NEWS24/680 Letters to the Editor

Letter: Relocating Dual Immersion At Bancroft Risks Re-Segregating Walnut Creek Schools

Editor; Walnut Creek has been here before, and our community said no. In 2022, families, educators, and state leaders pushed back against a proposal that would have fractured the Mount Diablo Unified School District and deepened racial and economic segregation. The attempted Northgate secession was rejected by the California State Board of Education because it…

Kicking Abusive Teachers Down The Road Is Not A Solution

Dear Editor; I have followed with interest accounts of local teachers abusing the minors in their care who have been allowed to quietly resign only to cost their former school districts MILLIONS after successful lawsuits filed by their former students. Bay Area school districts have faced more than 50 sexual abuse lawsuits in recent years,…

Letters: The Satire Strikes Back

To The Editor; I just wanted to take a moment to luxuriate in the delicious irony that came with news that rotund gasbag Alex “I’ll Say Anything for Money” Jones has lost his mechanism of disinformation – Infowars – to the satirical news publication The Onion. The sweet flush of satisfaction I was beginning to…

Letters: A Population In Crisis Creating One

Editor; I write to express my concern about the increased presence of unhoused people on our roads and underpasses and to ask if anything is being done to find help and housing for them. The number of campfires getting out of control and spreading also appears to be increasing as people move into these areas…