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Vol 52, NO. 11
SBVC students confront, support President Fisher
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San Bernardino Valley College president Gloria Fisher speaks to students during a forum held at the campus on Thursday February 19 to address the community college’s current accreditation dilemma.
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an Bernardino Valley College president Gloria Fisher provided some clarity about the school’s accreditation
dilemma and insight regarding her dent body that has emerged in qualifications as the school’s chief recent weeks. executive during a student forum at On February 6, the Accrediting the community college campus on Commission for Community and Thursday February 19. However, the event did little to SBVC cont. on next page quell the tensions among the stu-
Community “Road Shows” give residents chance to influence change
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Career Information Day For Workability Students Is On March 6
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Jennica Billins presents her group’s ideas during a “Road Show” meeting on February 12. cials in the city of San Bernardino will gather input provided by residents and implement it into a long s the community “road term strategic plan to get the city show” events come to an out of bankruptcy. end, school and city offi- The first two events on February
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11 and 12--held at Shandin Hills Middle School and Arroyo Valley High School respectively--garnered approximately 200 people. Road show on next page
bout 45 local employers are expected to participated in this year’s Career Information Day, which will be held at the ColtonRedlands-Yucaipa Regional Occupational Program (CRYROP) office on March 6. The 16th annual event will feature exhibits and presentations for workability students. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the CRY-ROP office at 1214 Indiana Court in Redlands. The event is co-sponsored by the East Valley Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Transition Partnership Project, the California Department of Rehabilitation and Workability, the Workforce Investment Board of San Bernardino County and the following educational agencies: Colton Joint Unified School District, Rialto Unified, Rim of the World Unified, San Bernardino City Unified and San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. The event is not open to the public; only to students in the participating programs. Participating employers represent occupations from business and clerical occupations to youth recreation, as well as higher education, medical, restaurant, retail, training and warehouse occupations. The featured speaker for the event is Jonathan Mooney, a writer and activist, who overcame dyslexia, and is founder and president of Project Eye-to-Eye. For more information on the event, contact Helen Junker at the East Valley SELPA Transition Partnership Project at (909) 2524514.
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