I noticed wrote on Aug 21, 2007 10:32 AM:that District has removed the trailers from Red Hawk, Jackson, French Valley, and Sparkman Elementary School and its entire lower campus, demolished six at Vail Elementary School and removed their others, removed the trailers from Temecula Elementary School and perhaps others. There were student seating capacity for 1200 students possible, which means at elementary school level about 900 to 950 students due to class sizes of 20 students, K -- 3 grade levels. Why did we build four new schools with nearly 6500 to 8,000 empty seat capacity available at elementary school sites? Temecula Luiseno sat empty for 17 months. Perhaps they've over built? Then, why did they apply to build "another" elementary school in French Valley with so many elementary schools at 300 to 600 students? They do not need another school bond.

Parent at Luiseno wrote on Aug 21, 2007 1:27 PM:Remember ,many of us at RedHawk were forced to leave to Luiseno. We had no choice & it has been handled as badly as can be! Sure the new school is fresh but at this age the children enjoy exsisting friendships more than new carpets.

Since you wouldn't post my first comment, I'll try again wrote on Aug 21, 2007 6:13 PM:Perhaps the Californian can ask the TVUSD for a breakdown of enrollment by school type (elementary, middle & high school). Then perhaps they can ask for last year's breakdown as well. The public may wish to know this infomation to see whether or not the opening of this elementary school was necessary. Those demographics may also shed some light on which grade levels / schools need more classroom space & which do not. If the taxpayers in this school district had this type of information then they could make an informed decision when the TVUSD asks them to vote on another bond to build more schools. This type of information may also be useful to those readers who'd like to know if the district has spent the money it's been given wisely or not.

Never Happy wrote on Aug 23, 2007 9:10 AM:I cant believe people are complaining there are too many schools. First off if your child was going to an overcrowded school you would be complaining we need more schools. I think the TVUSD has done a great job in building schools for the future. I am sure there are other districts in the state that wish they could sit on an empty school for a year to build up enrollment.

When you receive a request for a supply list to be purchased wrote on Aug 23, 2007 11:10 AM:which by the way is against the Williams Act, empty schools and seats cost money. that's....Taxpayers' monies. Large debts have been placed against our valley's homes in the form of extra property taxation called mellos roos. The District does their own direct developer fee setting, called Direct Bridging. If they had accepted the fees up front, the large number of extra taxation for 30 years in mellos roos fees would not exist. Instead of a $30,000.00 building fee to the school board, that home will have to pay $250,000.00 in mellos roos taxation. Try and well your home with a seven plus thousand bill yearly upon it. Ask why a Supply budget of $14.9 million for 2005-2006 could not supply your schools with generous budgets.

Have you noticed wrote on Aug 23, 2007 11:14 AM:that Sparkman Elementary has fenced off its entire lower campus, let the landscaping die and now parks double semi trucks on a school grounds? Our extra unneeded schools monies would have served other school districts better. At their workshop they mentioned that one of the possiblities for Sparkman's future could be to sell it since they've built four new elementary schools within its attendance boundaries, and kept a three year freeze of about 440 or less students who can attend there. Did you know this?

Dear Parent at Luiseno wrote on Aug 23, 2007 11:16 AM:How many students were forced to leave RedHawk and Jackson?

Parent at Luiseno wrote on Aug 24, 2007 8:28 PM:Redhawk was 250 that left & Jackson not sure. But Redhawk was smaller than Luiseno is now. Which is pushing 700. I live in an area where I choose to send my kids to Redhawk not to be told you have to go to Luiseno. My child left all of his best friends behind.