Parents of some children on the team filed a complaint with the organization’s booster club about two weeks ago and brought their complaint to the Tuesday night school board meeting.
Parents called for accountability on why more than half of the team’s competitions were canceled this school year and asked to see financial records, something they were previously denied.
The district investigated the complaint and cited a lack of communication as the reason parents were not privy to decisions made to cancel competitions, district officials said. The investigation also showed that competitions were nixed when there wasn’t enough money because some parents didn’t pay their dues, officials said.
Dues for the school’s cheerleading team can be more than $4,000, including uniform and competition costs.
UCI Muslims, Jews protest each other over events
UCI’s Muslim Student Union’s “Never Again: The Palestinian Holocaust” ended in a controversial week that included Union members’ building a wall replicating one that divides Israel and Palestine. They decorated the wall with information, opinions and pictures depicting the violence in the region, including an Israeli flag stained in blood.
Union members say they are protesting an Israeli government that oppresses Palestinians; but other student groups on campus, most Jewish, have called the group’s action “hateful.”
UCI repeated that it will uphold the Constitution, allowing students the right to free speech and will intervene only if rights are violated.
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District, prior to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s spending plan announcement Wednesday, made its budget recommendation to the school board Tuesday afternoon.
