School Board Selects Panel Members to Study Sustainability Options

The Hermosa Beach School Board now has identified a volunteer team of community members to further research options to sustain Hermosa Beach public schools.

The board's  in a meeting on March 9, which include a possible parcel tax to raise money for schools, establishing a charter school system, unifying or consolidating with a neighboring school district and paring back curricula.

Community members were then encouraged to submit applications to the School Board to be considered to serve on volunteer subcommittees that will study each option and present findings in June.

The objective of each team is to “drill down deeper into the data that we’ve uncovered under the strategic planning group,” said School Board member Jack Burns during a School Board meeting Wednesday night. “The focus is to come back with more detail of information for one of these areas.”

The School Board selected subcommittee members Wednesday.

Parcel Tax Committee:

1.       Aric Ackerman

2.       Kathy Briscoe

3.       Matthew Falley

4.       Doug Gneiser

5.       Marianne Hunt Aguliar

6.       Linda Igo

7.       Steve Macon-Lessinger

8.       Lauren Pizer Mains

School Board members Carleen Beste and Ray Waters will also serve on this committee.

Charter Schools Committee:

1.       Colleen Cole

2.       Jay Cole

3.       Jerry Gross

4.       KelliAnne Kelly-Williams

5.       Dianna Porter

6.       Alison Suffet Diaz

7.       Russell Wilson

School Board member Lisa Claypoole will also serve on this committee.

Unification-Consolidated Administration Committee:

1.       Alan Dettlebach

2.       Pat Lucy

3.       Carolyn Petty

4.       Miyo Prassas

5.       Elizabeth Riley

6.       Rose Rocchio

School Board President Cathy McCurdy will also serve on this committee.

Committee to study 'What Education Looks Like With Minimum Programs?': 

1.       Greg Breen

2.       Jim Caldwell

3.       Jeff Hromadka

4.       Michael Johnson

5.       Rachel Nyback

6.       Glen Payne

7.       Kimberley Power

School Board member Jack Burns will also serve on this committee.