SCHOOL BOARD LEARNS A LESSON, FACES WRATH OF PUBLIC

by Gayle Early

La Mesa (September 17, 2009)—La Mesa-Spring Valley (LMSV) School District Board members endured over two hours of scathing public criticism Tuesday night, including frequent chants from the crowd urging three Board members to resign. After what amounted to public shaming before several hundred riled parents, teachers, students, and community members, three Board members issued a formal apology to students and families for their majority decision to delay airing President Barack Obama’s national back-to-school address on September 8, 2009. Yet even a taped version of the speech has still not been shown to many students in the district.