This morning was the hearing on Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School's appeal of their notice of violation, and Coleen Sterritt, one of the organizers of the opposition, has sent out this email:
Today the Hearing officer denied the school's appeal of their Final Notice of Violation.
Basically, he said the law is the law, rules and regulations are established for good
reasons and the school must follow the process outlined in the County code.
His decision is final and cannot be appealed.
I will send more info. when I know what the next step will be in the process. I believe it
now goes to County Counsel for litigation. The longer they stay illegally, the worse it
is for them overall with regards to the process.
More on this as it develops …
Snow said…
The obvious problem is operating a school without the CPU, but a part of what the neighborhood objects to is the traffic, which is largely one parent dropping of one kid using a large vehicle, multiplied times the enrollment of the school. Times have changed, I know, but when I was a kid, I went to a pricey private school in the valley (Isabelle P. Buckley Schools) and all of us students were picked up by a small fleet of Ford Country Squire station wagons (black with the fake wood trim) owned by the school, and that was our transportation – usually 6 kids per wagon. Very democratic, too, regarding who all rode in those wagons. While he was enrolled at Buckley, one of the kids I rode with was Rex Allen Jr. Anyway, you wonder why schools, especially pricey private schools, don’t find a way to do that nowadays. Probably their lawyers and or insurers advise them not to.
Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 01:40 PM