and reconvened in Open Session and … Read More

After an auspicious beginning five years ago, it seems that the UPCC, United Parents of Culver City, is going the way of every local parent coalition put together by a small group of citizens to achieve specific goals by getting their leaders elected to office. It appears the UPCC website has not been updated for well over a year. One … 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

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

Is it just a coincidence that 85 percent of the unified school districts in Los Angeles County, which now receive the state’s added 50 percent concentration grants, are paying more in average salary than the Culver City USD? According to the 2015-16 J-90 County salary survey, the average salary of these other districts is $79,820. That’s $5,150 more than the Culver … Read More

I would hope our current School Board finally has figured out that there’s a lot more involved in “Keeping up with Joneses” than just throwing School District savings at a five-year goal and hoping it will be reached. The California School Board Assn. tries to instill in its elected membership that a school district should not spend any onetime money, … Read More

Since it seems neither the School Board nor the School District is in any hurry to draw public attention to its failing attempt to bring District employees up to L.A. County’s median salary figure, I guess it is left to me to report facts on why they have failed to reach their goal. There are 48 unified school districts in … Read More