PDF Link of Entire Letter TEXT OF LETTER: 26 March 2013 DELIVERED VIA CERTIFIED MAIL: 7011 2970 0000 0196 3228 Mr. J. Aaron Romine, Regional Director U.S. Department of Education, Office For Civil Rights Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building 1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310 Denver, CO 80204-3582 Re: Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act Dear Mr. Romine, I was recently elected to serve on the Salt Lake City Board of Education. … Continue reading
Scouting » Citing federal law, Salt Lake City school board member Michael Clara wants rejected Cub Scouts to be allowed to meet at elementary school now. By Ray Parker | The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Mar 31 2013 01:01 am Salt Lake City School Board member Michael Clara has jumped into the gay membership controversy surrounding the Boy Scouts of America, filing a federal complaint against his district because a principal did not allow a … Continue reading
Each year both Granite, and Salt Lake School Districts participate in the Cesar Chavez Creative Expression Celebration & Competition. Students are asked to identify a leader for social justice from their community, state, or country. It can be someone they know personally, or someone they admire. Students are asked to define what cause this person to dedicated to? What id/does this person do to promote or further the cause of justice? How has his or her work positively impacted the lives of others? Each student … Continue reading
First Published Mar 21 2013 01:01 am • Last Updated Mar 21 2013 01:01 am As a former Salt Lake City School Board member who represented both the Avenues and the west side, I fully support Michael Clara’s controversial public stance to bring attention to the inequity facing west-side schools (“Salt Lake City board member blasted for calling teachers ineffective,” Tribune March 14). For a quarter of a century, if not more, low-income and minority … Continue reading
SLTA President Susan McFarland was on the Rod Arquet show on 03/14/13 talking about the OCR complaint that Michael Clara filed. SusanMRodAShow031413 Link to the Rod Arquet Show … Continue reading
Ran into my predecessor from the School Board Alama Uluave. He and I ran against each other for school board in 2004. Ila Rose Fife was on the school board for eight years and did not run for re-election in 2004. I lost to Alama by one vote. The last weekend before the election, instead of campaigning I went camping with my Boy Scout Troop (Buena Vista). So, I learned my lesson, in 2012 – I campaigned every … Continue reading