Dr. Theodore R. Mitchell, President
California State Board of Education
1430 North N Street, Room 5111
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: PIRU CHARTER SCHOOL • SUPPORT •

Dear Dr. Mitchell:
It is my pleasure to offer my support for Piru Elementary School's petition for approval to become a charter
school before the California State Board of Education. The petitioners will be advocating for charter school
authorization before the Board on Wednesday, May 5th.

The Piru Charter School Committee has taken considerable time and effort to ensure that its petition conforms
to the legal, educational, and fiscal requirements for acceptance. The Committee received recent approval for
their petition from the California Advisory Commission on Charter Schools. In addition, I have received
assurances that most of the concerns that the Ventura County School Board had in their review of the
application have been mitigated.

I have every confidence that the Piru Charter School will indeed offer a well-rounded, high quality education to
students in the Piru community, located within the Fillmore Unified School District serving the Santa Clara and
Santa Clarita Valley's.

I applaud Piru Elementary School's efforts and respectfully urge you and your fellow Board Members to
consider their petition for a charter. Thank you for you and your Board's time and dedication.

Sincerely,
CAMERON M. SMYTH
Assemblyman, 38th District