HBCSD Corruption

The Misinformation:

(1) Pat Escalante, HBCSD Superintendent (2012-2020):

"And I just like to correct that we’re looking at nearly 500

students, um, overcrowded when you combine both View and Valley

school, currently.”

Hermosa Beach Joint City Council and School Board Meeting, May 28, 2014. Time Stamp: 00:37:26

(2)  Lisa Claypoole, School Board member:

“Someone asked “what’s the rush?”.  The rush is we are over

capacity by, pardon me, is the number 500 students?”

Pat Escalante, HBCSD Superintendent (2012-2020): 

“Almost.” 

Hermosa Beach Joint City Council and School Board Meeting,

May 28, 2014. Time Stamp: 01:27:26

(3) Maggie Bove-La Monica, School Board member (2014- Current):

“Reopening [i.e. REBUILDING] the North School site is the

right thing to do for the Hermosa School District to solve overcrowding.

We are presently over capacity by 500 students.”

Get Schooled, letter to the Editor by Maggie Bove-La Monica, 2016,

Easy Reader.

NOTE: HBCSD School Board members have ALWAYS had the ability to immediately reopen North School. Why did School Board members wait until 2013 to start the facilities process?

Please also see:

Lie #6: Misleading the public as to the condition and safety of the Community Center (or grandfathered-in North School) for students.;

Lie #7: Claiming that the Community Center AND North School are not ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible.;

Lie #8: Claiming that renovation historical schools such as Pier Avenue School or North School are very expensive and cost prohibitive.;

Lie #17: Misinforming the public regarding HBCSD use of North School AS IS.; Lie #18: Misinforming the public as to the historical facts and value of the circa 1934 North School in Pam Daly's Historic Resource Assessment of North School.;

Lie #21, Item #14: Claiming that Pat Escalante was qualified to be superintendent and that she had decided to apply for the superintendent position at HBCSD on her own.