Home schooling a positive alternative for kids and parents
      I've watched the Principal Darlene Hale story unfold with interest. May I make a suggestion to parents who feel that Conejo Valley Unified School District is a political beast more interested in the personal power of the operators than in the education and personal growth of students?
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A charter school might raise the bar in CVUSD
      Once again, union-sponsored school board members have ignored parent requests and instead chosen to cancel Principal Darlene Hale's contract. Given the academic strength exhibited by Wildwood students under Ms. Hale's leadership, this decision seems illogical.
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Dissatisfied with school district decisions
      In the misery likes company department, I was so pleased to read Mr. Kessler's letter ("Not pleased with existing school standards in CVUSD," Thousand Oaks Acorn, April 5). Being ignored, taking no responsibilities and a lack of concern for the student's achievements are things I have wi...
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Parent praised for criticizing grade inflation
      This is a response to the letters from parent Mr. Kessler and retired teacher Ms. Kligman concerning the teaching of writing in Conejo Valley Unified School District. We would have liked more details from Mr. Kessler, but will accept his anecdote at face value.
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Home Depot would require a zoning change
      I strongly disagree with your April 5 editorial that city approval of the new Home Depot is a "done deal" and "there are no major hurdles to jump because Home Depot's proposed location meets city zoning." I hope, for due process and open government, your initial conclusion i...
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Sound wall lament
      They're building too many high ugly walls on the 23 Freeway. (They will become) a canvas for graffiti artists. If they would put the energy they're now using to build the walls into widening the freeway, which I thought was the original idea, we'd have a third lane by now and we ...
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A grandmother shares her wartime thoughts
      I'm a grandmother of 11, and recently the perils that plague young military people have occu pied a dominant place in my mind and heart, which prompted me to write this piece.
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Withdrawal date from Iraq totally justified
      Since Diego Cruz of Thousand Oaks decided to politically "spin" the proposed withdrawal from Iraq in the president's favor, I think it's only fitting that the other side be heard. In his April 5 letter to the Acorn , Cruz said that Congress was for the war when it began, yet fail...
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Ethics matter, no matter who you are
      In recent years an outburst of ethical and moral scandals has plagued our society. Corporate America, religious organizations, government, national sports teams and other groups of our society have been exposed to outrageous immoral and unethical scandals involving leaders and public ...
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