La Mesa Spring Valley School Board

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• Board meeting on Sept 15 was a packed house, the public hearing the apology of the board, and at the same time, a slap to the members of the public who did not like their vote to ban the live speech by President Obama. Many people left before the ridiculous #2 agenda item after an extra-long break to purge all but the most hearty souls from the room. That item basically negated any "apology" by slapping at Paul Schnaubelt, a member of the public who made comments about "killing the king", an expression used frequently in chess circles to mean win the game.
• Talked with Superintendent Brian Marshall about the question regarding whether it was appropriate to approve the resolution by Winet to protect board members using all legal means from threats (in response to reading an email by Paul Schnaubelt regarding "Killing the King", an Emerson quotation.)
  • See Education Code Regarding Threats for details.

Background

This is the governing body for the La Mesa Spring Valley School District, and currently is composed of five Republican board members, see details here: http://www.lmsvsd.k12.ca.us/schoolboard.html

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Timeline

• 07 Sep 2009 - Special Board meeting on Labor Day, the five-member board voted to prevent teachers from showing the speech in the district's 21 schools the day it aired. Instead, the speech was recorded for later viewing. Trustees Emma Turner and Bill Baber opposed the motion. Halgren crafted it after several others failed, including one to ban the speech entirely.
• 15 Sep 2009 - Board meeting, the board apologizes for postponing the speech by President Obama and in the same meeting, passing a resolution against their opponents, esp. Paul Schnaubelt?, President of the La Mesa Spring Valley Teachers Association.

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This is the most recently published 20 articles, most recent first.

• SCHOOL BOARD LEARNS A LESSON, FACES WRATH OF PUBLIC: HUNDREDS CONFRONT LMSV BOARD OVER CENSORSHIP OF LIVE OBAMA SPEECH -- Gayle Early, East County Magazine, 2009-09-18
• A school board polarized by politics -- Don Sevrens, Union Tribune, 2009-09-17
• Ire over Obama speech action draws hundreds to meeting -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-09-16 La Mesa Spring Valley School Board
• La Mesa Spring Valley School District Board Meeting, 2009-09-15 -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-15
• District Parents Stand Up to School Board that Banned Obama’s Speech -- Frank Gormlie, Ob Rag, 2009-09-15
• School trustee sealed his political future -- Joe Nagle, Union Tribune, 2009-09-15 La Mesa Spring Valley School Board
• School board's holiday meeting -- Editor, Union Tribune, 2009-09-12
• Pulling the plug on president's broadcast -- Janet Gastil, Union Tribune, 2009-09-11
• Two school board members regret blocking Obama speech -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-09-10
• School board's blackout of Obama speech criticized -- Michele Clock, Union Tribune, 2009-09-09
• Pres. Obama National Address to Students -- President Barack Obama, Whitehouse.gov, 2009-09-08
• La Mesa Spring Valley School Board - Emergency Meeting - 2009-09-07 -- ", Citizens Oversight, 2009-09-07
• A practical guide to effective school board meetings -- Rene S. Townsend, James Russell Brown, and Walter L. Buster, Corwin Press, 2005-02-15 'Two-Meeting Rule' defined