Voters send $16 million Valentine to winning team of teachers and administrators focused on student progress

By Patric Hedlund, TME

A sense of excitement rippled through the El Tejon Unified School District board meeting last week. It was the good kind of excitement—with a lot less visible drama than you’d have seen five years ago.

Stability is the new normal at ETUSD, as is steady progress in student learning, according to state achievement tests.

Teachers and administrators were eager last week to…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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ETUSD Superintendent Rod Wallace visits with students over lunch.

In May 2018, Wallace called voters to answer questions about the school bond, in advance of the election. Measure D passed.

Pretty in pink: Yvonne Birds, Hazel Helliwell, Patric Hedlund and Robin Willoughby all wait their turn for a mammogram at the Community Health Fair. They all agreed that ‘free’ is a great price for a $100 mammogram, and they are free if you call for an appointment in advance. See ad on page 7 for details.

Los Padres Kung Fu San Soo students will give demonstrations of healthy exercise. There will be music, healthy food, free health tests, surprises…and those free shoes for the kids.

(l-r) ETUSD Trustees Misty Johnston, Sabrina Rouser and Lark Shillig

Not shown: John Fleming and Lisa Duncan

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