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Board approves second Salinas interdistrict appeal, citing parental hardship
Summary
The board approved interdistrict transfer appeal 252607 (Luz Yasmin Marino Lopez) after hearing parent testimony about proximity to school, clinic access and childcare logistics. Trustees emphasized student-centered considerations in voting to grant the transfer.
The Monterey County Board of Education approved appeal 252607, allowing the student identified in the record (Luz Yasmin Marino Lopez) to attend the Alisal Union School District for the 2025–26 school year.
The appellant told the board the requested school is closer to home and to a clinic and that their babysitter can pick up the child on the way to work; the parent said work hours begin as early as 4:30 a.m. "We live where we live, it is close to the babysitter's house, and so it's very close, for us to take her the child there with the babysitter and drop her off on our way out to work," the appellant said. A board member asked whether the clinic reference reflected a health condition; the parent said no specific health condition was cited, only convenience in case of need.
A trustee moved to approve the transfer and another trustee seconded; trustees described the parents' efforts to set up reliable childcare and argued the board—xists to support students. The chair called the vote and announced the motion passed.
