Law's intent ignored

Re: your May 27 editiorial, "FUSD puts cap over kids":

The editorial stated, "County schools superintendent Charles Weis said parents know the school district they are getting when they buy their home or move to a community."

It is not only circumstances in life that can change, requiring a family to request an interdistrict transfer. The values underlying a district's decision-making process can change as well.

It seems a lot of people agree, including many on the County Board of Education, that the decision Fillmore Unified School District made regarding the no-exceptions, 3 percent cap on interdistrict transfers is wrong.

Certainly, if Fillmore's administration wants to interpret the law dogmatically, it will cap at 3 percent, without exceptions. But the laws, policies and procedures of school districts are implemented to maintain some semblance of order and to protect the rights of children. They were not intended to be dictatorial or to be read out of context in order to gain average-daily-attendance money.

If the law was written to protect the interests and welfare of children, then this new school administration has misapplied, misinterpreted and abused the Education Code to fit its agenda.

Perhaps the FUSD administration could try looking at the spirit of the law what is the law intending to accomplish? Reading the law as it was intended to be read and protecting the values and rights of parents and children are what will benefit FUSD in the long run.

Edgar & Marie Alviz, Fillmore

Obnoxious behavior

I just returned Thursday from my son's high school graduation, a ceremony almost ruined by inconsiderate people and their air horns.

After 12 long years of a child's schooling, parents and family members endure a few hours of sitting on cold, hard bleacher seats, so far away they can barely recognize their child, just so they can hear their child's name spoken over the microphone. They scan the listing of names, counting it down, sit up a little straighter and get their cameras ready.

And then it happens.

A certain name is called and a group of people standing on the top row let loose, using the horns as a substitute for their voices. They aren't content to do it quickly. They let it bleat and bleat several names, drowning out any sound from the microphones.

Fortunately, their hands got tired just before my son's name was called, so I was able to enjoy the sight and sound of my son becoming a graduate. But I feel sorry for those who might have missed that irreplaceable moment due to the consistently rude behavior of a few people.

Teri Reid, Ventura