Separation Process

Important News About Our Community’s Effort to split from Santa Monica and create a Malibu Unified School District 

On September 2, 2017 the City of Malibu filed a petition (sent a letter) with the County of Los Angeles, to split up the school district, and now things are moving rapidly.

So where do we go from here!?...

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HERE’S THE TIMELINE  MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

October – The County Board of Education and the City of Malibu and AMPS are meeting to collaborate and set the schedule for separation review 

October 30 – The SMMUSD Board of Education meeting (REQUESTED ATTENDANCE BY AMPS SUPPORTERS) , will debate the key reports on separation – and will hear from consultants about feasibility 

November 16th SMMUSD Board meeting – The Board will take action to accept the committee recommendations or let the County process proceed.

December/January (MUST ATTEND MEETINGS BY AMPS SUPPORTERS) - Stay tuned for a dates of two public meetings – to be held by the Los Angeles County Office of Education on Separation — Make Your Voice Count – the County will hold meetings in Santa Monica and in our home town – to hear what we think!!!!

When the county process starts, (in early November) the clock will start ticking and we have to make sure they hear our collective voices…  

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The movement for an Independent Malibu School District needs our community's support NOW more than EVER!!!

EVERY meeting in this historic separation process is important... Malibu community & individual support are vital to the cause! 

 

 

2012
May 2012
January 2013
May 2013
July 2013
November 2013
January 2014
February 2014
March/April 2014
May 2014
2014
May 2012
A group of Malibu residents form Advocates for Malibu Public Schools (AMPS), a group whose purpose is to provide a unified voice and advocate for excellence in the Malibu public schools. It becomes clear to AMPS that the best way to achieve excellence in Malibu schools is to gain local control of our district, thus starting the movement for an independent Malibu Unified School District.
January 2013
WestEd is a research, development and service agency, working with the education community to promote excellence, achieve equity and improve learning for students. WestEd was recommended to AMPS from a senior adviser at the Gates Foundation.
May 2013
Presentation of the WestEd Feasibility Study at the first AMPS Town Hall Meeting, the initial outreach to the Malibu community on the process of separation.
November 2013
Several questions pertaining to the SMMUSD parcel tax, bond indebtedness and other topics, including those associated with the California Teachers Union and Classified Employees Union, were answered in the second phase of the WestEd study.
January 2014
AMPS and the SMMUSD Financial Oversight Committee (FOC) begin discussion on financial and legal aspects raised in the second WestEd study.
March 2014
AMPS is endorsed by all five Malibu city council members, as well as the three candidates for city council. In addition, AMPS is endorsed by all four of the Malibu School PTAs, the Boys & Girls Club of Malibu, the Malibu Chamber of Commerce and the Malibu Special Education Foundation.
May 2014
AMPS and Malibu Chamber of Commerce move into shared office space in Malibu Civic Center.