How about some investigate journalism?
Attending the recent Malibu High School open house, I was stunned to hear Principal Mike Matthews announce that the school district did not expect to have enough bond money left to build a new gym and remodel the auditorium. These of course were primary campaign enticements to voters, many of whom would not vote to tax themselves for a classroom building or some of the less attractive uses to which the money has been spent.
How did that happen? It seems these are the possibilities:
1. We were misled, in that the school district knew or should have known the bond money would be insufficient for all of the projects the school district was promising.
2. The school district mismanaged the bond-funded projects undertaken to date, going badly over budget.
3. Unforeseeable events have driven up costs since the recent bond vote, although none are apparent.
This newspaper would do the community a great service by getting to the bottom of this broken compact with local voters. If the explanation is dishonesty or incompetence by our school district, then those responsible should be held accountable.
Jeffrey W. Kramer