September 3, 2015 Miharu Cynthia Yuge Akemi Joyce Yuge Nadine Ishizu Carolyn Yuge 177 East Mariposa Street Altadena, California 91001 Dear Cindy, Joyce, Nadine and Carolyn,

Thank you, Cindy, Joyce and Nadine, for coming to the PWS Board meeting Monday evening. The Board reviewed the comments and materials you provided. In answer to your request for purchasing a portion of the property, the school has written the following statement which will be communicated to the people who emailed us, to concerned governmental authorities, community groups, and to the media. The statement is as follows: In a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Waldorf School held on August 31, 2015, the Board decided to neither sell nor enter into negotiations for the subdivision or sale of a portion of the west side of the school’s Mariposa campus. As the School continues the evaluation of this portion of the property, the Yuge family will be kept informed of plans for the cottage. The beautiful Torrey Pine will be preserved and safeguarded at the front of the property, as will the trees along the western edge and the three small Japanese pines on the property. As the School has consistently stated, PWS is committed to exploring and finding a meaningful way to honor the legacy of the Scripps, Kellogg and Yuge families’ connection with the property. At the Board meeting on August 31, Cindy, Joyce and Nadine Yuge; Mark Tajima, Mary Scripps Spriestersbach, and Bob Spriestersbach appeared in-person to speak to the Board about their wish to preserve the property as a dedication to the Scripps and Yuge families and to Japanese heritage in Altadena. After much press and on-line comments about the situation, PWS Board members appreciated the opportunity to hear from the Yuge family and friends directly. This process has allowed the PWS school community to deepen an understanding of the history of the property and the legacies of the Yuge, Scripps and Kellogg families that are intimately connected to it.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times in 1987, PWS was selected as the buyer because of the School’s commitment to save the Scripps home and the parcel from subdivision. William C. Kellogg, the great grandson of the original owner William Armiger Scripps, called the School’s purchase a “great compromise” between those favoring development and those wanting to preserve the mansion as a community center. As part of that original agreement, the School agreed to honor a promise by the Kellogg family. That agreement established possession of a south-western portion of the property for Fumiko and Takeo Yuge for their lifetimes. The School fully and completely honored the terms of the agreement, which called for that portion of the property to return to the School upon the Yuges’ passing. This sentiment to retain the land as one parcel, one campus, has not changed. Now PWS has the opportunity to fulfil the original intent of the 1987 agreement and the School’s founders by reuniting and utilizing the entire property that it purchased 29 years ago.

* * * Pasadena Waldorf School, founded in 1979, offers an inspired education to students from Early Childhood (Parent-Child, Preschool, and Kindergarten) through Grade Twelve. Developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1919, Waldorf Education is based on an understanding of human development that addresses the needs of the growing child. Waldorf teachers strive to transform education into an art that educates the whole child—the heart and the hands, as well as the head. With over ninety years of experience and over 1000 schools worldwide, Waldorf education is one of the world’s leading educational movements. Pasadena Waldorf’s lower school has resided on the historic Scripps Hall estate in beautiful Altadena, California for over 29 years while the high school has a new home also located on a historic property in Altadena. Sincerely, Douglas Garrett Business Administrator