Trustees of the Ocean View School District decided last night to postpone a vote on displaying the national, state and city mottoes (including “In God We Trust”) until they have more information. From Annie Burris’ story today:

Trustees discussed during a Tuesday night meeting the placement of these seals at the district offices instead of the proposed board room, potential costs of the display, and which city symbols should be included.

“The core concept I am OK with … with an awareness that we are in a serious budget crisis,” trustee Tracy Pellman said. “Any monetary cost would need to be considered.”

Superintendent Alan Rasmussen, who proposed the display, said he is bringing the issue before the trustees as a pre-emptive strike on the fad. Ocean View Trustee John Briscoe unsuccessfully presented the idea of displaying only “In God We Trust” at the Westminster School District twice in recent months, but was uninvolved in Rasmussen’s proposal this week.

The LAV’s take: School districts seem much less gung ho about the adoption of “In God We Trust” than city councils - so far Westminster seems totally uninterested and Ocean View wanted more information, even though their display would contain a variety of mottoes and be seemingly less offensive to those opposed (I know I think it’s a better idea). There has been more dissent with recent council adaptations too, so it’ll be interesting to see how Villa Park votes on the subject next Tuesday.

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