W e e k l y RIALTO RECORD
Octo ber 22, 2 020
Vol 1 9, NO. 06
Trapp Elementar y School prog ram specialist hand-making desks for students
made 11 desks for distance learning students at Trapp Elementary and 18 desks for students in other cities across the region.
“Hansanuwat’s desk-making initiative has led to a group of 26 of us throughout Southern California coordinating the initiative in our very own communities. Working and living in Rialto, I have seen and heard about our students’ lack of a space designated for learning,” continued Cuevas.
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Daniel Cuevas and daughter Therese Cuevas bonding over the completion of another hand-made desk for a student in need. By Manny B. Sandoval
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aniel Cuevas, program specialist at Trapp Elementary School, has been busy hand-making desks for students in Rialto and around the greater community.
In September, Cuevas came across a newspaper article in regard to a laid-off tech worker, Chai Hansanuwat, of Chino, who had lent his time and energy to making over 300 desks for students participating in distance learning across Southern California. “I came across the newspaper
article and I contacted him. I immediately began helping out because I understand a student’s need for a desk at home to stay organized and maintain the focus through distance learning,” said Cuevas. To date, Cuevas, and his assistants - his children - have hand-
The Bridge Academy, Rialto Unified School District’s distance learning program, has been met with mixed responses, as some teachers have experienced witnessing students participating in class activities from their bed. “This pandemic has posed such difficulty for students and families in regard to distance learning. With households having multiple siblings at home participating in distance learning, it’s posed problems such as students not having a workspace, or a chair, and some Desks, cont. on next pg.
Rialto encoura ging g reater voter par ticipation with of ficial drop boxes, drive-through events
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ervando Montes wasn’t about to take a chance with his 2020 ballot. Not with so many unofficial dropoff locations and questions about voter security.
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So when he heard about Rialto’s partnership with the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters to install official dropoff boxes at three locations in the City, he knew what to do. “I thought it was a brilliant idea,” Montes said as he formally, and securely, cast his ballot near City Hall. “The Police and Fire Departments are right here. I know it’s safe and not a fake.” The clearly marked and anchored metal boxes are part of broad effort led by City Clerk Barbara McGee to encourage strong voter participation. The City has surpassed 55,000 regisVote, cont. on next pg.
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Rialto City Clerk Barbara McGee stands by one of 3 official mail ballot drop box locations in Rialto at City Hall; the other two are located at the Sandra R. Courtney Community Playhouse - 150 E. San Bernardino Ave., and Rialto Fire Station 204 - 3288 Alder Ave.