Advocates for Malibu Public Schools (AMPS)

01/21/2026

Outstanding article about Malibu High School! Get the word out!

Koning Eizenberg and NAC Architecture join forces to design a school that reflects the natural beauty—and vulnerability—of a coastal site in Southern California.

12/09/2025

Amazing night last night as the Malibu City Council ratified the three agreements that will form the basis for our separation from Santa Monica.

Thank you to everyone who attended, spoke and has supported this effort all these years. Let's bring it home!

Lots of television coverage:

https://abc7.com/post/malibu-vote-plan-separate-santa-monica-school-district/18265021/
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/malibu-approves-santa-monica-malibu-school-district-split/3813532/
https://www.foxla.com/news/malibu-school-board-separation-from-santa-monica
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/malibu-city-council-approves-plan-to-separate-its-school-district-from-santa-monica/

The Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education voted to separate last week, and Malibu officially approved the plan Monday night, moving the two communities closer to forming their own school districts.

12/04/2025

Monday is a huge day.

As you all know, last week the SMMUSD Board unanimously agreed to ratify agreements that will begin the formation of an independent Malibu Unified School District!

This coming Monday 12/8 the City Council will vote to ratify the same agreements. We need all of you to:

- Attend the meeting at City Hall this Monday at 5:30pm.
- Join the meeting via Zoom
- Ask a neighbor or friend to attend, join the Zoom, or write an email.

Reach out to me or your PTA president for more details:

Lara Godbille, President, Malibu PTSA (MHS and MMS)
Mark DiPaola, President, MES PTA
Nora Cohen, President, WES PTA

DATE: Monday, December 8
TIME: 5:30 p.m. (and public comment will begin at 6:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: Malibu City Hall, Council Chambers, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road
ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84695320710
AGENDA ITEM: 7.B. School Separation Package

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12/02/2025

Tonight the historic happened -- the SMMUSD Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the three agreements negotiated over the past few years with the City of Malibu which will form the basis of our future Malibu Unified School District.

Next step will be on December 8 at 5:30pm in Malibu City Council Chambers as the Malibu City Council will take up the same three agreements for ratification.

Please come in person and make your voices heard and your gratitude known! City Council subcommittees have worked for years on this.

11/26/2025

THE TIME HAS COME!

This coming Monday, December 1, the SMMUSD Board of Education is scheduled to ratify the three unification agreements negotiated over the past several years which will form the basis for Malibu’s eventual separation from SMMUSD and the formation of a Malibu Unified School District (MUSD).

The following Monday, December 8, the Malibu City Council will ratify the same three agreements and our pursuit of a Malibu Unified School district begins in earnest.

Please endeavor to be at the following meetings:
SMMUSD Special School Board Meeting, December 1: [5:30 PM, 1717 4th Street, Santa Monica] Agenda and Zoom / Google sign-up details available at https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=36030435&MID=48515

Regular Malibu City Council Meeting, December 8: [5:30 PM, 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd., Malibu] Agenda and Zoom link will be posted 72 hours ahead of the meeting https://malibucity.org/AgendaCenter

Please also bookmark and share the new AMPS website at AMPSMalibu.com.

10/24/2025

07/24/2025

Children with special needs got the chance to "hang ten" at Malibu's Surfrider Beach, thanks to a local nonprofit that aims to provide a safe beach day all while instilling courage and confidence by way of "surf therapy."

07/19/2025

A historic day. Malibu High now has a stand-alone campus. For the first time in city history, our high school and middle students will have separate campuses. Congrats to our incoming classes this Fall!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B6AwkaNt4/?mibextid=wwXIfr

🎉 Hooray, Malibu! Construction of the brand-new Malibu High School building is complete, coming in ahead of schedule and on budget. This transformative milestone brings a campus designed to blend seamlessly with the stunning coastal surroundings and serves as a hub for innovation, creativity, and future-ready learning for generations to come. Watch the drone video and see the new campus from above: https://bit.ly/DroneVidMalibuHS2025.

04/22/2025

In person or by Zoom! Make your case to the school board why it's good for Malibu AND Santa Monica to ratify the agreements NOW and let us go forward together to Sacramento:

https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=36030435&MID=38254

04/02/2025

Tomorrow morning, April 2, is the day we have been waiting for. The LACOE County Committee on School District Organization will likely vote on Malibu’s unification petition.

Please make time to catch the Zoom and to make comments if you can. 2 minutes is the likely limit for comments.

Details to log in as follows
Date: Wednesday ~ April 2, 2025
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Format: Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual)
In-Person Location: Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) - 9300 Imperial Highway, Board Room, Downey, CA 90242
How To Join The Meeting?
https://lacoe-edu.zoom.us/j/86198100117?pwd=azZIcHY4b1dqcVBqOVVhem8wVi9CUT09
Passcode: 028856
Telephone: 1-669-900-9128
Webinar ID: 861 9810 0117
Passcode: 028856

MUSD here we come!

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03/14/2025

The link for next Monday’s hearing is https://lacoe-edu.zoom.us/j/86198100117?pwd=azZIcHY4b1dqcVBqOVVhem8wVi9CUT09.
It is also available on LACOE’s County Committee web page under “Public Hearings.”
This third and final County Committee hearing on Malibu unification is on Monday, March 17, 2025 @ 6:00PM at Santa Monica College (Student Services Center, Orientation Hall) at 1900 Pico Blvd.
Please note that there will be no parking enforcement on the bottom level of the Student Services Center during the hearing.
Please try to weigh in in person or by Zoom.