EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 58, NO. 13
March 19, 2020
SB School District will feed, provide child care to students this week
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lthough classes are not in session from March 16-20 due to COVID-19 pandemic, San Bernardino City Unified Schools continue feeding and caring for children.
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To support working families with no other childcare options during the week of March 16-20, all SBCUSD elementary schools are offering free, emergency childcare for enrolled students up to age 11. Childcare will be provided to District students from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Enrolled students can receive childcare at the school closest to them, even if that is not the school they regularly attend. Parents and guardians are asked to complete an emergency information card on the first day the student receives child care and must sign in and sign out students daily. All children ages 18 and younger will receive free breakfast and lunch only March 16-20 and will not be asked to provide a student ID number or other identification. Meals will be served
during the following times: Elementary Schools Breakfast- 8:20 to 8:50 a.m. Lunch- 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Middle Schools and High Schools Breakfast- 7:00 to 7:25 a.m. Lunch- 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The San Bernardino City Unified School District is doing
its best to abide by social distancing guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control while also looking out for the best interests of students and employees. All District administrative buildings are closed to the public through April 6. Anyone who has a need that must be addressed this week, should call the office they wish to visit and schedule an
appointment. Only authorized personnel and students receiving emergency childcare and meals can enter an SBCUSD school site. Facts and circumstances are rapidly changing and families are encouraged to visit www.sbcusd.com/readysbcusd regularly or call the information hotline at (909) 888-KIDS (5437).
CSUSB holds topping of f ceremony to celebrate SMSU expansion
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CSUSB President Tomás Morales led students, staff and faculty in signing their names on the girder before it was lifted into place as part of the topping off ceremony, a tradition that dates to medieval Europe, where ironworkers would celebrate placing the final beam of a building, often placing a fir tree atop the beam.
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ore than 150 Cal State San Bernardino students, staff and faculty on March 2 celebrated the placement of the highest beam of the three-story, 120,000-square-foot, $90 million expansion of the university’s Santos Manuel Student
Union.
topping off event “so exciting.”
University President Tomás D. Morales, now in his eighth year in leading the university, called the expansion an essential step in the growth of CSUSB, but added it is the progress that makes the
“This building will expand upon the growth opportunities we afford our students. It will offer increased resources where they can ask questions, search for solutions, and share their joys
and anxieties with classmates and experienced professionals,” Morales said. “It is a place where numerous and varied discussions will happen. Where friendships will be established. Where customs, beliefs and values will be Expansion, cont. on next pg.