Second Alpine Unification Hearing Draws More Emotion

Second Alpine Unification Hearing Draws More Emotion

By Karen Pearlman10:18 p.m.May 7, 2014 (Union Tribune) The passion was overt and emotions ran high Wednesday night during the second of two scheduled public hearings on a proposed unification of the Alpine Union School District. Supporters of the effort to add a high school to Alpine’s K-8 school district, including county Supervisor Dianne Jacob, filled the East County Regional Education Center Board Room for the County Board of Education hearing, just a week after an overflow group crowded the auditorium at Alpine Elementary School to discuss the same issue. Jacob spoke briefly about her support of the petitioners, saying…