A lot of misinformation has been exchanged here and I hope I can make more sense out of it for everyone. First: "Balanced Literacy" has been around since the early 90's. It was designed as a balance between the two warring camps in reading/language arts - the "Whole Language" group and the "Phonics/Back to the Basics" group.

The "United Parents of Garvey School District advocate censorship rather than open discussion. Why seek the truth when the opposition can just be silenced?

Rather than rewriting everything, see the vitriolic diatribe of the "United Parents of Garvey School District" on the Save Our Community page (http://saveourcommunity.us/node/1661) and the response at http://www.thetruthaboutgarvey.com/

The parent who was quoted in the article about Garvey School District in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune wants to set the record straight and asked to help post her email to the reporter and the full text of her comments she read at the Garvey School Board meeting.

On the blog http://www.thetruthaboutgarvey.com I am responding to “The Truth About Garvey (Parents View)" for those that are interested.

I also wrote a comment to "The Truth About Garvey (Parents View)" initial blog here on the Save Our Community site.

The link is here.
http://saveourcommunity.us/node/1652

The SGV Tribune has some goofy Earth Day-related stories today. Here's one of them.