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FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Union Elementary School District (FUESD) is proud to announce Maie Ellis Elementary, San Onofre Elementary, and Fallbrook Homeschool Academy have each been named an Honor Roll school for the 2016 California Honor Roll presented by Educational Results Partnership (ERP) and the Campaign for Business and Education Excellence (CBEE). The 2016 Honor Roll recognizes public elementary, middle, and high schools that demonstrate consistently high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement over time, and reduction in achievement gaps. For high schools, Honor Roll recognition includes high college readiness in students. This year, the California Honor Roll recognized 1,866 higher performing, higher poverty schools that are distinguished for their academic achievement and for closing achievement gaps. Through national research, the ERP and CBEE identified a common set of success factors in higher performing Honor Roll schools, school districts, and CMOs. These include clear, specific learning objectives aligned to college and career readiness, along with evidencebased instructional practices; establishing system-wide mission of college and career readiness for all students; investing in human capital; maintaining data and assessment systems to monitor school and student performance; and deploying resources and guidance to support schools’ efforts to prepare all students for college and career.
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Volume 21, Issue 17
Boys & Girls Clubs honor volunteers
Cunningham’s knee replacement surgery results in BUSD seeking replacement superintendent Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
Shane Gibson photo Jackie Heyneman, right, receives the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County “Volunteer of the Year” award from CEO Allison Barclay during the club’s Black and White Ball at Pala Casino Resort and Spa on April 29. For more photos see page B-1.
Issa delivers new books to Bonsall West
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The Bonsall Unified School District will be seeking a new superintendent to replace Justin Cunningham, who has held that position since 2008. Cunningham had knee replacement surgery April 24, and that day he notified the school board that July 31 would be his final day as the BUSD superintendent. “I feel that the district really does need 100 percent focus right now,” Cunningham said. The rehabilitation process is expected to last between eight and 10 months. “I don’t want to be presumptuous and think that the district should adjust to my disability,” Cunningham said. “I don’t think that the district should have to put up with my condition.” Cunningham, who will be 63 years old July 15, is considering himself to be repurposing rather than retiring. He noted that some professional education opportunities would not require the devotion to a school district his current position entails. School district employees receive pensions through the C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e Te a c h e r s ’ Retirement System, and Cunningham would be able to work part-time and still collect his CalSTRS benefits. Cunningham’s CalSTRS retirement payments are based on his total teaching and administrative career which began in 1977 as a Sweetwater Unified School District teacher, and Cunningham’s CalSTRS benefits would likely be between 80 and 85 percent of his current pay. In 1980, Cunningham obtained a teaching position with the South Fork Union School District in the Kern County town of Weldon and, in 1983, he became the principal of South Fork School and the superintendent of the South Fork Union School District. “I started pretty early in administrative roles,” said Cunningham.
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Palomar College not ready to build yet Lucette Moramarco Staff Writer
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Students at Bonsall West Elementary show off the new books donated to their school library by Congressman Darrell Issa. OCEANSIDE – On April 28, the staff of Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) met with faculty and students from Bonsall West Elementary School to deliver 76 new books secured by Congressman Issa for their school library. The donated books will provide students with new and challenging reading materials and encourage opportunities for out-of-classroom learning. The congressman secured the books through the Library of Congress Surplus Book Donation Program, which makes books available to certain non-profit and educational organizations. “I am glad to have the opportunity to donate books to our young scholars at Bonsall West Elementary of Oceanside,” said Issa. “Many school libraries are not able to replenish their collections with new books throughout the year, so I am happy to make this small gesture to promote reading in our
schools. I encourage all libraries in the 49th District to contact my Washington, D.C. office to see if we can help build your catalog through this program.” Bonsall West librarian Mishell Rose said, “I am using the books in a lesson about choosing books for our school library. Students research the books online, look at the book, discuss it, then report back to the group – 21st century learning in action!” The Library of Congress Surplus Books Program allows members of congress to request surplus books from the library to distribute at eligible non-profit organizations to expand their publicly accessible collections. The books span a variety of genres, including children’s books, fiction, non-fiction, reference books, textbooks, test-prep books and many others. The books donated are handselected based on each receiving library’s individual suggestions and needs.
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Organizations in California’s 49th district interested in receiving donations can submit requests to Congressman Issa by contacting his Washington office. According to Library of Congress policy, eligible organizations must be located in the United States and fall into one of the following categories: Full-time, tax-supported or nonprofit educational institution: school, school system, college, university, museum, or public library Agency of local, state, or federal government, or Nonprofit institution or organization that has tax-exempt status under the provisions of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and that operates a library and/or research center open to the public. Congressman Issa will be reaching out to dozens of organizations and anticipates many more will be donated by the end of the year.
While there is a lot of activity going on east of I-15 and north of SR-76, Palomar College is not doing any construction on its land right now. According to Laura Gropen, the college’s director of public affairs, brush was recently cleared for a geotechnical investigation of the property. Plans call for the land to be graded this summer with a groundbreaking scheduled for the fall, she said. Gropen added that Palomar plans to install modular buildings on the site and open the north campus in the summer of 2018. A groundbreaking ceremony was held March 3 for the Palomar College South Education Center on Rancho Bernardo Road in Rancho Bernardo. Funds for both new campuses are coming from Proposition M, which voters approved in November 2006. Work being done just south of the Palomar north campus site is for the Horse Creek Ridge development. For information on Horse Creek Ridge, see the article in today’s issue by Joe Naiman on page C-2.