cecile downs comment-52399 2011-06-21T16:54:34Z 2011-06-21T16:54:34Z Why didn't you ask why he left? cecile downs 2011-06-21T16:54:34Z cecile downs comment-16711 2009-10-29T19:56:33Z 2009-10-29T19:56:33Z A follow-up to the story... Dear Mrs Miller, Following up on my letter this morning I would like you to clarify something. I was made aware of a Sacramento Press article dated October 27th and that you can find here: http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/16541/Parents_split_over_possible_Montessori_school_move In this article (last two paragraphs), when asked if the Old Marshall School building violates any code, Maria Lopez, SCUSD Public relation manager of SCUSD is quoted as saying that "The code is not the issue (...) Our superintendent said that no students should be in any structures not compliant with the Field Act," Lopez said. "There's a little bit of a grey area on whether independent charters (should) go into non-Field Act-compliant structures. Some think that they can, some think that they cannot." There is no "grey area": by law, charter schools don't have to comply to the field act. -A legal opinion by Attorney General Daniel Lungren in March 19, 1997 states that charter schools are subject to the building safety requirements of the Field Act only if the requirements are set forth in their charter petitions. Capitol -Campus Charter Petition Section VII-Health and Safety Procedures and states that the school will have a policy that states that CMP will be housed in facilities that have received Fire Marshall approval. So if the Field Act is not the issue and if the "code is not the issue" to quote Maria Lopez, then I must ask you: what is the issue? To my knowledge, CMP only received a summary of the report and not the report itself and the parents have not yet received anything at all. Where is the report? When are we going to get it? What is the rush in moving us out ot the Old Marshall School? Sincerely, Cecile Downs cecile downs 2009-10-29T19:56:33Z cecile downs comment-16694 2009-10-29T18:23:14Z 2009-10-29T18:23:14Z Reading the last 2 paragraphs of your article I am now very confused. There is no grey-area, it is very white (or black): charter schools don't have to comply to the field act... I can't believe that someone at the District would tell you that "the code" is not the issue... What is the issue then???? cecile downs 2009-10-29T18:23:14Z cecile downs comment-9765 2009-06-22T17:53:40Z 2009-06-22T17:53:40Z amazing photos by Montreal based photographer Denis Rouleau !!! cecile downs 2009-06-22T17:53:40Z cecile downs comment-6231 2009-04-16T17:10:45Z 2009-04-16T17:10:45Z Keith is the BEST! cecile downs 2009-04-16T17:10:45Z