DUO RESENT SCHOOL BROCHURE VOTES NOT INCLUDED, TRUSTEES COMPLAIN.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Two Palmdale school trustees who were on the minority end of a controversial vote to change the year-round schedule claim a district brochure contains information that misrepresents the board action. ``Shaping the Future,'' the brochure that was mailed to thousands of homes and businesses, states that the board implemented the three-track calendar but doesn't note that it was on a 3-2 vote, with Trustees Fred Thompson Thompson, city, Canada Thompson, city (1991 pop. 14,977), central Man., Canada, on the Burntwood River. A mining town, it developed after large nickel deposits were discovered in the area in 1956. and Sheldon Epstein dissenting dis·sent intr.v. dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents 1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. 2. To withhold assent or approval. n. 1. . ``(T)he indisputable fact is that only three members of the board implemented the three-track calendar, not the `board,' which consists of five trustees,'' Thompson said at last week's board meeting. The brochure ``conveys a gross misrepresentation misrepresentation In law, any false or misleading expression of fact, usually with the intent to deceive or defraud. It most commonly occurs in insurance and real-estate contracts. False advertising may also constitute misrepresentation. of how the three-track calendar was actually put into place.'' Thompson said he wants the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. to include the vote in future publications about the three-track system, but Superintendent Nancy Smith said that is unlikely. ``We have always had a policy that once the board votes - no matter what the vote is - the board has passed the policy, so we talk of the board as one entity and not five individual people,'' Smith said. ``We don't specify what the vote was when we do publications. We tell what the board action was, not how each individual member acted.'' Smith said the district printed 45,000 brochures at a cost of 25 cents each. In a related matter, the board voted 4-1 to hire the writer-photographer who produced the brochure to help the district's interim public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director. The contract will pay Liz Henderson $37.50 an hour, up to $15,000, through June 30, 2001. The board had voted down Henderson's contract at its May 2 meeting, but Trustee Velma Trosin, who voted against the contract, changed her mind and asked that the board reconsider re·con·sid·er v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers v.tr. 1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision. 2. its action. Thompson voted against hiring Henderson in both votes, saying the district doesn't need someone to help interim public relations director Isaac Barcelona, whose earns $56,050 a year. ``I just thought that the person we hired should be able to do most of that. We didn't need to hire someone else in addition to the person we already have,'' Thompson said |
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