LAUSD and CSUN High School Information and meetings

4-8-01 White Oak Neighborhood Association comments to the Office of Environmental Health and Safety Environmental Planning Unit Los Angeles Unified School District
3-20-01 Scoping input on items that need to be addressed in the proposed EIR
2-27-01 Our group does not oppose the concept of the Academy School. We oppose the destruction of the Prairie Street Elementary.
2-8-01 A paper submitted to School Board member Juile Kornstein (who represents our area) at a private meeting on 2-8-01. The position Is the personal view by Charles Brink and others.
1-25-01LAUSD FACILITIES COMMITTEE
Presentation by Charles Brink, Sandra Kardos and Anita Santospriton from the community.
"The Academy High School project is soundly disapproved by the community because as it is currently configured, it will allow the destruction of our local elementary school" ....
1-21-01Testimony at CSU Finance committee  Re Item 9 
1-20-01 Brink's 01-20-01 request to Speak at CSU meeting
"The Academy High School project is soundly disapproved by the community because as it is currently configured, it will allow the destruction of our local elementary school and cause our elementary children to be bused out of our community into an area which is gang ridden with schools that are yet to be built"........
1-21-01 E-mail Waldbaum vs. Koester 1-21-01 on notice of CSU meeting
"Your behavior, and that of your staff and representatives and the LAUSD in this matter, has been to delay, deny, obfuscate, and otherwise prevent a flow of information from the secret inception of this matter". ....
1-19-01 E-mail John Chandler vs. Pat LoPresti 1-19-01
"My suspicions have been confirmed. The University continues its "non neighborhood friendly" policies"......
1-17-01 E-mail Waldbaum vs. Chandler 01-17-01 on the Site Committee
"Yours, and the LAUSD's laughable attempts at 'public involvement' as orchestrated by the 'Outreach' folks are simply charades, not serious attempts at consultation"........
12-11-00 Submitted to LAUSD and CSUN. The position Is the personal view by Charles Brink. It is a proposal to create a Large High School and keep the Elementary school in place. It was ignored by all parties
12-8-00 Report on 12-4-00 CSUN LAUSD Meeting
12-4-00 Demand that the meetings be held as a public meetings under the brown Act
12-2-00 Notice delivered to some residents about the 12-4-00 meeting
11-20-00 CSUN has added a website on the school
7-18-00 Meeting Notice delivered to some residents about the 7-19-00 meeting
7-16-00 7-6-00 proposed E-mail to residents finally approved to be sent to the residents 7-18-00, No data was ever requested from LAUSD or CSUN.
6-5-00Transcription of the 6-5-00 meeting at Monroe High School Done by LAUSD personal)
6-5-00  Meeting on Proposed High School At CSUN  

General comments and opinions about the project

Residents comments about the project
Rodger Waldbraum has waged a war of words to get the information before the public
Trade of Prairie school a move to create a stadium building site ? - 7-17-00
regarding the proposed Academy high school.

Residents comments about the CSUN School

The idea that the new high school at CSUN is a "teaching Academy" is absurd. It is first and foremost being built to handle overcrowding at Monroe High School. The students who attend Monroe do not live in Sherwood Forest or anywhere near the proposed new school. Neither Granada Hills or Cleveland are overcrowded so there is no way that any student from those schools (no matter how much they want to become teachers) will end up on the CSUN campus.

LAUSD made decisions and hired consultants (at enormous expense 30,000 per month times 12 months times 11 districts) to persuade the communities to accept what LAUSD had already decided. Discussion or approval from community members was not the objective. Every homeowner who values their property needs to be at this meeting in full opposition to LAUSD and CSUN.

Janis S. Hahn 11-18-00 

To John Chandler, CSUN has adopted a policy of blaming everyone and accepting no responsibility for the consequences of the University's actions and inactions. By failing to involve the surrounding community prior to announcing CSUN's commitment to the Academy high school you demonstrated that you have little, or no respect for your neighbors. Now, by putting the blame on the LAUSD for failing to be forthcoming you further demonstrate that you will not cooperate with, or involve, your neighbors in planning that affects them and the surrounding community. You may posture, and disclaim, all you want, but everyone else can see the truth. The more you deny responsibility, the deeper your guilt.

I had hoped the arrival of a new President would break the dysfunctional attitudes of CSUN administrators who seem to believe that the 'only four year University in the San Fernando Valley' has the arrogant power to wreak damage on the Northridge community and no responsibility to their taxpaying neighbors. Sadly, I seem to be wrong.

Roger S. Waldbaum" 10-10-2000 

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