Dear 2UrbanGirls,
The Inglewood Music Festival had a great turnout and was SAFE! I don’t know how many people actually registered online for the event, but if you did, you noticed the City was raising funds for Inglewood Unified School District in lieu of having people pay to attend.
The City had a ceremony last month where they presented the check for a little over $10,000 to Inglewood Unified Administrator Dr. James Morris for all of the donations that [allegedly] came in.
If people were donating, why is the payment on this week’s warrant register saying its coming from the general fund? Why didn’t the city setup a specific account code for those funds?
Is the City trying to cover for the lack of donations from the public? Why would we pay to attend a city sponsored event that is taxpayer funded in the first place?
District 1 resident
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It would be great if the $10K could be used to exterminate schools like Crozier where mice have been running rampant in the science classroom. School is going to reopen and the Maintenance Supervisor has done nothing to solve the issue. I have tried to reach out to someone at the district and was given two names but no one has called me back. My child has told me about seeing mice and nothing was done about it all last year when he had a substitute.
Our children are leaving the district also due to cleanliness of facilities. Spend the money collected at this event to TENT the school. I’m pulling my child this year.
Could it be someone wanted a photo op?
Shouldn’t donations have been given directly to Inglewood Unified rather than running the “donated-on-site” dollars through the city?
Sadly the two females who are on the City Council today were Inglewood School Board members when superintendents failed to selecte, train, or inspire teachers to create classroom experiences which inspired learning = students left IUSD for charter schools ….all while the nearly half billion in bonds was spent without accountability.!
It was this lack of leadership that put IUSD under state control resulting in school closures.
Unfortunately anyone who goes into our once best in the region library will see that the City Council with Butts in the “leadership role” has literally thrown close to one half or more of the important learning tools called books into the dumpster and created open space on the once filled with knowledge “learn more here” shelves!
Between reprimanding Council Gray for asking questions in public (as California law requires) and controlling the City Clerk’s Office of release of public information, and not allowing department staff to answer council member questions—-
this administration can stand TALL as the least in favor of public information, public education, and public participation (shift to daytime meetings).
Residents please remember the dollars for the music event came out of the city funds which came from you in the form of taxes,(property/sales), and registration fees. Perhaps it should have taken place at the amphitheater wher more could attend?
Inglewood property owners already pay more for lackluster education than most surrounding communities- IUSD needs better money managers not more money.
Using children for political photo opportunities should make us cringe !
What’s this the acting state advisor who would not sit in the same room at District Offices as parents and community who were concerned about closure of Worthington Elementary has the audacity to have children brought for a photo op to “smile pretty” with him while he closes neighborhood schools.
USING CHILDREN (and convalescent seniors) to enhance political imagery IS UNACCEPTABLE !!