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Vol. 65, ISSUE 19
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The office of the Rancho Bennardo/4S Ranch News Journal has moved to 13426 Community Road in Poway. It's in the Nunn Professional Building. Our phone numbers have not changed.
■ Calendar, A12 ■ Opinion, A14 ■ FACEs, A16 ■ Vacation Photos, A17 ■ Crime, A19
WE CAN DANCE!
Rancho Bernardo High School Tour De Force varsity dance team members ham it up on stage with the teachers and staff members who participated in the fourth edition of “Dancing With the Teachers” on Sept. 28. For the contest’s results and more photos see Page B13 and the photo gallery at PomeradoNews.com.
Poway’s hospital has provided care for 40 years Del Norte’s Kelsey White is back in stride. B1
■ Sports, B1 ■ Entertainment, B4 ■ Classifieds, B15 ■ Business, B18 ■ Seniors, B19 ■ Homes, B19 Rancho Bernardo/4S Ranch News Journal
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BY ELIZABETH MARIE HIMCHAK With no fanfare, Poway’s hospital has entered its fourth decade. Palomar Medical Center Poway — known as Pomerado Hospital until its renaming last December — officially turned 40 this summer, but Palomar Health officials decided to not mark the milestone until last month with a quiet acknowledgement among its staff. Pomerado Hospital opened on June 29, 1977 with 130 patient beds, 200 employees and more than 50 physicians. Its first baby, Adam Michael Johnson, was born that day at 1 p.m., according to historical
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Native Powegians Rick and Cheryl Johnston have worked at Palomar Medical Center Poway (formerly Pomerado Hospital) for 37 years. records. The 150,000-square-foot hospital cost $17.5 million for construction and equipment. Ground was
broken on Feb. 28, 1975. The grand opening dedication ceremony was on May 14, 1977. SEE HOSPITAL, A11
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PUSD scores exceed state, county averages
BY EMILY SORENSEN Poway Unified School District students exceeded the state and county averages in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress exams. This statewide assessment, now in its third year, replaced the Standardized Testing and Reporting program and is part of the state’s Common Core requirements. The assessments were taken by students in grades 3 through 8 as well as grade 11, with over 18,500 students in the district taking the exam. Students earn one of four scores on the test in both English and math: standards exceeded, standards met, standards nearly met and standards not met. In the PUSD, 67 percent of students who took the CAASPP met or exceeded state standards for math, compared to 37.5 percent statewide and 43.5 percent countywide. In English, 74 percent of PUSD students who took the exam met or exceeded state standards, compared to 48.5 percent statewide and 55.6 percent countywide. PUSD’s math score is the same as last year and its English score is down two percentage points from its 2016 score of SEE PUSD, A11
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