City of MV
CUSD neglect of Mission Viejo schools reflects badly on city, CUSD should repay its “debt” to Mission Viejo
May 06, 2007 Filed in: O'Brien,
Sharon
Sharon O’Brien, The Orange County
Register “Sharon O’Brien, The
Orange County Register “Every citizen of Mission
Viejo is affected by the conditions of our schools
because it is a reflection of our city and will
have a long-term impact on the status of this
community. Every citizen should be asking when
Capistrano Unified will repay its debt to the city
of Mission Viejo.”
O’Brien is a CUSD parent and resident of Mission Viejo.
O’Brien is a CUSD parent and resident of Mission Viejo.
CUSD has made Mission Viejo a donor city for school projects elsewhere, unfair to the children and taxpayers of Mission Viejo
May 06, 2007 Filed in: O'Brien,
Sharon
Sharon O’Brien, The Orange County
Register “Mission Viejo has
been a donor city to this school district for
years and the result has been new and improved
facilities elsewhere and a Taj Mahal of a district
office. Meanwhile, high school parents have to
raise funds to get the theater that every other
CUSD high school already has, and elementary and
middle school families have to send their children
to some of the oldest and most neglected schools
in the district.”
O’Brien is a CUSD parent and resident of Mission Viejo.
O’Brien is a CUSD parent and resident of Mission Viejo.
Tired of Mission Viejo taxes paying for CUSD facilities in other cities while the children in Mission Viejo schools are denied
May 06, 2007 Filed in: O'Brien,
Sharon
Sharon O’Brien, The Orange County
Register “It is inspiring to
read about all the hard work and fundraising
parents at Capistrano Valley High School are doing
to provide a performing arts center for that
community, but it is also aggravating to know that
these facilities were provided to other high
schools in the Capistrano Unified School District
with Mission Viejo tax dollars.” O’Brien is a CUSD
parent and resident of Mission Viejo.”
O’Brien is a CUSD parent and resident of Mission Viejo.
O’Brien is a CUSD parent and resident of Mission Viejo.
RSM tax audit of CUSD delayed due to lack of cooperation, responsiveness by district; Mission Viejo has had similar delays
May 01, 2007 Filed in: Beall, Tony
Beall is the Mayor of the City of Rancho Santa Margarita.
Fleming and Trustees knew or should have known Mello-Roos taxes were used for new admin building
Oct 12, 2006 Filed in: Casserly,
Barbara
Barbara Casserly, The Capistrano
Dispatch “I had requested an
accounting of 87-1 Mello Roos funds in April 2004
via a legally binding California Public Record
request which resulted in 29 four inch volumes
being provided to search for answers. That led to
a meeting in June 2004 with Dave Doomey, Assistant
Superintendent where answers were still not
provided. On Sept 21, 2006 Sherry Hahn CUSD CFO
said she had been instructed by Mr. McCully to
provide the requested information. Two and one
half years after I first asked a question I
learned that $20 million dollars from the 87-1
fund had always been allocated to a new
administration building. The Trustees all knew, or
should have known that a portion of Mission
Viejo/Aliso Viejo 87-1 Mello Roos was designated
in 1990 to pay for a district office building. In
2004 the Fleming Administration was unwilling to
admit that to the public.”
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Casserly is a Mission Viejo resident and PTA leader.
Auditor says CUSD's non-responsiveness worst ever seen
Mar 24, 2007 Filed in: Kelly,
Trish
Kelly, asked Joe Aguilar, a CPA with the firm of Vavrinek Trine Day & Co., LLP (VTD), about CUSD’s delays and unresponsiveness to VTD’s records requests. VTD, the auditing firm retained by the City of Mission Viejo to audit CUSD’s use of Measure A, Mello-Roos and Tax Sharing Agreement funds from the City of Mission Viejo, audits nearly 300 agencies annually. Kelly is a Mission Viejo City Councilmember.
CUSD has hindered auditor's ability to follow paper trail
Mar 19, 2007 Filed in: Bornstein,
Irwin
Bornstein is Assistant City Manager and Director of Administrative Services for the City of Mission Viejo.
CUSD uses delays and Public Records Act to obstruct audit
Mar 19, 2007 Filed in: Bornstein,
Irwin
Bornstein is Assistant City Manager and Director of Administrative Services for the City of Mission Viejo.
Auditor advises city to demand that CUSD cooperate or be reported to authorities
Mar 05, 2007 Filed in: Aguilar,
Joe
Joe Aguilar, Letter to City of Mission
Viejo re Status Report on CUSD
Engagement “The
City should formally request that the District
provide annual reports of CFD monies for the past
four years, as required by State law, within the
next 30 days. If the District is unresponsive, the
City should inform the State Controller and State
Attorney General of the District’s failure to make
such reports available to the
public.”
Aguilar is with the firm of Vavrinek Trine Day & Co., LLP, the CPAs retained by the City of Mission Viejo to audit CUSD’s use of Measure, Mello-Roos and Tax Sharing Agreement funds from the City of Mission Viejo.
Aguilar is with the firm of Vavrinek Trine Day & Co., LLP, the CPAs retained by the City of Mission Viejo to audit CUSD’s use of Measure, Mello-Roos and Tax Sharing Agreement funds from the City of Mission Viejo.
Newhart is example why city has concern over proposed district-wide EIR
Feb 16, 2007 Filed in: Kelly,
Trish
The Mission Viejo City Council unanimously gave authorization to Councilwoman Trish Kelley, who made the request, to send a letter to Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees urging them to rescind the approval of a blanket Environmental Impact Report that would cover every school in the district. Kelley said the EIR would allow the school district to maximize the use of portable classrooms at all school sites.