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The legislation, SB 592 by Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) and SB 191 by Sen. Roderick D. Wright (D-Inglewood), removes a significant roadblock for charter schools wanting to access over $900 million in voter-approved Propositions 44, 55 and 1D funds for construction projects and simplifies the funding formula for charter schools.
“I am committed to ensuring California’s kids have the opportunity for a quality education and charter schools are proving that their innovative approaches can provide it,” said Schwarzenegger. “That is why I am signing these bills to cut red tape and simplify funding formulas to allow charter schools the chance to thrive here in our state.”
SB 592 amends existing law to allow a charter school facility’s title to either be held by a government entity or the charter school itself.
Because existing law states that funds cannot be released for school construction projects unless a school district holds the property’s title, charter schools can experience delays and even be prevented from ever being built.
This legislation removes the barrier to funding and puts construction on the fast track.
SB 191 simplifies the existing charter school funding formula to establish a uniform funding model for charter high schools, thereby eliminating a fiscal disincentive for school districts to approve petitions for charter high schools.
The number of charter schools in California has increased steadily – from 382 in 2003-04 to 746 in 2008-09. The Governor's Office said he is fighting to lift the cap on the number of charter schools allowed in the state entirely with his legislative package to make California eligible and highly competitive for federal Race to the Top funds – a $4.35 billion federal competitive grant program in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designed to support education reform and innovation.
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Ashley Wiebusch said, “I got to ride a horse! It was awesome. Her name was Duchess and she matched me perfectly.”
We have two new students who joined us at Carlé, Paul LaRue and Ashli Bonsey. Welcome to Carlé and we hope you enjoy it here.
Our CHILY winner was Katie Boulrice, congratulations. The student of the week is Lucas Powell,
who is a wonderful student doing a great job in all of his classes.
Birthdays last week were Jeffrey Martin and Shanea Bullard. Happy birthday and we hope you had a great time.
Pamela Bordisso, a great counselor from Yuba Community College, came to Carlé to talk to the seniors about going to college and future careers they are interested in pursuing. Thank you, Pamela, for talking to our students.
Carli Tippett was also a great help at Carlé, preparing a lunch for the staff members and the students they chose to accompany them. Carli had help with cooking from four students who have a passion for cooking. Those students were Ellie Hackler, Michelle LaRue, Winter Gray and Kaitlyn Sliger. Thank
you for assisting Carli in making such a great meal.
“The food was delicious and the company was delightful. It was a classic Carlé event,” said Alan Siegel.
Ms. Tippett will be running this great reward meal once a month this year at our school.
The CAHSEE, high school exit exam was held at Carle on Oct. 6 and 7 for the students who needed to pass it in order to graduate. Our picture day was on Oct. 8; we would like to thank Mugshots for coming to our school and taking the pictures.
On Oct. 9 our school went to Highland Springs for our annual advisory field day, with activities and a barbecue. The Lake County Land Trust dinner was held Oct. 10. It's an annual fundraiser for this great organization whose goal is to preserves open spaces and help the environment here in Lake County.
Also, on Oct. 8 it was the first chance for Carlé to assist the Lake County Co-op with JoAnn Saccato at the senior center. The first students that worked there were Danielle Hudson and Katie Boulrice. As you can see Carlé is determined to help our community to the best of our ability.
Kaitlyn Sliger is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.
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UKIAH – Mendocino College Library Specialist Hope Patterson was selected in September for the initial quarterly award of classified staff.
She was nominated for the honor by her supervisor, Mendocino College Librarian John Koetzner.
“I feel honored to receive this award and I appreciate the nomination by my supervisor,” who Patterson said is very supportive of his staff and is always looking for ways to improve service to students and staff.
Hope said she was grateful for the on-the-job training she received when she was hired as a student assistant by the college’s first library director, Leila Cassidy, and library assistant, Carol Howlett.
“I benefited from their years of experience and education and I thank them for giving me my start in the library,” Patterson said.
Patterson has worked for Mendocino College for 35 years. She graduated from Anderson Valley High School in 1974 and began attending Mendocino College that same year.
While attending Mendocino College, Patterson began working as a student employee in the college library. A year later she was hired as a library clerk and eventually became the library specialist.
“Hope is an incredible self-starter who not only does her job at 100 percent, but she looks for ways to help the library department function well as a team, offering ideas to make things better for students and staff. Her dedication and pleasant personality make her a delightful person to have in our department. I’m lucky to work with her,” Koetzner said.
The Mendocino College Foundation has allocated $2,000 for 2009-10 for the first year of a classified staff recognition program, with one recipient selected Sept. 1, Nov. 16, Feb. 1 and April 16.
The recipient will be selected by the Mendocino College superintendent/president, two vice-presidents and director of human resources based on supervisor nominations, contributions to the college and longevity.
The winner will have the opportunity to decide which college program will receive $500 which can be used by that program in support of the college’s strategic goals.
Mendocino College’s strategic goals are the following: Become a learner-centered institution by focusing on student success; improve student access to college programs and services; enhance the student learning experience by providing educational, cultural and social opportunities beyond the classroom; maximize the procurement and efficient use of financial, human and physical resources; build new and stronger relationships with businesses, educators, agencies and other constituents of our communities.
Patterson requested that the $500 from the foundation be used for the Mendocino College Automotive Technology Program. The plan is to set up a small computer network in the auto tech lab, which students can use to look up parts and access the service/repair database. Currently, there is only one computer which is heavily used and students must wait in line.
For more information about Mendocino College, visit www.mendocino.edu .
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Carlé is yet again getting involved with the community, helping with the Lake County Community Co-Op. Starting on Oct. 8 two students will be working from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with JoAnn Saccato. We are really excited to be working with such a dynamic group and hope that in the future our school can help
working on the garden by the senior center in Clearlake.
Also, Carlé had a sign up for students that wanted to help serving, clearing tables and washing dishes at the Bass Tournament Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the senior center. The students that have volunteered to do community service have been earning their volunteer hours and have been a great help doing so.
Our school held a car wash at Pomo Elementary school washing the teachers' cars and others that wanted their car to be washed. We raised $181 that will be going to student government for future events. The students who helped out were Telli Clemons, Ashley Weibusch, Anthony Henson, Alyssa
England, Alex Vonrekowski, Bianca Frias, Paul Silsby and Halei Askew. Carlé would like to thank Pomo for giving our school the opportunity to raise money for our student council activities.
On Sept. 28 Paul Sisby and Will McAlister recorded Charlotte Knox a colleague of Dennis Parker at Pomo. Parker is helping Pomo implement a strategic schooling plan to raise the test scores of students. Paul and Will recorded Knox's samples of writing lessons for third and seventh grade students.
The edited recordings will be shown to the other teachers so that they can implement the same strategies.
On Oct. 7th Carli Tippett, a mother of one of last year's graduates, came to our school and cooked for the staff and student luncheon. This is a luncheon where each of Carlé's staff members picks a high-achieving student and takes them to this wonderful, home-cooked meal. The staff goes around the room anddetails the great things these students have done. Ms. Tippett works at the Corkman's Clippers Irish Pub in Clearlake as a chef and will be helping Carlé out running this luncheon about once a month.
“We are very thankful for her time and expertise in the kitchen and grateful that she is helping us out so much,” said Principal Ed Zander.
Carli Tippett might even come to Carlé more regularly to help teach a culinary class and give students
cooking tips.
We would like to congratulate Kodi Burr for getting student of the week. She has done exceptional work for our school by watching over the media room and helping to train our new crop of designers along with running the crew to help set up, serve and clean up the monthly dinner run by the Lower Lake Action Group. Keep up the great work!
Celebrating birthdays this week are Will McAlister, Josh Hays, and Marco Ochoa. We wish them a Happy Birthday.
We also have a new student this week Jakob Everhart, welcome to Carlé and we hope you enjoy our school.
Carlé Gold Level students are taking a trip to the pumpkin Patch at Wiloth Equine Therapy and Riding Center on Oct. 6. The students who worked well beyond what was expected of them will be able to pick a pumpkin, make a craft, take a hayride, ride a horse and participate in a pumpkin seed-spitting contest at the pumpkin patch. We would like to thank Wiloth for having us.
Kaitlyn Sliger is a student at Carlé Continuation High School in Lower Lake.