The city of Malibu is moving forward with creating its own independent school district after the split of the Santa Monica-Malibu school district was approved Monday.
Malibu residents say they want this to happen immediately, but the district says it will likely not happen until 2028.
Malibu’s youngest joined their parents and neighbors Monday night to continue the years-long fight to split the Santa Monica-Malibu school district.
As of now, 10 schools are in Santa Monica and four are in Malibu.
Last week, the district unanimously approved three agreements: To fairly allocate property tax funding, fairly divide equipment and resources and create a seven-member oversight body to administer revenue transfers and mediate any disputes.
“I’ve reviewed the agreements. They are not perfect. They are as good as we’re ever going to get,” said Mark Dipaola, president of Malibu Elementary’s PTA.
To move forward, Malibu’s city council also had to say yes. And Monday night, it gave five of them.
Mayor Marianne Riggins says the council and the school district’s board of education will have to hammer out the final details with the county and lawmakers in Sacramento.
The city says realistically the earliest the split could happen would be in time for 2028-2029 school year, a little under three years away.
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