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Dear Editor, Kathy Paspalis “For the Kids” As a former teacher in the CCUSD it gives me great pride to endorse Kathy Paspalis for school board. I have had the opportunity to work with many quality people in this city whose primary interest was to make a difference in our children’s lives. Kathy is one of those special people. For years the overused mantra has been “for the kids”. This has had a hollow ring, and has not been for the kids, but for others’ self importance and ambitions....
Dear Editor, Steve Levin will be a solid addition to our school board. Much has been made about his skills and intelligence as a rocket scientist, parent volunteer, President of the Booster Club at Farragut Elementary and former president and one of the founding members of the UPCC, but for me it is his common sense approach to problem solving that gained my support. Steve has an uncanny ability to actually listen, take a step back and explore an issue on all sides, discuss it with those who...
Dear Editor, Why am I voting and for whom? In the upcoming election on Tuesday, November 5 seven candidates are running for three available seats on the Culver City School Board. Each brings their gifts, perspective and commitment to our School District. In assessing the current needs of our District, two major issues stand out: (1) funding for desperately needed infrastructure upgrade and repair with maintenance factored in. And (2) implementation of the federally mandated Core Curriculum...
Dear Editor, I am voting for Karlo Silbiger because he stands for decent wages for classroom aides which resonates with my family history. I grew up in Mar Vista, where my two brothers and I were raised by a single mom. For 28 years, my mother worked as a front office secretary at a Los Angeles public middle school. At the time of her retirement nine years ago she was earning $29,000 a year. Our family got by because of her union salary and health benefits. I believe that all our classroom...
Dear Editor, The upcoming School Board election is an important one and I wish to share with readers my reasons for supporting the re-election of Kathy Paspalis. As a City Council member and as someone who regularly has attended school board meetings, I have had the opportunity to watch Kathy up close. I would describe her as decisive, focused and accessible. She has a tremendous work ethic but all of her actions are devoted to improving the quality of education for our Culver City kids. She...
As a Culver City parent, I believe it is time to increase the separation between the teacher's unions and the people that make decisions, which impact teacher's unions. People forget that teachers are union members and are influenced by their unions. Parents are focused on what is best for their children. We are lucky enough to have parents running in our school board election, who despite their very busy lives, are willing to take time away from their own families to help run our schools...
Dear Editor, I had heard from people working on Kathy Paspalis’s School Board re-election campaign that her lawn signs were being stolen from around town. Hers in particular, picked out at locations where there were pairs of two or sets of three signs. I thought it would be interesting to see what really was happening. I set up security cameras at a couple of locations. To view the results, go to YouTube.com and search for the channel “Culver City Politics.” It took no time to capture this...
Dear Editor, I want to urge everyone to vote for Sue Robins for the Culver City School Board for two reasons: 1. I met Sue when she was my daughter’s 8th grade science teacher. My daughter has behavioral and emotional problems due to her abusive background before we became her fost-adopt parents. Although several of the middle school teachers were sympathetic and helpful, none were as involved and involved us as Sue. She understood our daughter’s special problems and went out of her way to try...
Dear Editor, My three votes: Karlo, Claudia & Kathy Karlo has been an outstanding leader on the School Board over the past four years. He championed the solar project and Environmental Sustainability Committee, making our campuses greener every day. He's made the Board more transparent and responsive to the community. He researches every decision thoroughly, getting input from a diverse group of parents and residents. A product of Culver City schools, Boston University, and Harvard, he went on t...
Dear Editor, I’ve been teaching adapted physical education in Culver City Unified for over 10 years and work with “special needs” children. I’m frustrated with how the district spends taxpayer money. Why not fix the pool for three million and use the rest of the 7.7 million on air conditioning, faulty plumbing, and contrast paints on playgrounds (Helps visually impaired children from being injured.). Examples of problems and where the money should go 1) Nurse’s station at CCHS 96 degrees (...
Dear Editor, I have three votes in the upcoming Board of Education election, and I plan on using all three. With one, I’m voting for Sue Robins. Sue has ALL the qualities that are needed for an effective member of a board of education. She has firsthand experience of being a teacher in the Culver City Unified School District. Culver City is far different from other districts and charter schools. Indeed, CCUSD is one of the reasons many of us (including my parents, and later I) chose to purchase...
I strongly urge you to vote for Kathy Paspalis, Sue Robins, and Steve Levin for School Board. I am a former booster club president, high school parent, and perpetual volunteer who has attended numerous School Board meetings, forums, workshops, and meetings. Based on all of these experiences I know that Kathy, Sue, and Steve are the most qualified candidates in this election cycle. Kathy has shown through her performance on the School Board that she does her homework, is incisive, intuitive,...
Because of my passion for this amazing free service, I am a dedicated supporter of Karlo Silbiger. Karlo initiated a meeting with our Friends’ co-president Andy Alexander and CCUSD Supt. David LaRose to include the Health Center information in the online registration packets for students/parents. Karlo was instrumental in ensuring that teachers would make student referrals to the Health Center. As a teacher, Karlo knows the importance and opportunity teachers have to identify concerns of y...
Dear Editor, Karlo Silbiger has won my endorsement. Now that I am finally of legal age to vote, I am proud to cast my first ballot in support of his reelection and I urge fellow Culver Citizens to do the same on November 5. In my time at Culver City High School, I witnessed an embarrassing absence of the student voice in the Culver City community. Critical issues have passed through the school board, meeting after meeting, without CCUSD reaching out for student perspectives or seriously investig...
Dear Editor: As a veteran teacher in Culver City Unified School District I feel fortunate to work in a community that values and supports excellence in education. During my tenure I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with numerous dedicated individuals. One of those people, Steve Levin, is a candidate for the Culver City Board of Education. Steve has spent countless hours supporting and volunteering for classroom programs, PTA events and booster club activities as well as fulfilling a...
Dear Fellow Voters: Several writers submitting letters about the school board candidates have noted the amount of volunteering each has contributed to our schools and want to make that a criterion for supporting them. To that point I will describe the situation that existed when my husband Stephen Schwartz ran for a seat on the Board in the ‘70s. He was a sheet metal worker in those years and our oldest son had just started kindergarten at Farragut. He hadn’t done any volunteering in the sch...
Dear Editor, We in Culver City are lucky to have Sue Robins running for School Board. She brings experience as a parent, teacher and professional to the table. Her concern for students and our public school system is deep; she's chosen to add serving our community in an official capacity rather than sit back and let others take the lead. Sue is a person with backbone, intelligence and integrity; she listens, processes and responds. We need school board members who will interact, listen, come to...
Dear Editor: The upcoming School Board election presents an opportunity for our community to elect someone who is truly invested in our children’s future: Sue Robins. Sue is an amazing educator, as evidenced by her work as a CCMS Science teacher. Her tireless preparation and attention to detail enabled her to deliver curriculum to students that was challenging, interesting, and relevant. Sue created an educational environment where students with a range of abilities thrived. As a reflection o...
Four years ago after sitting down with then candidate Kathy Paspalis, I decided to endorse her based on her goals and objectives that she was focused on. Four years later, I am proud to endorse Kathy for reelection to the Board of Education as she not only has achieved much of what she strived to do, but did it with drive, passion and intelligence. It is her passion for the job and fierce commitment to our children combined with not being afraid to ruffle a few feathers that makes Kathy a...
As a committed sustainability advocate, I strongly support Karlo Silbiger for School Board. Karlo has been the most active and vocal supporter on the School Board for installing the new solar energy system. This system will bring in a guaranteed $8.5 million in unrestricted money to our general school fund. The revenues from solar energy can be used to pay for anything the Culver City School Board feels is necessary for our students’ education – from hiring new teachers, to upgrading facilities...
Are your readers aware how swimming is taught in our schools in Culver City? Students are required to lay flat on a medicine ball in the gym and are supposed to simulate a breast stroke through the air. Sound ridiculous? Especially when nearby, we have a 20,000 sq ft. Natatorium swimming pool that has been left to deteriorate to a horrid state. Closing the Culver City School Natatorium swimming pool meant closing the door to those students, teachers, and even the community who need to have a...
Where’s the $28,000 dollars? The past five years have seen disastrous budget cuts Karlo Silbiger advised during The League of Woman’s Voter/PTA Council candidate forum Thursday evening October 3. So why then did he, Nancy and Patricia vote to spend $28,000 to an outside consulting firm to investigate placing a bond measure on our November ballot then do nothing to track, monitor, direct, report on those efforts until the fateful night the plug was pulled on placing a bond measure on the bal...
As we move into the last month of the School Board campaign, we as parents and citizens of Culver City need to do our research and elect the best possible candidates for our children and the city. What Board composition would best represent us as a community? I am interested in electing parents that have been successful leaders in their careers and involved volunteers in the schools for years rather than those that have had other priorities. I am not interested in electing those who are...
I saw the article about your new web site and checked it out. It’s great. Congratulations. I bet it will boost sales too. Also, thank you for the coverage on the EarthFest LA event held at West. Best Wishes. Michelle Long-Coffee Public Relations / Advertising West Los Angeles College...
Put our kids first on November 5th – re-elect Kathy Paspalis and vote in Steve Levin and Sue Robins. Paspalis’ matchless work ethic and her training as an attorney are invaluable. Her oversight ensured that the District’s recent exciting capital improvement projects – new sports facilities and a solar initiative – were well managed and cost-effective. She is forthright, asks the tough questions, and is an engaged listener. Our District needs leaders; Kathy is just that. Steve Levin will brin...
