POSTED: 10:37 pm PDT August 22, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- In a rare meeting with members of a Sacramento County Grand Jury, concerned parents, teachers and district employees from the Twin Rivers Unified School District asked about the jury’s findings.
The meeting was organized by community activists who said the report has outraged many and created many questions. More than a hundred people showed up at the Robertson Community Center in Del Paso Heights for the meeting.
“Maybe this is a wake up call to say ‘hey, you need to be involved,’” said Derrell Roberts, with the African American Leadership Coalition.
The report came out at the end of June, but Monday’s meeting was the first chance concerned parents could come and discuss the findings together in a public setting.
Three members of the grand jury explained how they determined the Twin Rivers Unified School District had uncontrolled spending, was plagued with animosity, and had costly lawsuits.
“It’s unprecedented,” said John Ennis, a teacher in the district who came to the meeting. “We have three grand jurors in there answering questions and educating the public about their report.”
Parents who live in the district said the meeting was necessary.
“I didn’t really know what to expect,” said Willie Bennett, a concerned parent. “Now that I am here, my ears are getting bigger.”
The Twin Rivers School Board is in the process of forming a response to the Grand Jury Report.
One of the board members at the meeting, who didn’t want to go on camera, told KCRA 3, he thought the changes recommended by the grand jury are appropriate.
Read more: http://www.kcra.com/news/28945929/detail.html#ixzz1W0ZgKwVZ
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