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FEB/MAR 2014 • MALIBU CHRON ICLE
ADVOCATES FOR MALIBU PUBLIC SCHOOLS
“AN INDEPENDENT MALIBU SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW THE MALIBU COMMUNITY TO BRING OUR SCHOOLS TO THE FOREFRONT OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENT FOCUS.”
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A L I B U ’ S P A R E N T S A R E TA K I N G C H A R G E O F T H E I R K I D S ’ E D U C AT I O N THROUGH THE O R G A N I Z AT I O N A D V O C AT E S F O R M A L I B U P U B L I C SCHOOLS (AMPS). “We are a collection of Malibu residents who have launched AMPS as volunteers taking responsibility for mobilizing the community to significantly improve the education of Malibu kids,” states John D. Miller, vice chancellor of Pepperdine University. AMPS believes students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will be better served by separate Malibu and Santa Monica school districts. AMPS have studied the changes that would occur and the impact on stakeholders. There is sound reasoning and data to support this conclusion. An independent Malibu School District would allow the Malibu com-
munity to bring our schools to the forefront of educational innovation, technology and student focus. AMPS has the support of the Malibu City Council and the benefit of a favorable feasibility study by WestEd, a nonprofit education research agency. AMPS and its members educate Malibu and Santa Monica parents, teachers, community leaders, neighbors and friends about how an independent Malibu School District benefits every student by creating self-determination and independence in public education. You can become involved in the movement for an independent Malibu School District by making a donation and becoming an active AMPS member. Your participation and support will help AMPS make Malibu schools the best they can be.