Del Mar parents demand resignations
Source: Fox San Diego
By Erica Fox | FOX 5 San Diego Staff
8:44 AM PDT, April 15, 2010
DEL MAR, Calif.
DEL MAR, Calif. - About a dozen angry parents rallied Wednesday outside the Del Mar Union School Board meeting, calling for the immediate resignations of several board members.
At a time when schools are cutting back because of a funding crisis, some parents in Del Mar think their district is wasting money.They are mad that the board fired Superintendent Sharon McClain weeks ago, and are worried about the steep legal fees of dealing with the lawsuite McClain has threatened to file.
"We're very disappointed," said parent Heidi Niehart. "You elect these people because you hope they're going to be your voice, and they are not being the voice of the community."
The protesting parents said they want several board members to step down.
"They're already paying off the first superintendent that they fired a few years ago, so a couple hundred thousand here couple hundred thousand there -- my children have more kids in the classroom," said Niehart. They don't have art, they don't have music, technology, science or whatever they're going to have to cut."
Board President Comischell Rodriguez was asked how she felt about the protests and if the board would consider resending rescinding the decision to fire McClain.
"We're going to look forward, and for the sake the of children, we're going to make progress at Del Mar Union," Rodriguez said.
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