Inglewood taxpayers are on the hook for another $240 million in school bonds to fix schools the district has slated for closure. And according to County Administrator Erika Torres more school closures will follow.
“Warren Lane Elementary and Inglewood Continuation High School are just two of the many consolidations and closures that Inglewood Unified will face,” wrote Torres in her weekly newsletter.
Thursday, Mar. 17, Torres is expected to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Harridge Development to develop land at the Woodworth/Morningside High parcel.
The community not having input on these decisions are an unintended consequence of losing local control of the district.
Is it time for taxpayers to defund IUSD of their property taxes?
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We need these schools no matter how low enrollment is. You have want apts going up? Good luck finding a school that isn’t overcrowded for your apt raised kid.
The Inglewood Unified County Advisor Torres has gone out of her way to disenfranchise the homeowners who finance the schools and every resident of the community whether they are parents or not.
Her complete disregard for community input is beyond offensive and inappropriate!
It is time she be held accountable to not only the County Board of Education but the residents of this community as well.
Rather than do what is necessary to increase enrollment aka improve teaching, she created a ballot measure to finance more construction. The community her decision impact appear to be less than an afterthought.
In order to participate in the Board meetings she has decided only those with internet service are permitted to speak and only once they have provided an E mail address for her own unnecessary collection of information . Clearly if she has no interest in listening to us her communication to us is not going to be well accepted.
This is a shame. Schools closing, I understand that declining enrollment plays a part in this. However, the property tax being dumped on the taxpayers is slap in their face. I wonder how much of the mismanagement of the money comes from So Fi Stadium?
I believe the developers should have paid development fees to the district.