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Ventura Unified outlines school-closure committee plan; board and community press for earlier notice to families
Summary
The Ventura Unified board heard a detailed plan to form a district advisory committee to evaluate school closures using California Department of Education criteria. Trustees and parents pressed staff to narrow the timeline and say which campuses will be off the table to avoid disrupting TK/kindergarten enrollments.
Ventura Unified trustees reviewed a staff proposal and a presentation from School Services of California on how the district would investigate possible school closures and recommended forming a district advisory committee to advise the governing board.
The proposed process would use objective criteria guided by the California Department of Education, convene a broadly representative committee (commonly known as a 7-11 committee but typically expanded to ~20 members), and run a series of meetings through the summer and into the following school year. Consultant Brianna Garcia of School Services of California told…
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