As of last week, the results from the second WestEd Study are out.

In Fall of 2012, Advocates for Malibu Public Schools (AMPS) requested WestEd to complete a feasibility review for a proposal to create two separate districts from the current SMMUSD district.  The review and study evaluated the proposed reorganization based on the fiscal and programmatic standards outlined in the California Education Code.

The study did raise several considerations for AMPS, the current SMMUSD district and the additional community stakeholders.  Further research was conducted by WestEd to address these new considerations and areas of interest:

1. Bonded Indebtedness
2. Parcel Tax
3. Employment Rights & Collective Bargaining
4. Other Implementation Guidance

Based on the second WestEd Study the analysis completed to address the above areas of interest and established a viable pathway to engage in all considerations and interests.  

To read the in-depth study and explanation of finding please click here.

Cindy Crawford & Rande Gerber

Jillian & Patrick Dempsey

Rory Kennedy & Mark Bailey

Paige & Jakob Dylan

Melissa & Domenic Mastrippolito 

Kelly & Ron Meyer

Shamra & Brian Strange

Antonio & Sarah Alessi

Jim Palmer

Zan Mehta McDougall

Mere words cannot express our gratitude for all that you have done to support AMPS.  We are so very fortunate to have you all working along side us, and supporting our efforts towards a locally-controlled, Malibu Unified School District.

Thank you so very much! We appreciate all that you have done and are beyond grateful!

John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can.

Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the World Peace Game (and the star of the new doc "World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements").