Educational TV Carries School News
Educational television began service this week in Calabasas, Agoura, Westlake Village and parts of eastern Ventura County, culminating a 10-year cooperative effort among area public and private schools.
Educational Television for the Conejo is carried on Channel 59 through Ventura County and Falcon cable companies, offering a bulletin board of activities in Conejo Valley schools for the first 30 to 45 days.
As its orders of equipment and tapes arrive throughout the month, ETC will also offer a variety of televised local activities, including school sports events, an author interview show, arts and music programs, school district board meetings and other forums.
ETC also plans an interactive homework hotline in which students call in and talk to a teacher who will answer questions on the air.
Conejo Valley Unified School District, Moorpark College, Cal Lutheran University, private schools in the area and the Consortium for Technical Education worked together to create ETC.
ETC began with a $25,000 grant from Ventura County Cable Vision, $4,000 grant from Falcon Cable and $4,375 grant from GTE. Beverly Kelley, a Cal Lutheran administrator who worked on the project, said she hopes to secure more grants from camera equipment manufacturers and other local businesses.
ETC, a nonprofit corporation, is recruiting volunteers to help with fund-raising, management, marketing and programming.
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