Candlelight Vigil -- Whittier City Parents

Whittier -

It was a warm spring night in front of the Whittier City School District office last night. Where dozens of parents and school community members gathered for a "Candlelight Vigil..."

The news cameras rolling and filming the group singing a chorus of, "We Shall Overcome!" filled the Night's air and the Soutnern California Airwaves.

Is it not appropriate for concerned parents, who are also concerned citizens -- stand together praying and singing for the preservation of their schools? While others are inside the School District building attending a regularly scheduled Board Meeting to discuss budget issues and the possibility of closing one of their elementary schools (Lincoln Elementary).

With a desparate school district facing draconian cuts in their school budget next year, (FY-08-09, starts July 1, 2008), from Sacramento -- The parents expressed their concern over the final position the Board is palnning to take on their district budget.

This of course is a case of the continuning saga of the California State Budget Crisis. Not to be settled any time soon... Keep posted on further developments... Dr. Pacheco Advisory Blog.