3-15-2012.Ramona Sentinel

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October 27, 2011

VOL. 126, ISSUE 4

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Ramona Sentinel

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012

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Orphan kids The youngsters here are a different kid of kid—the kind with four feet, beards, and horns.......................9

District declares impasse in teacher talks School board considers bond By MAUREEN ROBERTSON Ramona teachers are not taking any furlough days this school year, Donna Braye-Romero, president of the Ramona Teachers Association said on Friday.

College & Career Ramona schools are encouraging students to look to the future early as part of college, career planning......16

Index Ramona Voices............7 Editorial......................8 Worship Directory.....10 Sports........................22 Our Town..................27 Classifieds.................28 Obituaries.................34

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to work with both sides in an effort to reach an agreement. Members of the district’s nonteaching staff’s California School Employees Association (CSEA) last month agreed to take three furlough days before June 30, the end of the 2011-12 school year, a move expected to save the district $121,372. Superintendent Robert Graeff

said members of the district’s management team also will take three furlough days in an effort to save money. Had the teachers agreed to take three furlough days, Ramona’s public schools would have been closed April 10, May 24 and May 25. Instead, CSEA members and See IMPASSE on page 2

County to update public on traffic tax March 22

A Ramona tax preparer charged with witness tampering and an alleged murder-for-hire plot faces a detention hearing Thursday, March 15, in federal court where a federal magistrate will consider holding him without bail. Federal agents arrested Steven Martinez, 50,

will discuss various TIF program options that will be presented to the county supervisors for consideration at a hearing tentatively scheduled for late March. The meeting in Ramona is for the county’s east TIF region. On March 7, DPW staff conducted a north TIF region external stakeholders meeting in Bonsall. TIF has often been criticized for preventing new developments or new businesses from opening because of costly fees. The TIF program went into effect in June 2005 to provide money to build roads needed to support traffic generated by new development to meet state law requirements, according to the county website. DPW collects the fee at or before a building permit is issued for projects that generate traffic. Such projects include residential, commercial, industrial, storage, offices, and

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San Diego County Department of Public Works will hold a Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) update meeting in Ramona at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22. The meeting, open to the public, will be in Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. County DPW employees and project consultants

CPA awaits hearing in hitman plot By NEAL PUTNAM

425-A 10th Street Ramona, CA 92065

“It’s our belief the district doesn’t need them for this year,” BrayeRomero said. As a result of the inability of negotiators for Ramona Unified School District and the teachers union to reach an agreement on March 6, the district declared the two parties are at an impasse. This means the Public Employment Relations Board will send a mediator

Sentinel photo/Lynn Sampson

Fourth-grader Meryl Hubbard dances with her father Paul during the Father Daughter Dance at Mount Woodson Elementary School.


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