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2003
.11-10-05 The election is
over We can now come together to fix the school district.
11-6-05 By Ron Bird I am very disturbed at the attack ad and the “NO” signs
directed at two of the other candidates, Fred and Max
11-6-05 Printed in the
Signal Kristopher Daams Signal Staff Writer .The Agua Dulce Airpark has
split the Agua Dulce community in recent years, especially when its new owner
Wayne Spears purchased it in September.
11-5-05 By Charles Brink For the first time in over 10 years
we have an opportunity to elect a school board that is both competent and caring
about our kids.
11-1-05 Sports, One of
the Issues That Differentiates Our School Board Candidates by Ron Bird
11-1-05 Hello, My Name is Max Duran and I'm
running for one of three seats on the Board of Education.
10-28-05 Vasquez High School fails to meet the No child left behind standard again
10-26-05
The CA Department of Education heard Acton's application for Hardship Funding
today.
10-25-05 Eleanor Braun'
School Board Election Recommendations
10-19-05. The Acton Women’s Club first announced the forum What they didn’t say was that the Acton Women’s Club would select
the questions which Committee would ask only of selected candidates.
10-13-05 I would suggest the following rule changes for the independent committees
based on flaws in you proposed rules.
9-23-05 We’ve Got a Superintendent!.
the school board scheduled a special meeting,
with only 24-hour notice.
9-22-05 At her last board meeting,
Superintendent Wagner pulled another disaster out of the continuing problems at
Vasquez High
9-13-05 Secret meeting and replacement procedures for
a superintendent
9-9-05 The resignation of Linda Wagner superintendent of the Acton-Agua Dulce
Unified School District did not come as surprise
9-8-05 - by Ron Bird . Yesterday, at about 1:30, a small brush fire broke out
in Shannon Valley
9-8-05 At 9:53 PM Dr. Wagner submitted her notice of
resignation to the school board by e-mail.
8-31-05 The API test scores are out for 2005. It shows the
continuing abysmal performance of Vasquez High and the poor performance of the
entire district.
8-31-05 The 2004 to 2006
Certified (teachers) union contract. The Superintend still refuses to disclose
the salary steps and columns and the stipends paid in addition to their wages.
8-30-05 Friends of the Airport lose ADTC
Election
8-22-05 Raise Developer
Fees and Build Permanent Restrooms8-17-05 Here is a well
thought presented letter s by Mark Flath upporting the illegality of the so called special
election
8-5-05 New filming at
the airport.
8-1-05 Here is the court's Judgment
that the Agua Dulce Town Council is subject to the Brown Act
7- 25-05. RIP - The Fried-Dusick Agua Dulce Town Council is
dead! Their arrogance and their demand to operate in secret, while
still claiming to represent the community, failed to convince a Superior Court
judge.
7-5-05 Awards for the Acton July Fourth parade
7-1-05 for the first time in years the fire threat and crush of out of town traffic
will not happen in Agua Dulce this July fourth.
6-30-05 There are 2 gross errors in the budget concerning Fund
25, Capital Facilities.
6-28-05 Presented to Budget
committee The proposed 2005-2006 budget is a disaster, filled with
illogical assumptions.
6-28-05 Comments to the Budget Committee
6-23-05
REJECTION Based on the 2000 census and projected growth, the district has over
3,600 students. and parents have rejected the school district by pulling about
half of the students out of the district.
6-23-05 Dr Wagner admits if she can not cut S600,000 from the 2005-2006 budget
the county will take over the School.
6-23--05 How to save the District $152,000 a year and help the
kids
6-23-05 I would suggest
the following rule changes for the independent committees:
6-9-05Antonovich Directs Health Department To Report On West Nile Virus Prevention
6-9-05 I am again
formally requesting notices of Regular, Special and Emergency meetings of the
Acton-Agua Dulce School Board and all committees established by the Board, as
required by and authorized by the Brown Act and the Public Records Act.
6-9-05 formal requesting
notices of Regular, Special and Emergency meetings of the Acton-Agua Dulce
School Board and all committees established by the Board,
6-9-05 Pursuant to my rights
under the California Public Records Act (Government Code Section 6250 et seq.),
I ask to (inspect and obtain a copy of records, no
records were ever provided
5-31-05 Important meeting about our schools come and speak your mind
5-26-05 The Budget Advisory Committee Preliminary Report and Initial Recommendations
to: the Acton/Agua Dulce Unified School District, Board of Trust
5-26-05 Facilities Committee Review of Budget Committee Request and Recommendations
to: the Acton/Agua Dulce Unified School District, Board of Trustees.
5-5-05 Union leader demands the board not listen to community
members
4-26-05
Musical Modulars
4-20-05 Possible
School Reconfiguration To provide the
optimum utilization for existing classrooms,
3-31-05 Agua Dulce Airport Filming
3-20-05 The Civic Bylaws and Robert's Rules must be uniformly and equally
applied
3-16-05
Airport Hearing-Regional Planning Commission Tentative revocation approved
3-10-05
WLC Architectural and Johnson & Nielsen Associates Consulting Structural.
Engineers March 2005 letters concerning the Gym and deficiencies at Vasquez
3-10-05 RPC Second staff
report on the Airport is out
3-11-05 Airport Violates the Law Again!!
Filming in Agua Dulce on 3-11-05
3-5-05 Airport Turbo Demonstration Flops - Resulting in Minor Ear and foot Damage
3-4-05 In response to the conduct of the
Civic
board falsely stating the Civic has taken a
pro-airport position, called for a special meeting.
3-1-05 Even after an overwhelming no confidence
vote Swanson pimps for the Airport
3-1-05 On Friday afternoon, February 25, 2005, an
electrical fire occurred at Vasquez High
3-1-05 The Board voted to
create committees to advise to Board.
2-24-05 Wagner makes another big mistake. We are in the red
this year and were probably in the black last year
2-24-05 I object to this contract because the board policies and the documents and
sources used to devise these policies, are kept secret from the community
2-21-05 Poor planning on modulars defeated again
2-22-05 Pro Airport Meeting at High Desert School 2-22-05
2-18-05 Patrick Green responds to claims that
he and CCAD approved Turbo props:
2-18-05
Meeting where CIVIC refuses to survey the community on the airport and than
cannot take a position on the Airport
2-16-05 Wagner Pimping for the Airport with a Ground school
and an assembly
2-15-05 The current Agua Dulce Civic and Agua Dulce Town Council are
not community leaders"
2-8-05 Town Hall School
Meeting
2-3-05 Comments made by Charles Brink at the 2-3-05 Community input board meeting
1-30-05
This is the results of a survey sent by the CIVIC in December2004
1-26-05 Cangiano Claims to represent
90% of Agua Dulce
1-26-05 Comments presented at the 1/26/05 Agua Dulce Town Council
Meeting by the Overall-Brink Group
1-26-05 Andy Fried has set a format for the meeting allowing equal time
1-25-05 More Illegal Events at the Airport.
1-25-05 More illegal Takeoffs before Day Break
1-23-05 One has to thank the Acton Town Council for
gathering up the community to put a halt to the offensive off-road vehicle park
(ORVP)
1-22-05 Charles Brink's testimony
at 1-22-05 hearing
1-22-05 its time to excise the malignant cancer that is the Agua
Dulce Airport
1-21-05 The airport’s 50 year
history of bad faith means enough is enough. Just close it down!
1-21-05 The Agua Dulce Civic Association met on 1-20-05.
1-18-05 Upfront Bad Faith – Agua Dulce Airport
1-17-05 Secret negotiations were arranged by Paul Novak and Andy Fried of the so called
town council to cut a deal with the airport.
1-13-05 Why buy when you can rent
1-11-05 Will the Acton Schools will be
open
1-11-05 pm We were just notified the Acton Schools will be OPEN
1-9-05 The 2005 Flood cuts off homes from Country way to Y8
1-3-05 Is there HOPE for our
Kids?
12-31-04 I am a little perplexed by
your statement about the ADTC.
12-14-04 A Trustee’s Duty
12-14-04 School board agenda for 12-14-04
12-7-04 Here is an interesting
website about a walk on Highway 6 (now 14 and 395) in California Here is a link to the Acton-Agua
Dulce page
12-01-04 Barofsky's final
act is to insult the community To Index
11-30-04 Ex-trustee Martin Barofsky confesses!
.11-24-04 AV press story -Residents tell panel: $5 offered for absentee ballots
11-23-04 Charting a new course? The AADUSD school board meeting on November 18, 2004 resulted in a
lot of surprises.
11-22-04 Comments about the Town
Council at hearing
11-18-04
Massive errors in Superintendent's report
11-17-04 School break-in theft nets $9,000 in property
11-17-04 Panel to investigate suspected voting irregularities in Agua Dulce Town
Council election
11-16-04
The "we only made some paperwork errors" board
11-11-04 The Agua Dulce Town Council 2004 elections
11-11-04
Puzzling school board decisions11-5-04 The School District allowed a package promoting three candidates for the Town
Council election to be distributed to students during classes in direct
violation state law.
11-3-04 the LA County Department of Regional Planning
approved a conditional use permit for the Agua Dulce Winery with a unanimous
vote. To Index
10-25-04 School Board meeting
moved without legal notice again
10-24-04 The Gym Here is what we have been able to piece together about the
infamous gym at Vasquez High School. In summary, the district is throwing away $1.1 million and
depriving the Vasquez High School students of the use of their gym for no reason
except their own stupidity.
10-5-04 This DSA letter was
issued two years before Linda Wagner unilaterally
closed the Gym at Vasquez. This letter clearly shows ALL the Buildings at Vasquez
are unapproved. Question - Why only close the GYM when the district and the
Board members knew for the last two years all buildings had not been approved -
Not just the Gym.
10-4-04 The Full story of the Gym
To Index
9-30-04 The School has enough toilets to flush down a million dollars but not enough
to meet the state requirements for Meadowlark and Vasquez.
9-27-04 A letter from Wagner announcing
her unilateral decision, without board approval and without any independent
facts, to close the Vasquez gym to sell another bond that
will be rejected just like the last three.
9-21-04Quick report on school board meeting
9-20-04 A Dumb board for a Dumb district
9-20-04 The Board has violated the Brown Act
- again
9-17-04 Final
report on A and B as approved at the 9-20-04
Committee meeting of the surplus Property Committee of the Acton- Agua Dulce Unified School District.
9-17-04 Ron Bird - After the closing
of Acton School.
9-17-04
A casualty of the school board war, Marty Barofsky resigns.
9-15-04 - Request
by Surplus Property to present their report at the 9-21-04 School Board
meeting
9-14-04 Locked
out. As scheduled and posted, the 7/11 surplus committee met on Monday the 13th
of September at Meadowlark campus9-7-04 Cars all over the place at Meadowlark on 9-7-04
Read what the school claimed on the original Meadowlark
9-4-04 LA County
confirms on 8-24-04 that the School district violated both California and LA
County Law and illegally graded without permit.
9-10-04
Vasquez High School fails No Child Left Behind Act
9-8-04
Your constantly repeated position that the Surplus Property
Committee automatically terminates when the membership drops below 7 members is
not supported by Education Code
9-7-04 Despite the Crown Fire threatening their ranch, the Billets say the fruit
harvest ‘is doing well.’
9-3-04 It is described as a film called Jane Doe to include FILMING LANDING
AND TAKING OFF OF PLANE. Exterior filming. Driving shots. Off- Road Vehicles.
Wetting the area for dust control only. Flying limited to 7 pm.
9-2-04 Acton
- Agua Dulce Conceptual Master Plan For Water Facilities Back
to Index
8-31-04 - Thank You potluck dinner for the firefighters
and volunteers of the Acton Crown Fire
8-30-04 Vasquez fails the college bound student
8-29-04 - Kill an AP
program and keep Acton School open for Behavioral problem (expelled et al)
students from our district
and others?
8-27-04 - Here is the
School's response, 37 days after the Natural History Club letter was sent.
It dismisses the group's concerns expressed as " great umbrage in the fact
that much native flood-retaining vegetation, including hundreds year old
Junipers" as just "landscaping and
grading". It's hard for someone from Palmdale to understand our
communities' concern
with our environment.
8-26-04 The Math at Vasquez Just Does Not Add Up
8-25-04 - If you treated a dog this way, you would be a criminal!
8-12-04 - Acton and Agua Dulce Artists' works on display
8-9-04 Antonovich will make a
motion to modify or revoke the Airpark's permit. See
transcript
8-9-04 Was the former superintendent that bad?
8-7-04 A District Vision Can
Translate to Educational Excellence (CEC).
8-5-04 - In another case of straying from the law, Dr. Wagner
wants to terminate the Surplus Property Committee
8-5-04 - Here is how the
board dumbly plows ahead without regard to California Law or community impacts
on doubling the students at Meadowlark.
8-5-04 Public comment on
Illegal Grading as a non agenda items at 8-5-04 board. No action or
comment by the board
8-5-04 School
Board agenda 2.15 Ratify the agreement with Michelizzi, Schwabacher, Ward and Bianchi.
The Superintendent wants the School Board to ratify her hiring of these new attorneys
to help her violate the Public Records Act and
keeps their records secret. - passed 5-0 of course
8-3-04 - I would like to thank the following people for their relentless effort in
helping and guiding others to safety during the 3 fires.
8-2-04 - Ron Bird made a formal presentation
to the Acton Town Council concerning the illegal grading Back to Index
7-31-04 - Information on the school's illegal grading
7-28-04 - The District sticks it to the students and community again!!
Here is another group damaged by the school. The parents and kids who
donated the money, organized the grading contractor to contribute his work, and
were screwed....
7-27-04 The Acton (Crown Fire)
7-22-04 More Noise caused by the Airport
7-20-05 The Natural History Club of Acton/Agua Dulce takes great umbrage...
at stripping the Red Rover Floodplain.
7-15-04 Acton Agua Dulce
Community Education Committee Setting the Record Straight on closing the Acton School.
7-9-04 More on "night
landings" the Airport Back to Index
6-30-04 The Acton-Agua
Dulce Unified School District is offering a reward of $1,000 for information on
the destruction of school property at Vasquez High School on 6-9-04
6-28-04 While I have criticized the Country Journal in
the past, I need to compliment Lillian on the excellent report of the 6-17-04
6-25-04 4 million down the drain
at Vasquez
6-17-04 Acton Elementary – An Opportunity Waiting to Happen.
The Community Education Committee’s Proposal to keep Acton School open and
save 2 million dollars
6-15-04 The Last 3rd to 6th grade graduation class for the Acton School.
6-16-04 Members of the
community representing the Agua Dulce Civic Association and Concerned Citizens
of Agua Dulce with members of the Agua Dulce Town Council observing. met with
Supervisor Antonovich and County staff regarding the Agua Dulce Airport
6-3-04 Acton Elementary – An Opportunity Waiting to Happen
By Ron Bird and Charles Brink.
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5-25-05 Hardship Hardships for Acton – Agua Dulce Unified
5-25-05 The Bird’s Eye View Clarifying Some Airpark Issues
5-24-04 To get a permanent
high school we must start over and close Red Rover.
5-24-04 At the 7-11 committee Dr Wagner announced that AV College
was no longer considering renting the Acton School
5-21-04 Here is some information sent to the 7-11 committee
members.
5-20-04 Regional planning's 4th Final
Zoning Enforcement Order against the Agua Dulce Airpark
5-19-04 Aviation Problems Related to the
Expansion of the Agua Dulce Airpark by Ron Bird
5-13-04 Who wouldn’t want to save 1/3 of a million dollars over the
next five years?
5-11-04 The Bird’s Eye View The K-8 Option
How Acton Can Close a School without Moving Boundaries or Portables
5-4-04 Good Luck Getting to Las Vegas
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4-30-04 The Airpark from the Air versus the Ground
4-23-04 Opinion by Ceci Hoerner.
Alternatives to Acton School Closure Exist
4-23-04 Opinion by Larry Hoerner. I'm confident this community won't hesitate
for a moment to step up to the plate when presented with a
comprehensive plan [for a High School] calling for reasonable and justifiable
taxation.
4-22-04 School changes boundaries
to move most students back to Meadowlark School. Here is the letter just sent to
us by a parent.
4-21-04 When is a school surplus?
4-15-04 Acton Boundary Change Problems and Some
Solutions
4-14-04 The Community Education
Committee met Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Along with our usual members
approximately 30-40 angry and heartsick parents attended the Committee meeting.
4-8-04 New Forced Busing from Acton
to Agua Dulce4-4-04 Lights in your eyes
4-4-04 How Barry Has Pulled the Wool Over the Community's Eyes
4-2-04 New paving by the Airpark in the Floodway and blue line stream. click the
photo for a larger version
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3-27-04 Our Vasquez Students Speak to the School Board March 26,
2004
3-11-04 Community Education Committee
Re: Intent of Committee The Community Education Committee intends to
resume meeting the second and fourth Tuesday of each month beginning March 23,
2004
3-27-04 Our Vasquez Students Speak to the School Board March 26,
2004
3-11-04 Community Education Committee
Re: Intent of Committee The Community Education Committee intends to
resume meeting the second and fourth Tuesday of each month beginning March 23,
2004
3-10-04 Why Closing the Red Rover site and moving
Vasquez to High Desert Makes Dollars and Sense
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2-29-04 For the third time the thieves in support of the "Friends of Vasquez
High School" and the bond are out in the dark of night.
2-26-04 The School Board votes to close the Acton
School and increase class sizes.
2-24-04 Comments on the Bond,
school board, planning, and needs assessment study by Mark Distaso, Resident of Acton.
2-16-04
This is the results of a survey by Bernard Schwab showing why the parents
have pulled up to 800 students from the district.
8-19-03
2-12-04 State Ballot scam is Proposition 56. This would increase taxes by allowing the free-spending government to
run amok, driving you out of your homes with new taxes.
2-8-04 The Friends of Vasquez High School have "educated" the people
of Agua Dulce on the "Smoke and Mirrors" concerning the Bond (Measure S). Back to Index
8-19-03 Are Acton and Agua Dulce for the residents or the promoters? Back to Index
Another big error Gettysburg Address - Lincoln Sure Was Wrong! he said ...The world will little note nor remember what we say here..."For more data
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Alexander Hamilton, 1755 - 1804
Dalai Lama has to say for 2005. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship. When you realize
you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
3-6-05 1990 SR-71 sets a transcontinental speed record, flying 2,404 miles in
1:08:17. On its way to retirement at the Smithsonian.
-25-05 When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they
are invisible
2-14-05 True love isn't so much a dreamy feeling that
you have as it is an enduring commitment to give sacrificially - even, or
perhaps especially, when you don't feel like it. William R. Mattox, Jr.
12-25-04 And here is a nice
Christmas story from the First World War.
12-2-04 The atomic age started 62 years ago when a group of immigrant refuges
headed by Enrico Fermi created the first sustained nuclear chain reaction, under the
stadium in Chicago. for
more information. "What we disagree with is the method of government
in which personality supersedes the law and isn't beholden to it."
Unidentified Palestinian talking about some PLO leaders 11-12-04
"What we disagree with is the method of government
in which personality supersedes the law and isn't beholden to it."
Unidentified Palestinian talking about some PLO leaders 11-12-04
Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in
his facts. Bernard Baruch, 1870 - 1965
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Napoleon
Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821
8-9-04 - Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere
globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them.
But do I see less or more?- Richard Feynman, 1918 - 1988
8-4-1846 Landing party from USS Congress captures Santa Barbara, Ca
8-1-1958 USS Nautilus attains "90 North"
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a
difference. The Marines don't have that problem." President Ronald Reagan,
1985
Lavish spending can be disastrous. Don't buy any lavishes for a while
The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky. Solomon Short
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those
who count the votes decide everything." Communist Tyrant Josef Stalin and
the Agua Dulce Town Clowncil". Back to Index