A cherished landmark, the one-room school house in Ross, California, was destroyed without public input sometime in 2007. Hidden from public view on the Ross Common, no one noticed until this year that the century-old building was no longer there. Town officials have found no records showing that the issue was ever placed on a town council agenda for public discussion. That omission could be a violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law.
The Ross Historical Society had given $5,000 to the town for the maintenance of the schoolhouse and now wants its money back. -db
From the Marin Independent Journal, May 27, by Gary Klien.