Fideicomisarios aprueban el nuevo director de Waggoner Elementary

La Junta de Fideicomisarios aprobó un nuevo director para la Escuela Primaria Waggoner (Waggoner Elementary School) y también escuchó a una madre que compartió su descontento con la renuncia del director actual.

Lisa Dennis, Directora de Recursos Humanos, habló con los Fideicomisarios en la reunión de la Junta Escolar del Distrito Unificado de Winters (Winters Joint Unified School District – Winters JUSD) del pasado 6 de Abril para detallar la búsqueda de un nuevo director para Waggoner. De las siete solicitudes recibidas, Dennis dijo que tres candidatos fueron seleccionados para ser entrevistados frente a un panel de maestros de Waggoner, padres y personal clasificado y de liderazgo de Winters JUSD.

De los dos finalistas, se seleccionó a Christopher Marcoux. Marcoux es actualmente el subdirector de la Escuela Primaria Foxboro (Foxboro Elementary School) en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Travis (Travis Unified School District). Según Dennis, además de su experi- encia administrativa actual, Marcoux tiene experiencia en la enseñanza de primaria, así como experiencia en capacitación en matemáticas y alfabetización.

“El Señor Marcoux es un líder que otorga un gran valor a la construcción de relaciones con el personal y los estudiantes.

Es un oyente atento que busca comprender, emplea prácticas restaurativas y brinda apoyo tranquilo y afectuoso,” dijo Dennis. “El equipo de Waggoner quería a alguien que se centrara en los niños, apoyara los desafíos de comportamiento, tuviera habilidades en alfabetización temprana y se preocupara por el personal. Sabemos que el Sr. Marcoux se destacará en estas y muchas otras áreas en su papel de director de Waggoner.”

El superintendente Rody Boonchouy dijo que Marcoux será un activo para el equipo y esperan darle la bienvenida debido a su compasión por trabajar con los estudiantes más jóvenes del distrito escolar desde el jardín de infantes de transición hasta el segundo grado.

El impacto fiscal de la contratación es una compensación anual de $129,250 dólares. Los fideicomisarios aprobaron la colocación de Marcoux por unanimidad.

Marcoux estuvo presente en la reunión y les dijo a los fideicomisarios que después de escuchar todas las actualizaciones del distrito escolar, se sintió alentado y emocionado de ser parte del equipo.

“Comparto la idea de construir sobre los éxitos... Creo firmemente en construir asociaciones con los estudiantes y la comunidad,” dijo Marcoux.

El director de Waggoner, Travis Nelson-Ortiz, anunció su renuncia a las familias de Waggoner el pasado Viernes 20 de Enero.

Boonchouy confirmó que Winters JUSD había recibido la renuncia, y el nombre de Nelson-Ortiz apareció en un informe de separación en el punto de la agenda de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de Winters JUSD del 19 de Enero en el Calendario de Consentimiento.

En ese momento, la superintendente auxiliar Phoebe Girimonte le dijo al Winters Express que Winters JUSD apreciaba las contribuciones de Nelson-Ortiz durante su mandato como director de Waggoner y “le deseaba lo mejor en sus futuros esfuerzos profesionales.”

Nelson-Ortiz continuará en su papel como director de Waggoner por el resto del año escolar 2022-23. Su último día en Winters JUSD es el 30 de Junio. Se espera que el primer día de Marcoux sea en Julio, sin embargo, Dennis confirmó que la fecha no había sido confirmada hasta la reunión. Durante la sesión de opinión pública cerca del comienzo de la reunión, Veronica Alvarado leyó una carta de apoyo a Nelson-Ortiz.

Alvarado dijo que Nelson-Ortiz “tiene el conocimiento y la capacidad” para liderar al personal y los estudiantes de Waggoner y señaló que “él es bilingüe y bicultural” y dijo que “sería una gran pérdida para el distrito dejar ir al Sr. Nelson.”

Alvarado compartió su insatisfacción con la respuesta de que Waggoner necesitaba un “líder fuerte” al cuestionar a los administradores de Winters JUSD detrás de lo que apoyó la partida de Nelson-Ortiz.

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High Band: Winters

Middle School Band

• First Place Other Bands: Winters Friends of the Library Band

Color Guards

• First Place Senior Color Guard: Yolo Post

77 American Legion

Fire Trucks

• First Place An- tique: 1940 Buffalo –Winters Fire Department

Autos

• First Place Custom

Auto – Trophy – Amer- ican Chopper – Sam

Fernandez

First Place Classic

Auto: 1929 Model A

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“I’ll say the season’s been so far, so good. But I have a thing that I’ll only talk to them twice about an issue. The third time, they’re in trouble and they know that. At times they’ll try to push their luck with two talks, but they get the hint after that.”

The junior varsity team’s record includes wins against St. Helena, Colusa, Durham

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Ford – Frank Mar- tinez, Second Place

Classic Auto: 1956 Ford Fairlane Sunliner – Ryan Langlai

Novelty

• First Place Novelty

Vehicle: Cibara Motor Corps, Sacramento; Second Place Novel- ty Vehicle: California

Dream Express Train

• First Place Novelty

Marching Unit: Win- ters Friends of the

Library, Second Place

Novelty Marching

Unit: Golden Retriev- ers Drill Team

Horses (All First Place Trophies )

• Senior Sweepstakes Award: Halima

Barnes, Lodi

• First Place Charro and Fairfield which yields them a 4–0 record in the league and an overall record of 6–4.

With the end of the season around the corner, Garcia reflects on his team’s success with pride.

“If they lose, they lose as a team and walk off with their heads high. There’s a learning process even in a loss. Now, they’re winning, not showing off and accepting it like winners. They’re all pretty level-headed and I’ve got to thank growing vegetables in the winter is easier than in the summer: watering needs are less, and pests are fewer. If you would like more

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Continued from Page 6 a career; that I still felt the cultural pressure that I had not yet married. “So when are you going to find a nice man and get married?”, I heard from my dear mother. My former roommate who was married and had started her career in Marketing said, “Well, everyone keeps asking my husband and me when we’re going to start having children.” Then my other college friend with a husband and a young son added, “Well everyone always asks me

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All of us looked at each other and laughed at this revelation that no mat-

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Courtesy photo MaryElla and LillyBelle Galabasa won the Kiddie Parade Sweepstakes award at the 2023 Youth Day event.

Mounted Group: Los Caporales Charros, Woodland

• First Place Miniature Class: Halima Barnes, Lodi

• First Place Family this program for that,” said Garcia.

There are still games left in the season for community members to come out to watch and support the junior varsity baseball club.

“People are missing out on something that hasn’t happened since 2017. For the first time ever then, we took the Colusa tournament, we took the league and then some players went up to varsity and won a championship with (Jeff) Ingles. So now, it’s happening again, and that’s what information on the Yolo Master Gardener/Yolo Library Workshops contact Jennifer Baumbach at jmbaumbach@ ucanr.edu or Joan Tuss at Joan.Tuss@yolocounty.org to receive Zoom links for this and future workshops. Learn more about the ter what we did in our young lives (and our lives, in general) it would never be enough of what our culture expected of women in their lives during that time period. (Seems this is still true today.)

Since then, my life has taken me through ups and downs with foreseen and unforeseen experiences that have helped me understand that all I can really do in life is to just be myself and to try to be the best person I can be in this world.

I am so thankful I grew up in this small town with the people (some still here, others not) who have given me the knowledge that the foundation for my quest of the “pursuit of happiness” also don’t anticipate a surge of short sales either, as evidenced by the high level of equity in people’s homes and a below-average mortgage delinquency rate.

With demand expected to increase due to seasonality and a shrinking inventory, we expect competitiveness to continue

Group: Rancho Tres

Potrancas, Winters

• First Place Sheriff’s Posse: Yolo County Sheriff’s Posse Mounted Unit drives me to come back and see the same kids,” said Garcia. “What I take the most pleasure in is seeing a young man that doesn’t pick up the ball or throw it right, but by the middle of the season, he’s leading off like he’s supposed to, catching the ball with both hands and throwing it correctly. That’s what makes me proud right there.” doesn’t lie, as our culture suggests, in an impressive job title, fame or a high salary and all the perks that come with it. But that true happiness lies in having a true purpose, and in having and being a part of a community of people, be they family and/or friends.

To find the junior varsity baseball squad’s schedule visit the Athletics page at whs.wintersjusd.org.

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I believe this is partly why this town is growing as others seek this opportunity for themselves and their families as humans have done all over the world since the beginning of time.

So, although I do not feel I have reached full or even partial Enlightenment, I will go back to chopping wood and carrying water as I recognize how lucky I am to have the privilege of caring for increasing (i.e., homes selling faster and above list, fewer price reductions) and prices to begin rising again. My advice to prospective buyers would be to take advantage of the lower home prices and still relatively low-interest rates if they plan to stay put for a while. After all, homeownership is a long-term play.

Reach Realtor: Joedy.Michael@ norcalgold.com