Valley View Elects New School Site Council

elected their parents and teachers to form the new School Site Council, which helps the principal decide how to allocate and spend money at the school.

in all of , the nearly 250 student population is predominatly from Studio City, Toluca Lake, the Cahuenga Pass and the Hollywood Hills.

said that one of the first items on the agenda is to revamp the school plan and see how the school will deal with its recent status. Kim said that improving the school scores on certain subgroups in the school population should not be very difficult to do, and that the school will make a unified effort as a whole to improve the scores.

The new council must be made up equally of staff and parents/community members and reviews student achievement data, reviews program effectiveness and makes decisions with some of the funding.

The council is: 

Teachers and staff: Mary Alvy (Kindergarten teacher), Gretchen Garrett (5th), Suzanne Reisman (2nd), Principal Susan Kim, Jessica Hoeschen (Kindergarten and vice chairman), Lucy Boiadjian (staff and secretary)

Parents: Terry Maloy (Parliamentarian), Kelly Cole (chairman), Mike Szymanski, Bonnie George, Lisa Brunson-Perkins, Amber Craine.