Second of two parts
Re “An Equal Education in All Culver City Schools – Vizcarra Has Opinion”
[img]2124|right|Claudia Vizcarra||no_popup[/img]Claudia Vizcarra, who ran a strong fifth in last Tuesday’s School Board election, maintains that when parents at one school are able to raise significantly more funding than rival campuses, inequity is committed.
Did she mean such a distinction diminished the quality of education from school to school?
“Access to enrichment programs is critical,” said Ms. Vizcarra, the mother of two students. “Access to one-on-one attention is different. That is totally contrary to our values of public education, to what we value in our community.
“Parents believe that whatever public school they send their children to, it is the same as the next school.
“That is what we all believe should be, and how it is.”
Ms. Vizcarra hints that such idealistic equality may not exist in Culver City.
Her response seemed clear:
“When one school raises $200,000 and another does not raise anywhere near that…”
She let the thought lie there.
Resolving this perceived imbalance will “not be simple,” Ms. Vizcarra said.
“There is no easy answer. First, we have to agree it is a problem.”
In anyone in the School District has acknowledged the perceived imbalance, Ms. Vizcarra has not heard about it.
Since she will not have the School Board as a platform, Ms. Vizcarra said she will try to start a community-wide conversation by. “I want everyone to have their own thoughts about equity and know what they would like to see,” she said.
“We all have to reflect.”
