CVUSD Superintendent Backpedals on Promise to Public Regarding K-6 Gender Doctrine
by Nic Rivera THOUSAND OAKS – In a stunning admission last Tuesday night, Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Superintendent Mark McLaughlin publicly announced during the school board meeting that CVUSD will be implementing controversial gender identity curriculum in grades K-6. This represents a full reversal from his previous statements and from what had been […]
Oak Park Shuts Out Community and District-of-Choice Families
By Pat Lynch Oak Park Unified School District chose to shut out the community, but the community showed up anyway. Oak Park Unified held a parent information night on Tuesday, September 10th in response to the controversy and backlash to the newly adopted gender identity curriculum. There’s a catch, though. Only parents of currently enrolled […]
Left-Wing Group Attacks T.O. Mayor Over Education Conference Hosting; Supporters Rebut and More
By George Miller The left wing political pressure group Indivisible Conejo descended upon the 8-27-19 Thousand Oaks City Council meeting to attack Mayor Rob McCoy for allegedly violating the “separation of church and state.” But supporters of McCoy and/or family values education came in even greater numbers to oppose them and educate the public. Most […]
CVUSD Board Delays Adoption of New Sexuality Education
By Pat Lynch The true colors and politics of the CVUSD Board majority and Superintendent Mark McLaughlin (all five registered democrats) were revealed at the marathon board meeting Tuesday night, August 20th, the night before the first day of school. The 7-hour meeting went until 1 A.M. Two controversial policies were placed on the agenda. […]
Education Conference Delivers Broadside to Public School Sex-Ed (“Gender”) and Other Curricula, Presents PS Alternatives.
By George Miller Newbury Park, CA Conejo Valley opponents blasted increasingly radicalized sex-ed in public/charter schools and presented alternatives at a conference-“Local, Private and Homeschool Alternatives to Public School” in Newbury Park (Thousand Oaks), CA on August 10, 2019. The conference addressed why they thought alternatives were needed in the first place and what they […]
“We are in a battle for our schools: AB 329 violates the sacred relationship between parent and child”
By Michael Hernandez SANTA BARBARA—“We are in a battle for our schools,” said Aileen Blachowski, co-founder of Informed Parents of California at the Protect Our Kids (POK) Now event at Santa Barbara Calvary on Saturday. “Comprehensive sexual education will be taught to our children with parental consent required. It will normalize anal and oral sex […]
CVUSD Trustee Fitzgerald Blasts Trustee Everett in Deceptive Social Media Rant
By Pat Lynch Yesterday I attended an event held at Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park entitled Alternative Christian Education Conference. (Note: in one flyer the conference was alternatively called Conference on Public and Private School Options). Sandee Everett, board member of the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD), was one of the guest speakers. […]
Oak Park School District Justifies New Gender Curriculum by Misinterpreting Laws
By Pat Lynch Oak Park Unified School District recently adopted a new curriculum that incorporates gender identification into grades K-5, despite the fact that they are not required by law to do this. This curriculum includes controversial concepts such as non-binary gender (the theory that there are more genders than male and female). […]
CVUSD Superintendent changes sex ed from ’opt-in’ to ‘opt-out’ without board vote
(Editor’s Note: Below is an editorial written by Pat Lynch and released July 15 in the Conejo Valley Observer.) In a stunning statement near the end of the June 19, 2019 open session of the board of trustees of the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD), Supt. Mark McLaughlin appears to have overstepped his authority—and […]
Does the California Teachers Association (CTA) Represent the Majority of Teachers’ Views?
By Brenda Lebsack Note: The following article represents my personal opinions and does not necessarily represent the views of Orange Unified School Board or the Santa Ana Unified School District. When controversies arise regarding education, it is important to understand that teachers are a diverse group of people in every way. We are […]
