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Re “Zeidman Puts LAUSD Permit Policy Change into Context”

Senior citizens of Culver City, 65 years old and older, can vote “yes” on Measure EE, the parcel tax, on Nov. 3, without being taxed.

If it passes, Measure EE will raise an estimated $1.2 million per year for Culver City public schools over the next five years.

The community group called Yes On EE = Educational Excellence came out in full force at Fiesta La Ballona last weekend to talk with residents about the parcel tax (at $96 a year) on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Twenty concerned citizens convened last Thursday to form a committee called YES on EE = Educational Excellence that will promote passage of Measure EE, for the benefit of Culver City schools, on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Here is a portion of the more than 60 parents and students who came with rakes, sledge hammers, shovels and brooms last Sunday to the first-ever “Meet and Greet Campus Clean-Up” at the Middle School. Mostly, in-coming sixth graders and their families installed two gardens both inside and outside the front of the school. They filled more than 50 trash bags with leaves, debris and clippings. It was overwhelmingly successful as the enthusiastic volunteers cleaned up the campus and gave the new students and parents a chance to meet each other. The clean-up was followed by a pizza, watermelon and big stick dinner. New Principal Jon Pearson brought his children along as well.

ARTWORKS, Farragut Elementary’s annual art show and art auction, will be staged this weekend at the Helms Bakery Complex.

The fifth anniversary of the fundraiser will be celebrated at Helms, 8723 Washington Blvd., on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m., and on Sunday, Family Day, from 10 to 1.