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to be the culmination of a season the Monarchs want to forget and the SenThe City of Champions Classic, tinels want to remember. featuring local football teams MornFor the Morningside Monarchs ingside and Inglewood, is expected (1-8) it will be familiar song of wait

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NCAA surrenders and will allow athletes to profit

until next year, but for the undefeated Inglewood Sentinels (9-0), the game Friday Nov. 1 at El Camino College marks the beginning of a long sought CIF-Southern Section title.

Time to be concerned about how LACOE is running Inglewood Schools

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media

By Kenneth Miller, Publisher

The pressure had been mounting to its monopolistic stranglehold on cashing in on its signature basketball and football players, so the NCAA agreed this week to amend its rules to allow

for athletes to profit off their name and likeness.

“We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes,” board chair Michel Drake said. Continued on page 2

Inglewood, under the guidance of first year head coach Mil’Von James, has already secured its first Pioneer League championship since Continued on page 2

Seven years ago the Inglewood Unified School District went into state receivership when Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation making a state loan available to allow the school district to avoid fiscal insolvency.

As a condition of receiving the state loan, Inglewood’s Board of Education surrendered its control to the California Department of Education (CDE) headed by State Superintendent of

Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.

Torlakson at the press conference before elected officials, union leaders, community leaders, and concerned community members assembled to meet Kent Taylor, the State Administrator he appointed to run Inglewood’s schools, said that CDE would run things as long as it takes for the district to return to sound financial footing, somewhere between two and six years.

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2011, but aims to win its first ever CIF title.

James, who worked his magic at Hawkins when the school began its football program, has picked up right where he left off.

He is responsible for leading the Sentinels from 0-10 in 2018 to at least 10-0 in 2019, a remarkable turn around that has the city and its alumni all a buzz.

Led by the kid who was born and raised in Inglewood, Montana Lemonious-Craig, whom James credits with the resurgence of the program.

Craig has all of the team’s 5 interceptions on defense, leads the team in scoring with 84 points on 14 touchdowns, in tackles and assist for a total of 45 on the season.

Junior line backer Marcel Oxley leads the team in sacks with 5 and Timothy Williams has scored 10 touchdowns.

However, if this Inglewood team is to win a CIF title it will be a direct result of the splendid play of transfer quarterbacks Jared Heywood.

The 6’1, 191 pound senior has already received one scholarship offer from Rhode Island, but when the body of work is complete he could emerge in a power 5 conference.

Heywood has a 144 quarterback rating, completing 115 of 147 for 2,981 yards and 43 touchdowns (third best in the nation). He has only thrown 5 interceptions for a completion percentage of close to 80.

What makes Heywood so impres-

sive is his accuracy and his decisionmaking, a pocket passer with the ability to escape pressure and still keep his eyes down field, a remarkable attribute for any high school quarterback.

As a team, Inglewood averages 327 yards passing per game, 266 rushing have scored 69 touchdowns and has shut out its last three opponents, 168-0.

Last week was the Sentinels stiffest test and they blanked North Torrance 28-0.

Morningside on the other hand has lost four consecutive games by a comyou speak, they listen bined score of 189-19. Morningside’s only victory came on September 27 against Los Angeles, 18-14.

Since then it has been a ship anchored to the bottom of the ocean with all of its crewmembers lost and By Harmony Wortham afloat.

It is difficult to pinpoint one area of most concern for coach Rod Harvey’s outfit, but those massive discrepancies will be magnified tenfold when they take the field against the Sentinels.

If there is a bright spot for the Monarchs it’s their players are young, but they lack size and depth, two ingredients the Sentinels have.

There will be no illusions of grandeur for the Monarchs here, they are arguably facing the best Inglewood Jamar Glenn Ashley Marie team in the history of The City of Champions Classic.

I like to see the kids dressed up in The Haunted Houses, hands A team capable of scoring 67 their costumes. Especially the ones points before the band takes the field down! made at home from scratch. Those at halftime. Ah, yeah… it’s going to are the best! be that kind of party at El Co.

What is the best part about Halloween?

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“Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education.

This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships.”

The NCAA hierarchy voted unanimously to start the process of modifying its rule to allow college athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.”

That last quote is the tricky part, “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.”

What model does the NCAA have?

It had become increasingly obvious that after California approved two landmark bills in the Assembly 73-0 and in the Senate by a 39-0 vote, the NCAA business model was in severe jeopardy.

Immediately the NCAA began crying foul and even threatened to not allow for California schools to participate in its events. Ohio State University even declared that its sports programs would not schedule games against schools from the state.

But it was all as laughable as an Eddie Murphy joke and anyone with common sense knew that the threats carried the weight of carnival cotton candy, so the bully eventually backed down.

I think an greater threat to the

Jenny Henderson

Ina Navarez

The kids like the candy and love the whole month of October. Taking them to the Pumpkin Patches and Pumpkin Carving Contests are my favorite.

In my culture, celebrating our loved ones that have passed on is what Halloween is all about. We call it The Day of The Dead. El Dia De Los Mueurtos.

NCAA is the start-up Historical Basketball League (HBL), offering payment to prominent prep players and scholarships to attend college two or four year colleges.

I was most intrigued by its executive team featuring Co-Founder Ricky Volante, former NBA player David West as CEO and Keith Sparks as Chief Development Officer.

The HBL is attractive for a variety of reasons, regardless what the NCAA decides to do, because of its development structure for players on and off the court.

HBL’s Athlete Advisory Board features and array of African Americans

in former NBA player Darren Collison among many other former NBA, NFL, track and field, actress/model, offering their valuable life and professional experience.

The NCAA board directed three separate divisions of the organization to immediately begin figuring out how to update their rules in a way that maintains a distinction between college and professional sports. It wants to begin implementation by January 2021.

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EYE ON THE CITY GEORGE DOTSON

ALEX PADILLA

JAMES BUTTS

ELOY MORALES

RALPH FRANKLIN

AROUND THE CITY

Congratulations to Inglewood Career Online High School Graduates

By Francis Taylor, Senior Writer

This week’s council meeting began with the Mayor and Council Members saluting Still I Rise From Cancer Inc. for their work providing hope for cancer survivors throughout the city and beyond.

The council next acknowledged the graduates of the Inglewood Career Online High School for their commitment and dedication to the successful completion of all requirements for high school diploma and credentialed career certificate as prescribed by Career Online High School.

Senator Steven Bradford, whose 35th District includes the City of Inglewood, delivered a comprehensive summary of the statewide legislation that will impact Inglewood residents and provided a more detailed overview of the measures he introduced during the current legislative session.

Following a Public Hearing to consider an ordinance approving Zoning Code Amendment 2019001 (ZCA-2019-001) to Chapter 12 (Planning and Zoning) of the Inglewood Municipal Code to allow towing service with ancillary vehicle storage and ancillary vehicle inspection in the C-S (Commercial Storage) zone citywide, the measure was approved be the council.

The council adopted a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 annual budget transferring $50,000 from General Fund Reserves to secure the legal services of Bremer Whyte Brown & O’Meara.

The council approved an agreement with Kane Ballmer & Berkman for legal, guidance, and representation.

The council approved a professional services agreement with Dudek, an environmental consulting firm, to prepare the necessary Phase 1 CEQA environmental documents required for the proposed mixed-use development.

The council approved a two-year agreement (with the option to extend two additional one-year terms) with Bear Communications to provide preventive maintenance and on-call emergency repair services for the Police Department’s radio equipment.

(General Fund) The council awarded a contract and approved an agreement with TriChem Technology Corporation for the upgrade of the City Hall cooling tower system per Bid No. CB-19-09.

Staff report recommending approval of the “Design Features” Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Inglewood and the City of Los Angeles, Department of Airports (LAWA) to receive $8,932,000 for Intelligent Transportation System Improve-

ments.

Staff report recommending the introduction of the Updated Salary Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2019-2020.

City Manager Artie Fields reported that planning for the 2020 MLK Celebration is underway and the event will be held on January 20, 2020 from 9 am to 5 pm. The celebration will feature a Parade and Family Festival and this year, for the first time, will also feature a Queen’s Court. Junior and Senior High School girls are invited to apply for selection and they may apply online through November 18, 2019.

Cash prizes will be awarded.

Following considerable public comments from renters and a few from apartment owners, the initiative advanced by Mayor James T. Butts, Jr., recommending the introduction of an Ordinance to amend Chapter 8 of the Inglewood Municipal Code by

adding Article 9 (Just Cause Eviction cil with a few clarifying modificaProtections), Article 10 (Residential tions. Mayor Butts explained that the Rent Regulations); and Chapter 2, three percent rent cap, which will be lifted in five years, to comply with the state measure, was instituted because the majority of property owners who communicated with the mayor and council members as they evaluated the cost of rental property in the City of Inglewood and what would be the best overall measure to stabilize rents, indicated that their average annual rent increase did not exceed three percent.

The other reason the mayor cited for the amended ordinance was because everyone had an opportunity to provide their input and while the measure is not perfect it is fair.

The mayor and council members in attendance thanked everyone who Article 3 (Boards and Commissions) was involved in the process of estabto add a Rental Housing Board, was lishing a rent stabilization ordinance unanimously approved by the coun- for the City of Inglewood.

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News

John Witherspoon, Actor in ‘Friday’ and Other Movies, Dies at 77

By Neil Genzlinger and Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times

John Witherspoon, an actor and comedian who was best known for his role in the “Friday” movie franchise and also seen on television series including “The Wayans Bros.,” “The Tracy Morgan Show” and the animated “The Boondocks,” died on Tuesday at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif.

He was 77.

His family announced the death on his Twitter account.

“Life won’t be as funny without him,” said Ice Cube, who starred with him in the “Friday” movies.

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He reprised the character in 2000 in “Next Friday,” and again in 2002 in “Friday After Next.”

“Witherspoon is often on hand to remind an audience that no matter how crass a movie is, it can always, always be crasser,” Wesley Morris, now with The New York Times, wrote in reviewing the third film for The Boston Globe. “Here he’s dithering and frail, which gives his blue comedy a touching Redd Foxx lilt.”

He had been expected to play the character once again in a final installment, “Last Friday,” now in the planning stages.

Mr. Witherspoon was born on Jan. 27, 1942, in Detroit, one of 11 children. As he told the story, local officials were somewhat indifferent to accurate record-keeping — some of the children were listed in birth records with the name Witherspoon, others with Weatherspoon.

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Sports & Entertainment

Dwight Howard has accepted a unique role with the Lakers

By Tamara Latta, Inglewood Today Contributor

Dwight Howard’s return in purple and gold wasn’t nearly equivalent to 2012-2013 season, but all that matters to Howard in this lifetime is winning.

“We’re a team from the bottom,” said Howard. We have a lot of great pieces. I just want to make sure I do my job the best that I can do it, and I know if I do that, I’ll put my team in a great position- or our team in a great position to win.

Howard’s role on the court has changed drastically, as we once witnessed an offensive and defensive machine capable of scoring 30 points and snagging twenty rebounds a game.

“I understand from probably the fans’ perspective they want me to come out and try to get 30 points and 30 rebounds and stuff like that. But whatever the coach needs me to do. If he wants me to score one night, then that’s what it’ll be. If he wants me to play defense, block shots, rebound, be physical in the paint, that’s what I have to do every single night,” Howard said.

But don’t count on Howard to be that effective every night.

However, to sustain a career that many presumed was over, he has moved on from the hype and just wants to contribute in every way possible.

Though- he’s more interested in saving the defense than offense these days, the big man is still known as superman.

In fact, he had a phenomenal performance against the Utah Jazz racking up 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks Oct. 27th.

It’s conspicuous whatever the Lakers sold to Howard during the recruit-

Chargers promote Campbell

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The Los Angeles Chargers promoted CB Tevaughn Campbell to the active roster, the organization announced on Tuesday. In a corresponding move, K Chase McLaughlin was released. The Bolts also added T Tyree St. Louis to the practice squad.

Campbell was signed to the Chargers practice squad on Sept. 11, after spending the offseason and training camp with the New York Jets. The

Scarborough, Canada native was originally a third-round pick in the CFL Draft (2015), where he played for Calgary, Saskatchewan and Montreal before joining the Jets. He registered 53 tackles, four interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown and a sack in 42 career games. He holds the CFL’s electronic timed combine record in the 40-yard dash, running it in 4.355 seconds.

ing process, he’s made a commitment to buy it.

True enough, Howard isn’t the same player he was years ago, however he still has an enormous amount of basketball left in him that can spark selfishness; so, for him to concede and put his pride aside and accept a lesser role on the team shows he has flourished mentally.

Apart from Howard’s role on the team, how he landed in Los Angeles is even more interesting.

During the off-season, Demarcus Cousins tore his ACL leaving the Lakers with no choice but to sign another center. Howard was the only player available that could fill half of Cousins shoes.

I don’t think a single individual could have predicted that move after Howard vanished from the organization after serving only one year six years ago in a highly coveted trade.

The break-up between Howard and the Lakers was abrupt and toxic, which left an acid taste in Kobe Bryant’s and Lakers fans mouth. However, everyone has since moved past the tumultuous times and is now embracing Howard’s return.

Howard will still be viewed as a dominant force on the team from outsiders. But Lakers Coach Frank Vogel has made it very transparent what his expectations are from Howard.

“Howard didn’t get the ball one time in the low post, that’s not his role here on this team, Vogel said.”

With that said, now that Howard and the Lakers coaching staff understands his position on the team, this time around as a Laker should be painless.

Rams dump Talib

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The Los Angeles Rams have traded CB Aqib Talib and an undisclosed draft pick to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for an undisclosed draft pick.

Talib, who was placed on injured reserve on Oct. 14 with a rib injury,

collected 14 total tackles and two pass breakups in five games this season.

Originally acquired in a trade with the Broncos in March 2018, Talib posted 36 total tackles, seven pass breakups and one interception in 13 games as a Ram.

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in the beginning.”

He was temporarily living with a brother and sister-in-law when he became interested in acting — they were part of an acting group that met weekly, and he was motivated to sign up for some lessons himself. His acting teacher asked him if he would perform in an annual comedy show he was involved in. Although Mr. Witherspoon had done no comedy at that point, he recalled, “I went there and stole the show.”

He tried unsuccessfully to break into comedy in Las Vegas, then went to Los Angeles and began performing at open-mic nights at the Comedy Store. He also worked the door there and eventually moved up to M.C. Within a few years he was getting small roles on TV as well. One of his earliest credits was on a 1979 episode of the crime drama “Barnaby Jones.”

He played a counselor at a camp for teenagers with drug problems; one of the teenagers was played by a young unknown named Sean Penn.

In an April 2019 Netflix interview, Mr. Witherspoon said he had been paid $5,000 for the first “Friday” film, $400,000 for the second and “over a million” for the third.

On those films and in his television work, he was known for ad-libbing.

“When I was on ‘The Tracey Mor-

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Thumbs Up for Chad Cooper’s

gan Show,’” he told DJ Vlad, “they said, ‘Mr. Witherspoon, you’ve got to stick to the script.’ I said, ‘Man, this stuff ain’t funny.’”

Among his more recent television credits were “The First Family,” “black-ish” and the Adult Swim series By Priscilla Mensah, EURWEB “Black Jesus.”

On April 22nd, 2017 Chad Cooper His survivors include his wife, Anpremiered his much-anticipated play, gela, and two sons, JD and Alexander.

“Black Lives Matter Too” at Medgar Mr. Witherspoon was still playing comedy dates until a few months ago.

“If I hit the lotto, I would be nowhere near the road,” he told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2017. “But I got bills to pay.”

He described himself as a hustler, someone willing to scramble to make a buck. He had a YouTube channel where he posted videos called “Cookin’ for Poor People,” in which he would prepare dishes like Poor Man’s Gumbo and Meatloaf Surprise.

He introduced the bits with the catchphrase “Because when you’re hungry, everything tastes good.”

He once tried a line of humorous greeting cards.

“I saw a lady on ‘Oprah’ once who had greeting cards with a dog on it,” he told The Bay State Banner in 2011.

“I figured, I look better than that dog.

I can do that.

“But apparently I don’t. I ain’t making no money off them damn cards.

They’re too bizarre.”

‘Black Lives Matter Too’

Be a Hero this Halloween

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Being a hero goes beyond dressing up in a costume this Halloween season. Children, families and schools across the country can channel their own superpowers to help deliver lifesaving supplies to children in need this October.

One way to use your superpowers is to Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF, which began in 1950 when girls and boys across the United States collected coins in hand-painted milk cartons to help children affected by World War II. Celebrating its 69th year, this nostalgic tradition continues today as America’s longest running youth volunteer program with generations of children running door to door holding signature orange boxes and singing, “Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF.” With over $180 million raised for health care, education, nutrition and more, the program has evolved into a month-long celebration of the power of kids helping kids. Throughout October, kids, parents and teachers across

Evers College.

In a noticeable departure from his previous plays that focus largely on church centered themes, Cooper has chosen to focus on a popular social movement, namely Black Lives Matter.

Cooper felt compelled to change up the script after hearing about the death of an African American man who was gunned down by the police while with his wife and child. At that moment, he realized that he could be next, and was prompted to write a play that reflected his sentiments.

The play places the Black Lives Matter movement in a historical context. In “Black Lives Matter Too” we go back in time to transformative histhe country can be real superheroes by torical moments such as the murder collecting donations, big and small. of Emmet Till in 1955, the murder of Equipped with the iconic orange boxes, families can raise funds that add up to lifesaving change. As little as $1 can provide safe water to a child for more than 2 months; $3 can provide seven packets of therapeutic food; $5 can provide a pack of 10 notebooks and $7 can provide one warm fleece blanket for a child.

Halloween has become a “heroic” way to help others and build the next generation of global citizens. When kids trick-or-treat for a cause, they learn about global issues and feel empowered to make a difference.

Start creating real-world change by picking up your own little orange box.

With the support of Visa Inc., the iconic box will glow in the dark, allowing superpowers to shine even brighter.

Visit TrickorTreatforUNICEF.org to download a DIY change box, donate online or find an event near you. Share your story on social media with #TOT4UNICEF, #WeCanAllBeHeroes and #KidsHelpingKids.

Medgar Evers in 1963, and the sacrifice of Harriet Tubman in freeing hundreds of slaves in the late 1800s. Each narrative is used by the lawyers of the play to help substantiate their claims that black

people are owed 6.4 trillion dollars in reparations. To further illustrate their point, the prosecutors refer to instances where other marginalized groups have received reparations for wrong doings perpetrated by the United States. They highlighted that Japanese Americans and Native Americans received millions, or possibly billions of dollars in reparations.

Throughout the play, we are forced to contemplate that if all lives truly matter, then black lives should as well.

In theory, this is a very true statement, but in practice it seems time and time again that the Black experience is vastly different from any other racial experience. The actors constantly speak about the many ways that Black lives have proven to matter less than other

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019264259 The following Person is doing business as:

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Top Notch Cleaning Service 567 E. Hazel Street, #9 Inglewood, CA 90302

SHF (Solis Hardwood Floors) 1007 Walnut Street Inglewood, CA 90301

Registered Owner(s): Angela Marie Williams, 567 E. Hazel Street, #9, Inglewood, CA 90302

Registered Owner(s): Solis Hardwood Floors, Inc., 1007 Walnut Street, Inglewood, CA 90301

This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on October 2, 2019.

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NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.

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The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.)

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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. 2019276748 The following Person is doing business as: KRS Training And Development; KRS Coaching & Facilitating; KRS Breakthrough Parenting; KRS Business Management And Consulting; KRS Enterprises 906 Victor Ave., #4 Inglewood, CA 90302 Registered Owner(s): Kiana Shaw Enterprises LLC, 906 Victor Ave., #4, Inglewood, CA 90302 This business is conducted by an individual(s). The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business listed above on October 17, 2019.

I (We) declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Kiana Shaw Enterprises LLC , Owner.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk on October 17, 2019.

NOTICE-In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State or common law (See Section 14411 et.seq., Business and Professions Code.)

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schools appears to be many years away from happening. Under Torlakson, Inglewood experienced a parade of six State Administrators in less than 5 years and because he failed to appoint stable leadership, he could not deliver on his promise to solve Inglewood’s fiscal problems before he left office.

Education trailer bill AB 1840 signed by Governor Brown last year providing financial relief to Inglewood Unified and Oakland Unified to help pay back their state loans and reduce their budget deficits included a provision that shifted control of school districts with state loans from CDE to its local county office of education.

After a year in charge of Inglewood schools, the presence of County Superintendent Debra Durado and the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE pronounced lay-co) has largely gone unnoticed by the community. Unlike Torlakson, she has not met with the community to express her expectations for the school district.

LACOE’s low profile may be about to change because Dr. Thelma Melendez, Torlakson’s last and most effective State Administrator has retired.

It now falls upon LACOE to find her replacement.

Finding a comparable County Administrator to replace Dr. Melendez will be a challenge. Before Inglewood Unified, she led the Pomona and Santa Ana school districts, and worked as assistant Secretary of Education during the Obama Administration.

In July, LACOE established a “transition team” headed by Deputy Superintendent Dr. Erika Torres, to work with Dr. Melendez before she left and run the school district until a new County Administrator was appointed.

Dr. Torres’ tenure as Inglewood’s seventh administrator in seven years should have been planned to be as short as possible and during the transition as many administrative decisions as practical should have been deferred until a new Administrator was appointed.

Instead LACOE’s actions during the transition are raising questions about its judgment. Dr. Melendez announced in July she would be retiring, but LACOE waited until mid-September to solicit applications for her job.

Interviews for her replacement start on October 30 and an appointment is planned by November 12. Had the eight week time line they established from posting the job to making the appointment been started shortly after Melendez’s announcement, an administrator would be on the job now.

Coincidently, after Melendez an-

nounced that she would be retiring all of Inglewood Unified’s senior administrative cabinet – the Chief Business Official (CBO), Chief Academic Officer and Executive Director of Human Resources – announced they would be retiring or leaving for other jobs.

While it’s extremely disruptive to school operations to lose experienced people in key positions at the same time, their leaving presented an opportunity for a new Administrator to assemble his or her administrative team avoiding any compatibility issues with senior staff they might inherit.

Rather than wait, LACOE has hired replacements for the senior cabinet. The Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Bernadette Lucas, is new to the school district and has no experience as a chief academic officer or academic director. The Executive Director of Human Resources, Hedieh Khajavi, is also new to the school district and has no experience running a human resources department.

The Chief Business Official, Christine Dacanay, is the only one hired that has Inglewood experience. She was interim CBO, is familiar with the specifics of the school district’s financial condition and was endorsed by the previous CBO Eugenio Villa.

Reviewing the experience of some of those hired for the senior cabinet could cause promising candidates for County Administrator to have second thoughts about accepting the job.

Inglewood Unified is only beginning to overcome the bad administrator choices Torlakson made largely because of the hard work of Dr. Melendez and her senior cabinet. The school district likely cannot sustain a series of bad administrator choices by LACOE. Previously, CDE was solely responsible for appointing the administrator.

AB 1840 included a provision that directs the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT pronounced fig-mat) to put together the list of candidates for County Administrator. Also, Torlakson’s successor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the president of the State Board of Education Dr Linda Darling-Hammond are required to sign off on LACOE’s choice for administrator.

While the changes in the administrator selection process may be a reaction to trying to remedy the poor job Torlakson did when he was in control, they will be effective only if those given the responsibility take it seriously.

The success of the Inglewood Unified School District and the future of its students depend on it.

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“ It is not what is in front of you but who is behind you that counts.”

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lives. Blacks, they insist, have been killed for minor offenses such as selling cigarettes or even the completely legal act of walking with a hoodie and a bag of skittles.

Alicia Cooper, wife to play writer Chad Cooper, and actor (Harriet Tubman) in ‘Black Lives Matter Too’ All Lives Matter sings towards the play’s end One of the most poignant moments of the play is when the playwright has deceased victims of racial discrimination and injustice take the stand. We hear from Emmet Till, Harriet Tubman, and Medgar Evers. Their testimony serves to buttress the prosecutor’s claims that African Americans are owed reparations. This had me thinking about how powerful of a case for reparations Black people could have if actual victims of racial intolerance got to tell their truth. It was especially difficult to watch the recreation of Emmet Till as a 14-year-old, badly beaten young man. Of course, we all know that Emmet Till was in fact beaten to death, but for the play’s sake he was merely badly beaten.

When Harriet Tubman takes the stand, she has visibly blackened eyes which are likely meant to portray the fact that in real life, Tubman had head injuries due to beatings at the hands

of her slave owner. Tubman sings and emotionally explains to the court that, contrary to the defense’s accusations, she is not a criminal for leading countless slaves to freedom. A consistent tactic of the defense was to portray the African-American heroes of the play as criminals. When Medgar Evers testifies, he explains how he was killed for trying to encourage African-Americans to be conscious of where they spend their hard-earned money. Evers, was well ahead of his time in advocating that Blacks support their own businesses. Finally, towards the end of the play, after a somewhat contentious jury deliberation, the plaintiffs win their case and African Americans are awarded their long overdue reparations. A good ending to an equally good play.

“Black Lives Matter Too” was launched at 7pm in Medgar Evers College located at 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11225. For ticket information call 1.888 977.2282 ext.100. The production moves to Manhattan on June 28-July 1st, 2017 at a location to be announced. Productions media marketing partners of “Black Lives Matter Too” are DBG Media and BG Legacy Ventures. is an avid reader and scholar whose passions include community development and empowerment. She can be reached at mensahbrooklyn@gmail. com

Hispanic Latino Business Thriving in Inglewood

INGLEWOOD TODAY is proud to feature general news or feature stories related to the thriving Hispanic or Latino businesses in the City of Inglewood and it makes sense because the ethnic composition of the population of Inglewood, CA is composed of 57.1k Hispanic or Latino residents (51.4%), 45.4k Black or African American Alone residents (40.9%), 4.13k White Alone residents (3.72%), 1.98k Two or More Races residents.

There is no better place to look in the City of Inglewood than the 400 Block of West Arbor Vitae at Inglewood Avenue to showcase the thriving breadth and scope of businesses in that small block. There you will find: Electronic TV and Repair Service, Tym’s Dry Ice, Breathing Oxygen and Equipment Company, Sporting H & R Bike Shop, Fernandez Refrigerator Sales and Service Company, Portero Income Tax Service, Hair Paradise Beauty Shop, Roccio’s Hair Design Studio, Mina Print Company – offering Signs and Banners,

California, as a matter of perspective, has the largest Hispanic and Latino population overall with over 14 million while the state with the largest percentage of Hispanics and Latinos is New Mexico at 47 The achievements of Latino small businesses are impressive when you consider it is often hard for them to gain access to capital. Yet they are making progress with an estimated 55 million Latinos living in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau; and the numbers continue to climb.

That category of business owners represents a powerful force turbo charging small-business growth and driving $700 billion into the US economy. About 4.4 million Latinoowned businesses in the U.S. contribute more than $700 billion to the economy annually, according to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

MOD’s Briana Women’s Fashions, Chapala Meat Market, Lala’s Grill and Restaurant, Jalisco Bakery, CalFor Construction Company, El Nino Garden Equipment, and Diego’s Hair Salon.

From hiring a firm to add on and addition to your home or selecting the latest women’s fashions and accessories to you buying meat for your next family barbecue, picking up garden supply and maintenance to grabbing a burrito on the run, to name a few, you will find it in the 400 block of West Arbor Vitae.

INGLEWOOD TODAY will feature more details about these and other Hispanic or Latino businesses in the City of Inglewood in upcoming issues.

If you would like for your business to be featured, send an email to kmiller@inglewoodtoday.com for publication consideration in INGLEWOOD TODAY.

By Francis Taylor, Senior Writer