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School board meeting continues Tuesday morning
After a little more than three hours of meeting Monday night, the Hesperia Unified School District school board continued its meeting to Tuesday morning.
The meeting, which began late, as board members remained in closed session for approximately 40 minutes longer than usual, was heavy on public comments -- including from Sultana High School students worried that the school's AVID program would be cut back and LaVerne Prep students and supporters urging the board to support a petition to extend the school's elementary program to cover 7th and 8th grade -- as well as reports on the district's financial welfare and a plan for improving student achievement.
At 10:30 -- the "witching hour" beyond which board president Hardy Black has traditionally been unwilling to extend meetings -- the board had still not voted on any of the action items in their agenda, including making decisions on how the district will select which teachers to lay off if it cannot find any way to close a growing budget deficit.
So the board will pick things up on Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. in the HUSD Educational Support Center Annex, 15576 Main Street.
Beau Yarbrough can be reached at 760-956-7108 or at beau@hesperiastar.com. Follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/Hesperia.Star
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| Why the attack? Are you the pot calling the kettle black? Is your mean spirited attack on Bentley OK? The board started shortening meetings before Bentley was elected so I hardly think you can blame him. If there was an election today, the only current member I would vote for is Bentley. |
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| Hesperia Voter - Feb 10, 2010 11:55:51 AM | Remove Comment |
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| School board members begin open the board meetings at 4 then go into closed session before coming out to conduct the remainder of the meeting. Keep in mind that from 4 to 6 they are in a small room with Chris Bentley. Don't you think they get tired after 6 hours? maybe after the long day compromises their acuity and stopping after 6 hours is a good thing. As a citizen I beleive the obligation is to conduct business efficiently and with proper thought and consideration of public comment, I do not beleive they are obligated to conduct 8 or 10 hour meetings. |
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| why the attack - Feb 10, 2010 08:31:25 AM | Remove Comment |
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| Lets be kind to our elders. They are older than most and need their rest. |
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| AARP Board - Feb 09, 2010 07:08:06 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Remember the good old days when previous school board members would come out of closed session on time instead of making the taxpayers wait. Then after the open session was finished, they would go back and complete closed session business. I do not remember, when Hardy Black ran for school board did he mention that his bedtime was more important than the voters to elected him. |
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| Hesperia Voter - Feb 09, 2010 12:55:28 PM | Remove Comment |
