@houmanhemmati Agreed, school boards also need term limits and the majority of board members should have kids currently in the public schools they represent. This is the only way that students, teachers and families are best served.
@houmanhemmati@fixsmmusd@BDrati@LiebermanGo We are one of the wealthiest school districts in the country and we have to fundraise for art classes, our schools have termites, mold, fleas, PCBs, A/C doesn’t work, the bathrooms are disgusting. And residents have spent $ 1.13 BILLION in bonds
@houmanhemmati@fixsmmusd@BDrati@LiebermanGo They are complicit in the abuse of children in schools, the place they should feel safe and with trusted adults. They have litigations on every single school board agenda. They limit public comment and retaliate against parents. This needs to be NATIONAL NEWS.
@houmanhemmati@fixsmmusd@BDrati@LiebermanGo It took getting @tedlieu (who ironically is endorsing the incumbents who let this happen) and @CindyCrawford getting involved before anything was done. They let a title 1 neighborhood school rot and dispersed a community to other schools providing NO SCHOOL BUS transportation
@houmanhemmati@fixsmmusd@BDrati@LiebermanGo It’s truly horrific. This board has allowed children and teachers to be exposed to carcinogenic PCBs and did NOTHING until parents obtained samples to send for independent evaluation. They then got police to arrest those mothers!!
Very sad to wake up to the news that my local school district @SMMUSD (whose teachers are amazing) has been found guilty of abusing two special needs kids and covering it up. Parents/community already demanding resignation of entire school board. https://t.co/tGmp6Jaby3
First in a series of articles highlighting the ways the district and school board are neglecting our children and their education. https://t.co/hqFR12QtsT
Our children deserve a school board that prioritizes students and education. Slate of four for this Novembers elections that will do exactly that!
https://t.co/dTmkNyrtx6
@houmanhemmati Thank you @houmanhemmati for advocating and fighting for our schools. Our children deserve a school board that prioritizes students and education!
Parent school board revolution continues! In Santa Monica-Malibu USD, a new slate/PAC has formed for first time to challenge incumbents who’ve wasted $ caused learning loss & censored parents. 4 current/recent parents thru @BrighterPac will soon take over. https://t.co/4uk91OhknK
@houmanhemmati $1.13 BILLION in bonds for construction yet @SMMUSD allowed a neighborhood TITLE 1 school to rot while building fancy vanity construction projects to be featured in @ArchDigest THIS IS NOT WHAT PARENTS, RESIDENTS OR STUDENTS WANT OR NEED. Enough with pet projects and tax $ waste
@SMMUSD@houmanhemmati@ReopenCASchools@SMMUSD Did the school board independently verify whether his Brentwood address (where his child attends private school) or his rent controlled SM appt, also his business address is where he resides.
@houmanhemmati $1.13 BILLION in bonds for construction yet @SMMUSD allowed a neighborhood TITLE 1 school to rot while building fancy vanity construction projects to be featured in @ArchDigest THIS IS NOT WHAT PARENTS, RESIDENTS OR STUDENTS WANT OR NEED. Enough with pet projects and tax $ waste
@houmanhemmati@brentwoodschool He also did this WHILE running for public office. He lost. He was not the people’s choice yet the board complicit in his wrongdoings appointed him. He has done NOTHING for our kids and schools during a time when it was needed most Coleman’s about his own political & personal gain
@houmanhemmati Parents and residents are standing up and speaking up despite the culture of retaliation the SMMUSD School Board has used to stay in a 40+ year incumbent stronghold that goes to Senate level. We want a school board that puts students and education first not special interests.
And he presided over a cover up of toxic mold at 2 campuses in district that recently forced their closure (+ $20 MILLION bill!) despite many parent/teacher complaints of rainwater in buildings while spending $$$ needlessly on other campuses: https://t.co/BC9GOttmUL
School board member Coleman even decided to put his own kids into the very elite and expensive ($50k/year) private @brentwoodschool — was his OWN district not good enough for them or were they ineligible to attend because of real address?
BREAKING Santa Monica-Malibu Unified @SMMUSD incumbent pro-mandate/closure school board candidate Keith Coleman abruptly ends campaign amidst investigation into giving false residence address. MUCH more to this story that needs to come out @ReopenCASchools https://t.co/uaX6yj0srX