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Your Column Here
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District generally chooses not to argue with citizens in the press or social media. However, the current misinformation campaign requires clarification. Astoundingly, the “Your Column Here” opinion piece, published on February 2, 2021 by SMDP with the statement “SMMUSD is Burning Through Our Bond Money. Again.” introduces misleading and untrue statements before the first sentence is over. Opinions can differ but in order for our discourse to be of value, those opinions must be grounded in facts.
Fact: The district does have enough money to complete the projects promised in its bond campaigns. It is accurate to state that the district’s overall facility needs exceed available funding, which is the case for virtually every school district in the state. The author, after becoming engaged in this topic in October during her failed campaign for a seat on the SMMUSD school board, inaccurately claims that the five-year old