Pat Soteras will be missed
     I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of a great friend to our community. Pat Soteras was well known in our community for her tireless, unselfish dedication to the Chamber of Commerce, as well as many other wonderful organizations.
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Supports Agoura Village
     We thank The Acorn for supporting the Agoura Village Specific Plan. Let's not let a few misguided people use the courts to slow down this process, as it is so important to our city.
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OPUSD needs new plan
     What do we do now? Thanks to the levelheaded voters of Oak Park who exercised intelligent independent thought, the inflow of corporate dollars was unable to mask the odor of a rotting fish in local politics. The voters of Oak Park soundly rejected bond Measure H6. The fact remains that the school
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Thank LVUSD classified employees
     To the members of the community, management and teachers of the Las Virgenes Unified School District: When was the last time you thanked the employee who puts a bandage on a child's injury and wipes away their tears, answers the daily phone questions, cleans the classrooms, emp
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Writer all wrong on teachers
     In response to Ken Grow ("Teachers don't have it bad," Nov. 23): While I know there are those teachers who do whine, just as there are those who do in any job, there are also those egotistical "know-it-alls" who act as though they have been in the classroom and know how one is run.
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Ken Grow misinformed
     This is in response to Ken Grow who thinks "Teachers don't have it bad." As a teacher for almost 20 years, I was astonished
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Invites writer to classroom
     This is in regards to Ken Grow's letter in the Nov. 23 Acorn. I would like to extend a personal invitation to Ken Grow (and/or anyone else who is as sadly misinformed about my profession) to come and spend a day in my elementary school classroom.
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Ken Grow should educate himself
     Re: "Teachers don't have it bad" (Nov. 23) I don't know if Ken Grow's letter is supposed to be in jest or not. If he believes what he writes, then he is a fool.
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Defends teachers
     Ken Grow's letter of Nov. 23 urging LVUSD teachers to "stop whining about their plight in life" is irrefutable proof that he has little understanding of what teachers do, even less appreciation of the value of a quality education and absolutely no compassion for a group of professionals that are universally acknowledged for being overworked and underpaid.
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