CANCER CLAIMS LONGTIME LAS VIRGENES DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Daily News Staff Writer Four-term school board member Barbara Barbara maid exemplifying personal and domestic neatness. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop] See : Orderliness Bowman-Fagelson, known as a dedicated and accessible education advocate, died Thursday after a battle with cancer. She was 57. Fellow board members were shocked and saddened by the loss of the trustee who, for 14 years, had served the 12,000-student Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. that includes the communities of Calabasas, Agoura Hills and parts of Westlake Village. ``Parents or students who had a problem could always count on her,'' said board member Judy Jordan, who had served with Bowman-Fagelson for three terms. ``I really will miss her very much. . . . I just respected her opinion. We didn't always agree. We could agree to disagree Agree to disagree or "agreeing to disagree" describes or refers to a situation where two or more people or groups of people resolve conflict by reaching an agreement whereby both sides tolerate but do not accept the views, opinions or position of the other side. on issues and still be friends and colleagues.'' Bowman-Fagelson had been struggling with cancer, officials said, but had disclosed her condition only to close friends and family. She had missed this past week's two board meetings, and the previous board meeting earlier in the month, but otherwise was known as an active board member who was well-prepared for meetings. In fact, months earlier, after having broken her ankle during the holidays, she attended board meetings via conference calls from her home, hardly missing a vote. ``We shall miss her greatly,'' Superintendent John F. Fitzpatrick John F. Fitzpatrick was the first person to represent the thirteenth district of the Los Angeles City Council under the new charter in 1925. However, he served only briefly. He was suspended on August 21, 1925. He was replaced on the council by Carl Ingold Jacobson. said in a statement. ``She always put kids first in her role as a board member.'' During her time on the board, Bowman-Fagelson helped lobby for passage of Measure R, the $93 million school bond measure approved by voters to build and renovate school facilities, and supported programs to bring more volunteers to the classroom, Jordan said. She also worked to help students who weren't making the grade by supporting tutoring programs, Jordan said. ``We're very shocked by her passing,'' said Jordan. ``I feel the parents and the students in the district have lost a very strong advocate.'' She was married, had two grown daughters, and was a grandmother. Services are scheduled for noon Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. at Mount Sinai Memorial Park, 5950 Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
|
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion