Malibu got one step closer to its ultimate goal Saturday: a divorce from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and control over its students’ educational futures. AdvertisementCity officials and Malibu parents argue that their children are receiving a degraded education compared with students in Santa Monica schools. They note that Santa Monica High offers five foreign languages, but Malibu High has only two; that Santa Monica students can attend a dual-immersion language program where they’re taught in English and Spanish, but Malibu students can’t. Malibu students make up about 15% of the district population; Malibu property taxes make up about 35% of the district’s revenues. There are two possibilities, said David Soldani, an attorney representing the school district in the current proceedings.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 19, 2021 12:56 UTC