The following was sent as a letter to the SMMUSD Board.
It has come to my attention, as well as many parents, that the school board has spent a substantial amount of money that should be slated for cleaning up the school on attorneys to defend the board against culpability in hiding the environmental problems at Malibu Middle and High Schools. I think it’s unacceptable.
This school is a dilapidated and antiquated building that should be torn down and rebuilt. We live in an affluent enough community that our kids should not have to attend school in old, ready for demolition buildings that are loaded with toxic caulking.
It is my belief that this school board is not at all concerned with what happens in Malibu. Since every school board member is from Santa Monica, I feel that they are only concerned with what happens in the Santa Monica schools.
It is my sincere hope that we find a way to throw out the current board members and vote in new members who will be more forthcoming with information and take more of an interest in Malibu schools.
Abby Bloch
Parent of a sixth- and ninth-grader