By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund

There was a tense face off between the Gorman Joint School District Board of Trustees and the superintendent of the El Tejon Unified School District (ETUSD) on Tuesday, Jan. 12.

National School Choice Week is January 24-30 this year. Right on cue, ETUSD’s Superintendent Rodney Wallace said he is asking the Gorman district’s trustees to comply with state education code requirements if they intend to function as a School District of Choice (SDOC).

Wallace presented the Gorman board with a detailed statement in which he alleged that Gorman has sidestepped the rules for being a district of choice.

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Gorman Joint School District Board of Trustees President Steve Sonder said allegations by El Tejon Unified School District Superintendent Rodney Wallace about violations in School District of Choice procedures at Gorman will receive “an aggressive response.” Wallace said he is asking Gorman’s district to “follow the rules” laid out in the California Education Code.

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This is part of the January 15, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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