The fact that churches have been community meeting places for years in this country and around the world, especially in small communities where they often double as town halls, is lost on some. Anyone ever watch Little House or Mayberry RFD, for instance?
From Santee Patch yesterday…
Grossmont schools Superintendent Ralf Swenson “fully supports” Tuesday night’s meeting at Sonrise Community Church in Santee, rebuffing demands by public-agency watchdog Ray Lutz to cancel the health-information session, the district says.
“The free, nonmandatory parent and student event hosted by the GUHSD Parent Involvement Committee and the Southern California Juvenile Officers Association will continue as scheduled this evening,” said Catherine Martin, spokeswoman for the Grossmont Union High School District.
Swenson will attend the event as well, Martin said.
She said the district’s Parent Involvement Committee regularly hosts forums for parents and students, rotating sites throughout the district.
“In order for regularly scheduled student sports and drama programs to flourish, from time to time, we use outside venues so as not to disrupt student activities,” Martin said in response to a La Mesa Patch query.
She called Sonrise a fixture in the Santee community that is “regularly used as a free meeting facility by community groups every day of the week.”
In a letter to Swenson sent Tuesday afternoon, Lutz of the Citizens’ Oversight Projects wrote…
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