Save Horizon Hills

I think you all know by now how important our school is to us.  It is our second home and the place we have found our village.  I would be lost without the friends we have made here, including the teachers who have guided us through the last 4 plus years!

About a month ago the school board announced a plan that would potentially move our school off of its current site, relocating and downsizing the program significantly.  This program has been around for 30 plus years, the current campus has grown and our families have put their blood, sweat and tears into its gardens, playgrounds, murals and classrooms.  Its not simply about a building, they cannot trade us 10 rooms for 10 rooms and think they've made a sound choice.  We are a certified outdoor classroom school.  Our campus is our curriculum.

Needless to say the moment this was announced our parents sprang into action.  We've created committees, made t-shirts, fundraised and attended meetings on meetings on meetings.

The first school board meeting, on May 17th, we showed up in numbers to picket out front.  Then we packed the room and hallways until 11pm listening to speakers and board members discuss.  They put us last on the agenda, probably hoping to starve us out, assuming we would have to leave to go make dinner and put our kids to bed.  Clearly they had never met our parents.  We had moms in the all breastfeeding and holding their sleeping babies.  We had a team of the most amazing teachers watching the bigger kids on our campus until all hours of the night.  No one left!

A few weeks after the first meeting a bunch of us created a Save Horizon Hills team to run the Agoura Love Run.

It was a super fun way to start our Sunday!

Our last planning meeting we packed the house with not only our parents but about 20 our so neighbors surrounding the school.  We are gaining momentum and people are speaking out!

After this past weeks meeting we clearly have our work cut out for us.  This is going to be a long, uphill fight, but fortunately we have great people committed to this cause.  And what an eye opener into local politics - ugly stuff people!

So if you follow me on social media you've been warned, #savehorizonhills isn't going anywhere!!!