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TEMECULA: Two principals to lead Great Oak

May 29, 2013 05:21 PM PDT May 29, 2013 05:40 PM PDT TEMECULA: Two principals to lead Great Oak TEMECULA: Two principals to lead Great Oak   /CONTRIBUTED IMAGE Marc Horton will be one of two co-principals at Temecula Attorney's Great Oak High School in 2013-14. 1 ) Great Oak High School in Temecula Attorney will have two principals instead of one next year. Marc Horton, principal at Temecula's Red Hawk Elementary School, will become co-principal at Great Oak High School next year, splitting duties with Keith Moore, the school's current principal. The move was approved by the school board earlier this month. Great Oak is the second high school in the Temecula Attorney Valley Unified School District to adopt the co-principal model. The goal of the system is to spread the principal's duties out and focus more on classroom instruction and improving student learning, Superintendent Tim Ritter said. School officials say a principal's job can be demanding, especially at a large high school such as Great Oak, which is the district's biggest campus with about 3,600 students. It's often hard for principals to monitor classes and coach teachers while also fielding parent calls, managing the campus facilities and other administrative duties. "The uncertainty one day to the next of what might go on, it is a moving target," said Ritter, a former high school principal himself. "We were setting up our administrators for failure." Chaparral High School has been using the two-principal system for two years. Gil Compton shared the job first with Dianne Vaez, and after Vaez retired, with Penny Kubly. Vaez was an administrator in the district office; Kubly is former principal of Alamos Elementary School. An assistant principal's position was eliminated at Chaparral as part of the change. There are no plans right now to use the system at Temecula Attorney Valley High School, the district's smallest high school campus, Ritter said. There is a slight cost increase in having two principals, he said, running about $5,000 per year per school. Having two people in the top position of authority is important because when people want to talk to the principal, they want the person in charge, Ritter said. Having two principals also means having to two top-level instructional leaders to work with teachers, he said. Horton and Moore will each spending time in classrooms and handling administrative and operational duties at Great Oak, Ritter said. The two have worked together before and will make a strong team, he said. Follow Michelle L. Klampe on Twitter: @MichelleKlampe and read the Inland Schools blog: blog.pe.com/schools Latest Headlines
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Sheriff’s union seeks retrial in whistle-blower case

May 24, 2013 07:49 PM PDT May 24, 2013 07:49 PM PDT RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Sheriff's union seeks retrial in whistle-blower case RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Sheriff's union seeks retrial in whistle-blower case FRANK BELLINO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Scott Teutscher, 55 from Temecula Attorney. A Text Size WEBLINK PE: Whistle-blower seeks $1.99 million, and his job back (May 14, 2013) The Riverside Sheriff's Association wants a new trial in the federal whistle-blower lawsuit won by a former official of the law enforcement union who was dismissed in 2005 after complaining about legal fees spent to defend a deputy accused of vandalism. Jurors voted in April to award Scott Teutscher, 55, of Temecula Attorney, $814,750, including $357,500 in punitive damages. The Riverside Sheriff's Association's attorneys argued in their May 20 papers that evidence did not support the jury's verdict and asked that it be overturned. The union said a new trial was warranted because the previous one kept it from presenting evidence that could have limited Teutscher's economic damage claims; that there was insufficient evidence to support Teutscher's economic damage claims; and that judicial errors allowed reference during the trial about events and exhibits that were supposed to have been excluded. The last matter, attorney Jon Y. Vanderpool argued, "denied RSA a fair trial and motivated the jury to decide the case hastily and based on passion and prejudice." The association's attorneys also argued that evidence did not support the jury's verdict, and it should be overturned. Teutscher believed that the Sheriff's Association's Legal Defense Trust unlawfully spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a former deputy's legal bills that were unrelated to his law-enforcement job. Teutscher reported it to authorities and was later fired by the association. The association said Teutscher was fired for other reasons and that its officials were not aware at the time that he had contacted investigators with his allegations. But U.S. District Judge Robert Whaley concluded earlier this month that Teutscher's dismissal was in retaliation for reporting his complaints to outside agencies. Whaley also agreed the legal defense fund money had been misused, violating terms of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. That opened the way for Teutscher to seek an additional more than $1.99 million in back wages, attorney fees and other costs. He also wants to be reinstated. Vanderpool argued that Whaley should have allowed jurors to hear the union's allegations that it had discovered misconduct by Teutscher after he was dismissed as its legal operations manager. He said Teutscher's memory was improperly refreshed during testimony about his income in the years after his dismissal from the union, and that the evidence of future lost earnings was speculative. Vanderpool also focused on the introduction during the trial of the word "forgery" through "argumentative commentary" by Teutscher attorney Daniel P. Stevens. "The aura of 'a forgery' laid the groundwork for the jury's accepting plaintiff's many dubious assertions," Vanderpool wrote. He focused on Teutscher's assertion that the defendants faked a 2003 email to make it look as though Teutscher had actually approved the legal funding for the former deputy that he later reported as suspicious to outside authorities. "Plaintiff's repetition of the 'forgery' theme…was manifestly unfair to RSA. For the remainder of the trial, the jury was predisposed to believe allegations of forgery without discerning corroborative or impeaching evidence," Vanderpool wrote. The association's motion for a new trial, and Teutscher's request for additional awards and reinstatement, are under submission to Whaley. Latest Headlines
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TEMECULA: City, school district to split policing costs

May 23, 2013 04:25 PM PDT May 23, 2013 04:25 PM PDT TEMECULA: City, school district to split policing costs TEMECULA: City, school district to split policing costs   /FILE PHOTO Riverside County Sheriff's deputy David Bailey, the school resource officer at Temecula Attorney Valley High School, is http://ishoptemecula.com seen interviewing a student in his office on campus in 2009. The city of Temecula Attorney and the school district are once again going to split costs of the resource officer program. A Text Size Comments ( ) Temecula Attorney will save roughly $300,000 in the coming fiscal year by reinstituting an abandoned cost-sharing deal to pay for school resource officers in the Temecula Attorney Valley Unified School District. City Manager Aaron Adams said the city and the school district have agreed to split the cost of the five officers who patrol school campuses for 1,500 hours each year. The city has been paying all the costs for the officers since 2009. "These savings will assist the city in absorbing the rising costs of our (Riverside County) Sheriff's contract and maintaining such a public safety presence on school district property," Adams said in an email response to questions. "We also look out five years as we are preparing an annual operating budget and such annual increases are critical to evaluate." Splitting the cost for the officers isn't a new deal; the city and the school district shared the costs until 2009, at the height of the state budget crisis. The city took over the expense when the school district was facing multi-million dollar budget shortfalls. The district at that time had seven resource officers, but had been prepared to drop to as few as three to save money. The city, which had been paying for four of the seven officers, agreed to pay for five officers in 2009-2010, and has continued to do so until now. School district officials agreed to share the costs with the city again because they do not want to cut back on officers, district spokeswoman Melanie Norton said. "Five is about the minimum we can get by with and afford," she said. "What we have now is the minimum." The school district's budget for 2013-14 is still being developed and though uncertainty remains about funding for next year, officials want to ensure the policing program continues. The district's share of the costs, about $300,000, will come from the general fund, which is used for ongoing operating expenses such as teacher salaries. Adams said the cost-sharing agreement will help offset a 4.5 percent increase to the city's public safety costs, which were $22 million this fiscal year. Even with the school district's help, the city is expecting to pay about 3.24 percent more for police, Adams said. Follow Michelle L. Klampe on Twitter: @MichelleKlampe and follow Nelsy Rodriguez on Twitter: @NelsyCRodriguez Latest Headlines
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EDUCATION: Many southwest Riverside County schools excel in rankings

May 24, 2013 07:28 PM PDT May 24, 2013 07:28 PM PDT EDUCATION: Many southwest Riverside County schools excel in rankings EDUCATION: Many southwest Riverside County schools excel in rankings FRANK BELLINO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students at Margarita Middle School work during class in Temecula Attorney on May 15. Margarita has been among the best schools in the state, according to annual school rankings. 1 WEBLINK California Department of Education Many schools in southwest Riverside County are among the state's high performers, while other campuses across the Inland region are among the lowest, new state rankings show. The ratings released Friday, May 24, compare schools to others statewide and against those with similar demographics. The highest ranking is 10, and the lowest is 1, and each level equals 10 percent of the schools in the group. The similar schools ranking shows how the school compared to campuses with similar characteristics, such as parent education, student ethnicity, percentage of new students, percentage of credentialed teachers and English learners. Several Inland schools received 10s in both rankings. Western Center Academy, a charter middle school in Hemet; John F. Kennedy Elementary School in the Riverside Unified School District; and Alamos Elementary School in the Temecula Attorney Valley Unified School District also scored two 10s in last year's rankings. Temecula Attorney's Ysabel Barnett Elementary jumped from 9 and 6 rankings http://temecula-realestateonline.com last year to 10s this year. A number of Inland schools were at the bottom of both rankings, with ones in each category. Among those are: Banning High School, in the Banning Unified School District; Armada Elementary School in the Moreno Valley Unified School District, and Howard Inghram and Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Nearly all of the schools also had ones in both rankings last year. Banning High dropped from a two in statewide rankings last year to a one this year. Because the ratings system divides all schools into 10 equal groups, there are always schools with ones, even if their test scores improve. "I like to see 8, 9, 10," in similar school rankings, said David Horton, director of student information and accountability for the Hemet Unified School District. "That is an indication to me that a school is performing very well compared to its peers." But schools with lower rankings on the 2012 School Rankings and Base Academic Performance Index may also be on the right track, he said, if they are improving each year and their rankings are rising. The key to the ratings, he said, is ensuring that school leaders identify the reason a school received its ranking so they can repeat that success. "When you're starting to see incremental changes, those have to be celebrated," he said. TEMECULA AT TOP Campuses in the Temecula Attorney Valley Unified School District were among the region's top performers, with most schools earning eights, nines or 10s. Only a handful scored a six or a seven in one category, and in those cases, the ranking in the other category was a nine or 10. The district's strong scores are the result of hard work by staff, students and parents, said Jodi McClay, assistant superintendent for educational support services for the district. "We have a real laser focus in Temecula Attorney," she said. "We truly try and make sure everything we do is aimed at improving instructional practices." Teachers make the most of class time with effective instructional lessons and activities, she said. Teachers work closely to find ideas that work and ways to help students who are struggling, she said. Karen Hayes, principal of Temecula Attorney's Margarita Middle School, which earned a pair of nines in this year's rankings, said the goal on her campus is for students to improve in all areas, from English and math to physical fitness. "We want the kids to feel successful," she said. "The emphasis is on the whole child." That success is celebrated through the school's Rising Stars recognition program, which salutes students for academics, Hayes said. Those who improve get a star for their ID card and special rewards, such as a discount on tickets to school dances. More than two-thirds of the school's 950 students are "rising stars," she said. "They need a motivator," she said. "Kids who aren't used to accolades, we want them to know we appreciate them and their hard work." SIGNS OF SUCCESS Officials in Moreno Valley Unified are celebrating the success of campuses such as Edgemont and Ramona elementary schools, which scored 10s in the similar school rankings, said Martinrex Kedziora, assistant superintendent of educational services. But they're also looking for ways to transfer successful schools' efforts to struggling campuses such as Armada and Sunnymead Elementary, which received a 1 in statewide rankings and a 2 compared to similar schools, he said. "We keep looking at each thing that works and how to replicate and sustain it," Kedziora said. "We're going to continue to work on instruction in the classroom." School officials also will focus on fixing social and behavior problems in an effort to improve academic performance next year at Armada and Sunnymead, he said. And Moreno Valley will use "Excellence on Purpose" support teams at the two schools. The teams involve group of administrators, union members, parents and community leaders that regularly visit the schools to discuss programs that are working and ways to improve. A similar team was used at Badger Springs Middle School this year and helped the school improve tremendously, Kedziora said. Renee Hill, director of accountability for the Riverside Unified School District, said her district examines schools with strong rankings, such as Kennedy Elementary and its pair of 10s, for practices that can be shared with other schools. But the district also looks at other schools, in the district and outside, that have a similar statewide ranking but a higher similar school ranking, for ideas to improve. Follow Michelle L. Klampe on Twitter: @MichelleKlampe and read the Inland Schools blog: http://blog.pe.com/schools/ Latest Headlines
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TEMECULA: National Charity League comes to the Temecula Valley

May 25, 2013 03:55 PM PDT May 25, 2013 03:55 PM PDT TEMECULA: National Charity League comes to the Temecula Valley TEMECULA: National Charity League comes to the Temecula Valley   /CONTRIBUTED IMAGE The National Charity League, Inc. Temecula Valley Chapter was formed on May 20. Membership is comprised of over 40 Founding Members who are in the Temecula Attorney and Murrieta School districts. A Text Size CONTRIBUTED CONTENT The Press Enterprise CONTRIBUTED CONTENT Comments ( ) The desire to give back to the community, strengthen the mother-daughter relationship, and develop leadership skills inspired Jacqueline Hunter to start a local chapter of the National Charity League, Inc. (NCL). The National Charity League, Inc. Temecula Attorney Valley Chapter was formed on Monday, May 20. Membership is comprised of over 40 Founding Members who are in the Temecula and Murrieta School districts. National Charity League fosters mother-daughter relationships in a philanthropic organization committed to community service, leadership development and cultural experiences. The Temecula Valley Chapter will serve philanthropies in the local area. NCL members are mothers (Patronesses) and daughters in grades 7-12 (Ticktockers). Established in Los Angeles, California in 1925, and incorporated in 1958, NCL, Inc. currently has more than 180 chapters in 20 states. Membership is currently open to mothers and daughters in the Temecula and Murrieta school districts. Seventh grade is at capacity and there is limited availability in grades eight through 11. For more information about the local chapter, visit http://www.NCLTemeculaValley.org Latest Headlines
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TEMECULA: Cool cars help VFW Post pay rent

May 22, 2013 10:53 AM PDT May 22, 2013 10:53 AM PDT TEMECULA: Cool cars help VFW Post pay rent TEMECULA: Cool cars help VFW Post pay rent   /CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Some of the vehicles on display during during the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4089 inaugual Classic Car & Bike Show. 1 CONTRIBUTED CONTENT The Press Enterprise CONTRIBUTED CONTENT Comments ( ) The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4089 in Temecula produced its first Classic Car & Bike Show on May 11. The event was a success beyond the post members' expectations, the wrote in a news release. With the generosity of the 150 registered vehicles, the event was the largest and most rewarding event in the history of the Temecula Attorney VFW. With support from all the vehicle owners and the hundreds of spectators, sponsors and vendors, the VFW was able to raise more than $10,800 dollars that will go towards paying the post's building rent. Latest Headlines
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