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on how we teach -- not relying on a textbook
-- teaching with fidelity, investing professional
development dollars in human capital, and
really making a difference.”
Among the action items on the agenda, the
Board approved school safety plans for all
District sites. This is a hot-button issue with
the recent shootings in Florida. The members
also postponed acting on a proposed facilities
use agreement between WUSD, the City
of El Segundo and the El Segundo Unified
School District for the under-construction El
Segundo Aquatics Center, which will hopefully
come online after Labor Day. “We are
going to table this,” Johnstone said, noting
further due diligence is needed.
The Board also approved filing of the statemandated
second interim financial report, with
the District reporting a positive certification.
Chief Business Official Davis Wilson, who
also happened to be celebrating his birthday
that evening, presented the financial report,
noting that the information he posited was
fluid because, he quipped, “between now and
June we could have a nuclear war and nothing
might happen.”
The Board convened a town hall meeting
on Tuesday night at Dana Middle School, attracting,
according to Johnstone, around 80-100
residents who wanted to have their voices heard
regarding a new bond measure on the ballot.
Johnstone said the Tuesday night gathering,
which lasted more than two hours, included
three factions of attendees. He noted that “all
three facets are very appreciative of what we
have done” with education in Wiseburn. About
40 percent of those in attendance, Johnstone
estimated, unconditionally support the District
and would vote to pass a bond. Another group,
he said, voiced their concerns about another
bond measure and may be suffering from
what he termed “tax fatigue.” Johnstone said
that group encompassed about 30 percent of
the attendees and would probably support the
bond, but would like to see it “parsed back
a bit.” The final group of residents, those
maybe on a fixed income, appreciate the
District’s educational strides but “under no
circumstances, would want to pay anything”
towards a new general obligation bond. “From
my perspective, some people [object] just to
be obnoxious, while some people just can’t
afford it,” Johnstone said. He added that “the
relationship with the community means a lot
to us,” and called the town hall a “sobering”
experience that ultimately led the Board to
scale back its initial $39 million ask. Johnstone
described the town hall meeting as a positive
was traveling westbound on Mariposa and making
a left turn onto Sepulveda when it collided
with a pedestrian who was crossing Sepulveda
westbound on the south side of the intersection.
The pedestrian, a 48-year-old female resident
of El Segundo, was treated by El Segundo Fire
Department personnel at the scene and transported
to a local hospital where she succumbed
to her injuries. The driver and sole occupant
of the vehicle, a 61-year-old male resident of
Inglewood, was not injured in the collision.
There were no signs of alcohol intoxication
at the time of the collision and no charges
have been filed against the driver of the vehicle.
This collision is being investigated by the
El Segundo Police Department’s Traffic Unit
under the command of Lieutenant Jeff Leyman
of the Special Operations Division. Anyone
with information regarding this collision is
encouraged to contact Officer Jeff Darringer
of the El Segundo Police Department’s Traffic
Unit at (310) 524-2296, or via email at
jdarringer@elsegundo.org (Case #18-0620T).
– Source ESPD •
to be one and the same. Unfortunately we are
not. Schools provide educational services to
our children, while the City provides service
to residents. One could argue the City and
School District serve the same people and
should have a close, mutually beneficial
relationship. I will champion our schools.
Strong schools are at the core of our identity
as a community and educating our youth is
something I am passionate about.
What is one item we didn’t ask about
that you feel is important to address?
SN: The potential school bond measure
is rooted in a desire to maintain our amazing
schools. I was asked to be a part of the
Superintendent’s Advisory Committee and
understand the District’s vision and need for
construction and updating. If every single El
Segundo voter could speak with a School Board
member, they’d likely agree we desperately
need the bond money. It has been 20 years
since the last bond was passed. Convincing
residents to support the schools is a recipe
for long-term vitality.
Tell us something about yourself that
people may be surprised to know:
SN: At 19, I considered leaving UCLA to
become a firefighter. My long-term plan was
to get hired at Chevron and then eventually
transfer into their fire department. I went
through the process and passed all initial
testing, but didn’t get the job. In retrospect,
my professional life was meant to go in a
different direction. I returned to UCLA and
am fortunate my path still led me back to
El Segundo. •
Unified and other districts in his area. Because
of the vagaries in state funding allocation,
El Segundo is one of roughly 94 California
school districts that receive the least amount
of money under the Local Control Funding
Formula. If Muratsuchi’s bill is approved, El
Segundo Unified may see a funding increase.
The Board also approved the positive certification
of the state-mandated second-interim
financial report, which notes the District’s
current and upcoming financial condition. The
positive certification is the best, meaning that
El Segundo Unified is good financially for
three school years.
The Board also firmed up an agreement with
CliffordMoss to provide “strategic assessment,
election feasibility” and public communication
services as the District moves forward to place
a bond initiative on the November ballot. Tom
Clifford will be the project manager. According
to District-provided notes, the three-month
agreement will cost $18,000, plus “reasonable
and necessary” expenses.
Board member reports concluded the meeting,
with everyone lauding the accomplishments of
the El Segundo High boys soccer team, and
Layne reiterating that the Board is taking a
very close, measured look at school site safety.
The next regularly scheduled E Segundo
School Board meeting is set for March 27. •
experience where “everybody felt listened to.”
He also noted that the District “project list
needs to be massaged.”
Also last Thursday, the Board heard a presentation
from Eugene Clark-Herrera, representing
the bond firm. He reported that after studying
the payback data on investing in solar panels
and listening to the feedback from members of
the community at the town hall meeting, the
Board readjusted the bond amount. It seems
the financial analytics associated with “going
solar” yielded a potential benefit to the District,
but one that would be collected too far
in the future to make it part of the language
of the June bond. Clark-Herrera said, during
his presentation, “I couldn’t be prouder of the
work that I have had to do with you in the
district,” noting it was the first time he had
visited the completed Douglas Street edifice.
The next regularly scheduled Wiseburn
School Board meeting is slated for Thursday
evening, March 22. •