The current majority of the Murrieta Valley USD board has made it crystal clear: bring on the lawsuits. As the board majority works to push through new policies and board resolutions, they also publicly shared that they welcome the resulting costly legal challenges.

Murrieta School Board President Nick Pardue continued avoiding responsibility at the May 8 board meeting, deferring key tasks to staff while trying to take credit for pursuing his culture war promises.

If it wasn’t for the advice of legal counsel, Jonathan Pearl, at the April 17 meeting of the Murrieta Valley Unified School Board, trustee Eleanor Briggs might have moved full steam ahead with a Brown Act Violation. 

MURRIETA— After a debate that spanned two school board meetings, MVUSD president Nick Pardue succeeded in removing more than half of the district's social workers at the end of this school year. 

The Murrieta Valley Unified school board approved new school boundaries Feb. 13 without answers to many questions posed by community members and other board trustees. 

 As the new Murrieta Valley Unified School District board wrestles with its first major action, a few board members are raising legitimate concerns from their constituents about traffic congestion and student bus ride time. 

Over the years, school voucher programs have gained attention as a means to offer families more choice in education. Proponents argue that vouchers provide opportunities for students to escape failing public schools and attend private institutions that better suit their needs. While the idea may sound appealing in theory, the reality of voucher systems is far more complex and fraught with unintended consequences. In practice, voucher programs have proven to be harmful to public education, inequitable for families, and surprisingly costly for taxpayers.

The tone was set early by the leaders of the Murrieta Valley Unified School Board as new members were sworn in and officers were elected at the Dec. 17 meeting. New board members Christine Schmidt and Eleanor Briggs quickly fell in line with trustee Nick Pardue to elect him president.