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Trustees respond to questions about 'life skills'

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

Sherry Weishaar, the only public speaker at the March 14 board meeting of the Fallbrook Union High School District, told trustees that students are graduating without basic life skill knowledge.

“They don’t know the difference between a debit or credit to balance their checkbooks,” she said. “Half don’t know how to file a tax return and they’re leaving money on the table,” she added.

By policy, board members are not allowed to respond or comment during the public comments agenda. However, near the conclusion of the meeting, during the “organizational matters” portion of the agenda, Diane Summers, vice president, suggested Superintendent Ilsa Garza-Gonzalez report back to the board about options for greater life skills instruction.

Apparently, there was a life skills class in the district many years ago, but it was dropped.

Life skills were also part of the economics curriculum but no longer are, the superintendent said, explaining the class was more about government. She suggested a life skills class in the Saturday enrichment program, but trustees said they expected student interest would be low. Garza-Gonzalez said the district couldn’t add another required class for graduation, but that she would report back to the board during future meetings.

 

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