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FUHSD suspension, expulsion rate highest in county
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Volume 19, Issue 4
Making music at the library
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Andrea Verdin Special to the Village News Fallbrook Union High School District (FUHSD) holds one of San Diego County’s highest suspension and expulsion rates, according to data recently released by the California State Department of Education. Statewide, the suspension rate was 4.4 percent and the expulsion rate was 0.1 percent. Throughout
see FUHSD, page A-9
TOT ordinance modified to clarify exemptions Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The County of San Diego’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) will remain at eight percent, but changes to the TOT ordinance will ensure that those whose exemption from payment was uncertain will now be subject to the tax.
Ken Seals photo San Diego jazz guitarist, Peter Sprague explains his process for arranging music, especially for the Peter Sprague Trio. Sprague and his trio performed at Fallbrook Library Jan. 12 as part of a series of monthly concerts sponsored by the Friends of the Fallbrook Library. See more photos of music and art at the library on page B-1.
BUSD takes first board vote on purchasing back fire station property Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent In 1981, the Bonsall Union School District sold the Fallbrook Fire Protection District a parcel of land on Old River Road adjacent to the Bonsall Elementary School property for use as a fire station. The grant deed included a clause
that if the land was to be used for something other than a fire station it was to be sold back to the school district for the purchase price of $35,000. “The stipulation was that Bonsall would be able to repurchase the property at the same price they were selling the property for,” said current Bonsall Unified School
District superintendent Justin Cunningham. “It is in the grant deed.” The deed also applied to successor agencies. The Fallbrook Fire Protection District became the North County Fire Protection District in 1986 and the Bonsall Union School District converted to the Bonsall Unified School
District in 2014. The changes between 1981 and 2015 also include the construction of a fire station and a parking area on the property covered by the deed, and North County Fire Protection District staff believe that the repurchase price should consider
see BUSD, page A-5
see TOT, page A-11
New guardrails approved for Willow thisweek Glen, Reche roads
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A new 150-foot section of guardrail and sidewalk will be installed along Reche Rd., starting approximately 400 feet from S. Stage Coach Lane. Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized a construction contract which will include new guardrails along
Willow Glen Road and Reche Road. The supervisors’ 4-0 vote Jan. 7, with Greg Cox participating in California Coastal Commission activity, approved the advertisement for bid and
subsequent award of a construction contract to install new guardrail segments and replace existing guardrail end sections at five locations in North County. “Road safety is a high priority for the county, and we have a lot
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of roads in the unincorporated area that require special attention,” said Supervisor Bill Horn. “Guardrails are the last line of defense for outof-control vehicles. Keeping them
see GUARDRAILS, page A-8