Police Chief Dave Wareham said that is officers have been reminding drivers in the school zones to ‘lookout’ for students. In the future, citations will be given to those who do not.

Three presentations were given at the August 18, 2015 Fillmore Unified School District (FUSD) Board Meeting; The Start of School Report, Adequacy to Delegate Assembly and a Quitclaim Ownership Interests regarding FUSD property.

The meeting began with a report by Superintendent Dr. Adrian E. Palazuelos, "The start of school has been months in the process.” He then commented on the many improvements to the district, stating most projects are completed or nearly completed. He also attended the Ventura County Fair and remarked on how well Fillmore Future Farmers of America, 4H and other students had done there, "We had a very good showing."

Todd Schieferle with Human Resources gave a Start of School Report, stating, "There were over 100 items to get through, but things are off to a good start. Most have been completed.....we had a very busy summer." Schieferle showed a PowerPoint presentation of the progress. Fillmore Middle School has new concrete and paint in the eating pavilion, Piru Elementary new asphalt and paint in the student drop-off area along with a new roof and new furniture; and San Cayetano Elementary has a new sidewalk and curb, new asphalt with a drain, new paint and new roof.

Also mentioned was a thank you to the City of Fillmore for signs placed in areas where children cross the street informing drivers’ school had started and to look out for students.

Fillmore Police Chief Dave Wareham, who was seated in the audience, stepped forward and commented that Fillmore Police had worked diligently the first two weeks "kindly" asking drivers to be on the lookout for students and obey the laws. He stated, "In the future they will start writing citations on those that do not." He spoke of collaboration between the Police/Sheriffs, City of Fillmore and FUSD, and ended with saying the door is always open when needing help.

School Board Member John Garnica gave a presentation on Adequacy to Delegate Assembly by the California School Board Association (CSBA). CSBA comprised information from four competing measures of per pupil funding; the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Ed Week 2011-2012 (with regional cost adjustments) and National Education Association (NEA).

NCES reports that the Funding Gaps began after Prop. 13 and California has fallen far behind the top 10 states with funding gaps. According to Ed Week California has a higher income with an average of $50,109 (ranked 10th highest) than the national average at $46,129, but spends less than average on k-12.

California spends 3.8% higher than the average on Government than other states and -15.8% less on K-12 education. The national total taxable income spent on education is 3.4%, while California spends 2.7%. NEA reports that California has one of the worst pupil-teacher ratios in the country, ranked 49th, along with the least amount of staff per student in all categories; officials and administration, principals and assistant principals, instructional aids, guidance counselors, librarians. While the salary to run the schools is higher than other states with California ranking 4th.

Another trend is the state has a greatest percentage of higher needs students. California also has the highest concentration of English Language Learners in the country with 22.8 % of school enrollment. The next closest states with high concentrations are New Mexico 15.8%, Nevada 15.7%, Texas 15.1%.

California has an above average rate of low income students at 56.3% enrollment in schools throughout the state; with 35.2% of Blacks, 37.8% Hispanic/Latino and 26.6% of all children receiving a government program such as food stamps, free/reduced lunch.

The report cites the extra amount California needs to get to the average of the 10 top states in education funding: NCES $47.0 billion, EdWeek $52.5 billion, NEA $56.1 billion.

California now spends almost half of its general fund on education, the second highest in the country behind only New York. It seams it is not enough. The question residents of California should ask themselves is if they need to pay higher taxes, or has California taken on too much?

Another presentation was on the San Cayetano Elementary School's property which lies within the boundaries of the Superfund Site owned by Chevron. Due to past boundary misunderstandings, the eastern side of San Cayetano property is now part of the Pole Creek flood control channel. FUSD and Texaco, who previously owned the Chevron property, both mistakenly believed that the strip of land, 10,700 square feet, was owned by Texaco.

Chevron wants to clarify boundary and ownership issues and asked that FUSD quitclaim the property to both the Ventura County Flood Control District and Chevron. According to the Ventura County Assessors Office there is no value to the property. The Board agreed that the property is a liability and should be quitclaim.