David Safier

by David Safier According to a few Facebook posts, it looks like the necessary signatures were collected to force recall elections of Sunnyside School District board members Louie Gonzalez and Bobby Garcia. The back story is, Gonzalez and Garcia were two of the three board members who voted to extend Superintendent Isquierdo's contract until 2016. … Read more

by David Safier Tim Steller wrote a straightforward, informative column in the Star about the current University High (UHS) situation and some of the proposals on the table to expand the school. Just about the only personal opinion Steller throws in is that "TUSD should jump at the opportunity to explore alternatives and choose one … Read more

by David Safier

Mark Stegeman was a scheduled guest on today's Bill Buckmaster Show (starting around the 45:00 mark). Buckmaster follows discussions on Facebook and BfA, so he focused on Mark's idea to close a TUSD high school and move UHS there, which I posted about a few days ago and was the subject of a long, rambling discussion on Facebook.

Mark was pretty candid on the Buckmaster Show. He said straight out, we need to close one of the high schools, meaning his plan to move UHS is part of a larger plan.

"To make the rest of the high schools stronger, we need to close one of the general, comprehensive high schools."

Which high school would he close? "I would not speculate on that," he replied.

Buckmaster asked Mark about the assertion made in Facebook comments that he "goes rogue" on the board. His basic answer: This UHS proposal was out there for a year and a half, it received a 4-1 vote from the past board, it's gotten lots of discussion and comment. That's not going rogue. (Since I don't know much about the history of the proposal, I'll let Mark's comment stand, unless someone else wants to comment on it.)