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Contra Costa Times 6/8/07
Anger boils over at Livermore charter school meeting
by Eric Louie

LIVERMORE -- The Livermore Charter Learning Corporation board were privately meeting late into the night Thursday regarding its executive director and school principal after a tense evening in which Livermore police were called.

There was over an hour of public comment, mostly in support of executive director and founder Lon Goldstein who many believed the board was going to be let go. At times speakers criticized the board, sometimes by name. There was also criticism for what they considered overly negative coverage of the school, with some in the audience calling out a Times reporter by name.

The closed session items were listed as "Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release/Leave" and named the executive director and Livermore Valley Charter School principal as the positions to be discussed.

Livermore police Capt. Mark Weiss said officers were asked to check on the school because of the potential that people would be upset with a personnel decision. He said police were to check on the school frequently during their patrols, though at least two patrol cars were seen staying in the parking lot. Weiss said the meeting ended peacefully.

The rage being generated by Bay Area charter school issues right now could run a power plant.
— Caroline