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Operation School Bell adapts to pandemic
The Carlsbad Educational Foundation has revamped the curriculum and activity schedule for its summer child care program to address concerns about academic and social-emotional learning loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a grant of $18,000 from the Carlsbad Charitable Foundation. The Carlsbad Kids Care Summer Adventure sessions start June 14 and run through Aug. 20 at Jefferson Elementary and Poinsettia Elementary schools, for TK-6 students. The schools are open for drop-off and pickup from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Cost is $199 per week (early bird sign-up through Monday) or $225 per week for sign-ups Tuesday or later. Carlsbad Kids Care Summer Adventure features thematic activities that engage students socially, creatively and academically. Lessons are age appropriate and designed to incorporate STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) and literacy curriculum with fun and interactive crafts, games and outdoor recreation. Students enroll one week at a time and themes change every two weeks. Students outside the Carlsbad Unified School District may enroll in the summer program. Register at carlsbaded.org.
ESCONDIDO
New principals for Del Lago, Escondido High
The Escondido Union High School District board recently appointed two new principals: Kristin Burch Kalish at Del Lago Academy and Jason Jacobs at Escondido High. Each will begin their new role July 1. Kalish will assume the responsibility after Del Lago Academy principal Ruth Hellams retires at the end of the school year. Jacobs has been acting as the interim Escondido High principal since April and will be replacing Adriana Lepe-ramirez, who was recently named Director of Assessment and Accountability for the district.
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her closest opponent, Rodriguez, by more than 10 percentage points.
Opponents of former Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern collected enough signatures to place his recall on a special election ballot in December 2009, but he took 67 percent of the vote to keep his seat. Kern remained on the council until the end of his term in 2018, when he chose not to seek re-election.
Jensen’s recall proponents have until Sept. 10 to turn in a minimum of 4,484 signatures to get the issue onto a ballot, said City Clerk Zeb Navarro. Once the proponents turn in their signatures, the county registrar of voters has 30 days to verify the signatures. Once verified, the City Council has 14 days to meet and call a special election.
If proponents turn in their signatures by late June, they could get the election on the same ballot as the governor’s recall in November or December, Navarro said. If signatures are turned in after June, the city could set a special election in February or March of next year.
Proponents of Schumacher’s recall need 3,562 signatures by Sept. 8, according to the Carlsbad City Clerk’s Office. The process there would be the same as in Oceanside. In both cities, only residents of the council
School Bell program, the Assistance League of Inland North County has provided new school clothes and supplies to more than 1,000 students in need. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, families couldn’t shop in person with Operation School Bell, so Assistance League members did the shopping for them and delivered it to their schools. Using a fitter form with sizes, favorite colors and preferences, volunteers bought shirts, pants or shorts, a hooded sweatshirt, socks and underwear selected especially for each student. In addition, an age-appropriate book, encouraging notes from members, a jump rope, pencil and sharpener were added to the reusable bag. School districts in North County also received laptop computers, school supplies and gift cards to help students in grades K-12. Visit assistanceleague.org/inlandnorth-county.
member’s district can sign the petition or vote in the election.
Efforts to recall Schumacher stem primarily from her legal efforts to stop what she said was harassment by three of her constituents, primarily in social media, but also through email and other tactics. A judge dismissed her suit and awarded legal costs to the defendants.
Schumacher’s recall proponents also say she was overly zealous in her efforts to enforce and strengthen COVID-19 public health precautions such as mask wearing and social distancing.
“As Carlsbad struggled with COVID-19 lockdowns, Schumacher made matters much worse,” states the recall notice filed against her. “Instead of seeking to help those who were struggling to survive, Schumacher threatened working families and struggling small businesses with sweeping fines and enforcement penalties.”
Schumacher, in her official response to the recall notice, blamed partisan politics. She emphasized her efforts to expand the city’s homeless response efforts, increase transparency at City Hall, join Solana Beach and Del Mar in the Clean Energy Alliance, create a city lifeguard program and improve Carlsbad’s parks and trails.
NORTH COUNTY Preschoolers learn about ladybugs
Students at Discovery Isle Preschool in the Scripps Ranch-poway area recently celebrated Earth Day by releasing ladybugs throughout the schoolyard and back into the environment on plants, flowers and trees. Leading up to Earth Day, the students learned that ladybugs are a natural pesticide because they eat insects that could otherwise harm gardens, trees and shrubs. Discovery Isle Preschoolers explore nature at an early age. The preschool is part of Spring Education Group, a multischool network of private schools. Visit discoveryisle.com; call (858) 536-1400.
OCEANSIDE Club’s Back2school program receives grant
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside recently received
“I hope the people of District 1 see through these efforts to thwart the good work we continue to do together,” Schumacher said in her written response.
The two City Council recall campaigns are fundamentally different.
The Carlsbad effort is led by a geographic outsider, Carl Demaio, who is a conservative talk radio host and a former San Diego City Council member. His political action group, Reform California, is funding the Schumacher recall and as of April 12 had spent $16,850 on it.
Oceanside’s recall is a grassroots effort on a shoestring budget initiated by longtime residents of District 1, the oldest and most politically active quadrant of the city. Many of the proponents said publicly before Jensen’s appointment that the city should hold a special election to fill the seat.
Recall does seem to be in vogue again, with the effort to take down Gov. Gavin Newsom leading the way. Grievances against the governor are many, but primarily focus on his handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
Local school board trustees in Fallbrook, Encinitas, Vista and La Mesa also could face recalls, mostly as a result of their positions on the touchy subject of when to reopen classrooms as the pandemic a $19,599 grant from Las Patronas for its Back2school program. Support from Las Patronas has allowed the club to buy much-needed equipment, including computers, hand-washing stations and flex seating. The Back2school program provides wrap-around support for at-risk youths to succeed academically while attending virtual classes. The club also provides youths in the Back2school program with a quiet, supervised environment to focus on classwork, high-speed Internet access, academic support, nutritious lunches, and daily fitness and recreation. Many of the youngsters would be otherwise unable to afford the equipment needed to successfully take part in virtual learning. For more about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside, contact Rhonda Guaderrama at rguaderrama@bgcoceanside.org, call (760) 433-8920 or visit bgcoceanside.org.
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Carl Demaio held a news conference in March to announce his group Reform California would seek the recall of La Mesa-spring Valley School Board Vice President Chardá Bell-fontenot because she opposed reopening schools, and she was critical of parents who supported reopening.
Parents in Fallbrook Union High School District have talked about an effort to recall Trustee Diane Summers. Representatives of the San Diego County Democratic Party recently announced their opposition to the proposed recall of Vista Trustee Martha Alvarado, along with the recalls of Schumacher, Bell-fontenot, and San Diego City Council President Jen Campbell.
In Encinitas, San Dieguito Union High School District Trustee Michael Allman was served with a notice of intent to circulate a recall petition, the first step in the process, at a board meeting last week. That effort was led by the local teachers union.
If it goes on the ballot, it would be the second recall this year in the district. Residents have turned in enough signatures, if verified, to force a special election for Trustee Ty Humes, who was appointed to the board in April.
philip.diehl@sduniontribune.com
Today is Sunday, May 30, the 150th day of 2021.
Today’s highlight in history
On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in France.
On this date
In 1883, 12 people were trampled to death in a stampede sparked by a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended by President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.
In 1937, 10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating in Chicago.
In 1943, during World War II, American troops secured the Aleutian island of Attu from Japanese forces.
In 1971, the American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy to Mars.
In 1972, three members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire at the airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 26 people. Two attackers died; the third was captured.
In 1989, student protesters in Beijing erected a “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square. (The statue was destroyed in the Chinese government’s crackdown.)
In 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and the former Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.
In 2002, a solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at ground zero in New York City.
In 2006, the FBI said it had found no trace of Jimmy Hoffa after digging up a suburban Detroit horse farm.
In 2015, Vice President Joe Biden’s son, former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, died at age 46 of brain cancer.
One year ago: Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of Black people grew across the country; racially diverse crowds held mostly peaceful demonstrations in dozens of cities, though many later descended into violence, with police cars set ablaze.
Today’s birthdays
Actor Ruta Lee is 86. Actor Keir Dullea is 85. Musician Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five) is 77. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky is 70. Actor Ted Mcginley is 63 Actor Ralph Carter is 60. Singer Wynonna Judd is 57. Musician Tom Morello is 57. Actor Mark Sheppard is 57. Director Antoine Fuqua is 56. Actor John Ross Bowie is 50. Actor-singer Idina Menzel is 50. Rapper Cee Lo Green is 46. Actor Sean Giambrone is 22.