Wants district to approve charter school

This letter is to urge the Pleasant Valley School Board to approve the application to charter the Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education.

The PVSD school board is legally required to approve a charter application that meets the California state standards. The application submitted by Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education not only meets but exceeds those standards. The parents and teachers of this community support the charter application, as shown by over 300 students that have submitted intent-to-enroll forms.

If the PVSD school board chooses not to approve the charter to Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education, it will surely be approved by another educational agency on appeal.

If this happens, the PVSD would loose a significant amount of influence on CAPE. The school board would continue to appear politically motivated without our children's interests in mind. This is not the image that the board should project at a time when they are trying to unify a community.

There are already enough bad feelings between the school board and the parents in this school district. Approval of the charter application would go a long way in improving those relations and show the parents in this district that the school board truly does have the best interests of our children at heart. John and Sharon Paige Camarillo