O’Neill Elementary School

Supt. Fish Recommends Denial Of O'Neill School Charter

May 8, 2009

    Superintendent Fish is recommending to SVUSD Trustees that they deny the application submitted to convert O’Neill Elementary to a charter school.  The Board previously voted to close O’Neill beginning with the next school year.  Parents submitted the charter petition and made public comments to the Board last month.     Even though federal and state [...]

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SVUSD President Aitkens Rejects Mayor Ury's Letter

May 6, 2009

    Last month Mayor Ury sent a written ultimatum to Saddleback District School Trustees demanding a 2% reduction in teacher’s salaries, ostensibly as a means to prevent the closing of O’Neill Elementary School.     Last week the City of Mission Viejo received a reply from SVUSD President Ginny Aitkens calling the idea “misdirected.”  She stated the closing of [...]

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Charter Could Be Costly To SVUSD

April 22, 2009

    The proponents of a Charter School at O’Neill Elementary have submitted their petition and financial pro forma statements to the District.  The group forecasts a budget based on revenue of $2.4 million for 2009-2010 under a charter.  The SVUSD Board must approve or deny the charter petition within 30 days from submission.      The chartered attendance is [...]

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O'Neill School: SVUSD Considers Charter Petition; Ury On Organizing Foundation

April 21, 2009

    Parents are addressing the Saddleback School Board late this evening urging approval to convert O’Neill Elementary School to a Charter School.  The Board voted last month to close the school for the next academic year and reassign its students to other facilities.     A petition was recently submitted to SVUSD initiating the charter request [...]

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Charter School Proposed For O'Neill Elementary

April 17, 2009

    Parents have submitted a petition to SVUSD for intiating a process to convert O’Neill Elementary School to a Charter School.  Last month the Saddleback School Board voted to close O’Neill and reassign its students to other schools.     Attorney Mike Westerland sent a letter to Superintendent Steven Fish complaining the School District was acting [...]

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Mayor Ury Sends Strange Ultimatum to Saddleback Trustees (Updated)

March 27, 2009

    The issue of closing O’Neill Elementary School by SVUSD was discussed by the City Council at its last meeting.  Although the Council has no jurisdiction over schools, Mayor Ury convinced his council colleagues to send a letter to the Saddleback Trustees advising that a 4% salary reduction be made to all teacher salaries.     The [...]

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Council Rejects O'Neill School Families

March 17, 2009

    Last night four council members turned a cold shoulder to parents who were appealling for city help to prevent the closure of O’Neill Elementary School.  The families were turned away with hollow sympathy and a meaningless gesture by the council to write a letter to the SVUSD board.     Admittedly it isn’t the ideal policy [...]

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Letter: Education Without Representation

March 13, 2009

It is not as simple as a map, and “here is how we are going to split all of you students up.” [Re: O'Neill Closure] It is the dissolution of a community family, an institution in Mission Viejo, and a historically significant school in Mission Viejo.  I commend Cathy Schlicht  for working on saving it.  [...]

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O'Neill Students Receive Reassignments

March 13, 2009

    Today SVUSD Superintendent Fish sent a letter to families of over 400 O’Neill students explaining the reassignments for next year.  The letter states: Four communities of students who attend O’Neill School have been identified:  students attending O’Neill due to Choice or Transfer (Choice/Transfer), students enrolled in our two special day classes (Special Programs), students who live [...]

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Could City Save O'Neill Elementary School?

March 12, 2009

    On Monday the SVUSD Trustees voted to close historic O’Neill Elementary School, despite its outstanding results with students.  The action was taken to save $500,000 annually in expenses.     Council Member Cathy Schlicht today pointed out the City of Mission Viejo currently spends about $500,000 per year for School Resource Officers at only five local schools.  [...]

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