April 5, 2007 RSS feed / Letters

Until churches teach evolution, schools should ignore creationism

Ah- the never-ending story about the teaching of creationism in the schools continues. In all of the arguments for and against, there appears to be one that has never been broached: If creationism is taught in public schools, More...

Defends the First Amendment

Concerning the letter written by Mr. More...

District has the wrong priority on school principal

In response to the March 22 Thousand Oaks Acorn editorial ("Like it or not, personnel matters a private matter, even in public agencies"), Conejo Valley Unified School District and the board of education have again systematicall More...

Dunn was the only sympathetic board member

In the March 22 article about Wildwood Elementary School's principal not having her contract renewed, there was much evidence of upset parents protesting the decision and asking that their concerns be heard. More...

Bush accepts responsibility for the war in Iraq

Congress has recently decided that it has to manage the war in Iraq because the president hasn't done a good job. It wants to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops. More...

If advances in science are ignored, education goes backward

It's sad and discouraging to see scientific illiteracy demonstrated again and again by so many Americans. It's even sadder that one of them is on a school board and another claims to have been a science teacher. More...

Don't shoot the messenger

Regarding "Shoot the messenger for printing bad letters" in the letters section last week: There's no reason to get angry at the Thousand Oaks Acorn . More...

Effective principal should be allowed to keep her job

How lucky we are to have an amazing, energetic and respected principal at Wildwood Elementary School. More...

Not pleased with existing school standards in CVUSD

The letters that appear in these pages as they pertain to the administration of our schools and the conduct of the education of our children raise many emotions within me that are both tragic and comic. More...