Letters to the Editor
Letter From Cathy Teves
I spoke at the June 13th meeting and was quoted by Carolyn Schuk. While my first name was misspelled, the intent was correct. We mean no disrespect to Ms. Miranda. We look forward to working...
Letter From Bob Hoffman
Chris Koltermann and Michele Ryan are part of the solution, not the problem. I’m all for a “throw the bums out” strategy for the next election – but let’s identify the right bums. I suggest...
Letter From Katrina Ashton
Prior to swearing in Ryan and Stampolis, or a single action taken by the board, a campaign of doom and gloom began. A November Facebook post reads, “be glad you will not have to endure...
Letter From Bruce La Fetra
If everything had been great in SCUSD, I’d understand the desire to turn back the clock to the recent halcyon days of the Finance staff double-dipping, a principal selling meth, and a Superintendent that told...
Letter From Regina Williams
Recent opinions in this newspaper about the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) have failed to report the whole story. Let’s focus on this issue: most of our elementary schools perform poorly because of the...
Letter From Rich Solis
With the flip of a switch, our city council has started a process that will displace thousands of loyal patrons of the city’s golf course, not to mention the hundreds if not thousands of kids...
Letter From Vilma Pallette
Sharon Noguchi’s fine but distressing article today (SJ Mercury News) re: the mess that is happening in a fine community, displaying unadulterated power struggles in the SC Unified School District, reinforces the importance of an...
Letter from Kathy Watanabe
If you are a voter in Santa Clara, you are a stakeholder in Santa Clara Unified. If you a voter and don’t have children in school, you are still a stakeholder in Santa Clara Unified....
Letter From Emily Adorable
Voters in the Santa Clara Unified School District should be wondering why the superintendent, two of the three assistant superintendents and six school principals have resigned from their positions as of June 30, 2013. The...
Letter From James Rowen
Measure J passed overwhelmingly by the Santa Clara voters over three years ago. The matter was decided in a primary of largely older and conservative voters. So I do believe the margin was quite impressive....