by The Editors on September 25, 2007
These are the kind of stories that make us sigh and harken back to those quieter, gentler times when girls at a slumber party could go out and TP their friend’s house without the police being called. Well, Calavera Hills mom Jeanne Brandone “has had it with giggling young people sneaking into her yard in the middle of the night to toss toilet paper onto her trees” so she’s called the police and contacted a lawyer.
Hit by toilet-paper tossers twice in two weeks, Brandone has her suspicions that the incidents have something to do with her 16-year-old daughter . . . Brandone estimated that 25 to 30 rolls remained up on her roof, and she wants to hire someone to get the stuff off the palm trees. She’s now on the hunt for the perpetrators, she said. She’s got leads on a few possibilities, but she’s not releasing what she knows to the media. Her family lawyer has advised her that it’s better to keep her mouth shut, she said.
Talk about making things harder for your kids at school.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 24, 2007
Carlsbad High School’s Kaylee Weil has the classic earmarks of a motivated world dominator. The 17 year old is ranked first in her class of 800, she is the editor of the school newspaper, “studies calculus” and hopes to attend Stanford or Dartmouth, but that’s not all, according to a profile in the North County Times.
Weil said she spends as much time as she can working with “pro-peace” organizations. “I think a lot of students my age mistake peace for anti-war,” she said. “Those aren’t synonyms.” . . . For about a year, the 17-year-old has been involved with such groups as Kids for Peace, which is a parent-driven program; Americans for the Department of Peace, which advocates for the passage of a bill to create a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace; and the Student Peace Alliance, which is a student organization.
Anyone who can honestly say that “Peace” and “anti-war” aren’t synonyms has an extremely bright future in politics. That’s for certain.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 22, 2007
It may have been hidden in a copper box in the wall behind the dedication plaque, but the Carlsbad High School time capsule that was sealed away on September 13, 1957 reveals shocking news about the past: things were cheaper then, especially teachers and school administrators.
Also in the time capsule was the 1957-1958 Employee’s Manual for the “Oceanside-Carlsbad High School and College District” – now three separate institutions. The college district is now MiraCosta College. . . The manual details a salary schedule for teachers; first-year teachers started at $4,200 annually while the most educated teacher, with 14 years experience, pulled down $7,260. Administrator salaries ranged from $5,892 to $10,524. By comparison, teacher pay in Carlsbad ranges between $38,885 to $84,558. Superintendent John Roach makes $200,000 annually.
Small engine repair teacher Mike Cates heard rumors about the time capsule existence and decided to hunt for it.
Cates recruited carpenter Randy Sheldahl, a 1970 graduate of the school, to tear into an interior wall behind the plaque Wednesday night, accompanied by alums Ginny Unanue, Charla Boodry, Marianna Seeley and Clay Wiest, who served double duty as the school’s first librarian and English teacher. . . Using hand tools and an electric saw, Sheldahl cut away the wall to reveal a wood case built between framing studs. He pried away the front of the case to reveal the copper box, encrusted with bits of concrete and bearing what appeared to fingerprints.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 17, 2007
One of the things we’re going to miss most about the Acura Tennis Classic is the post-final Carlsbad High School Lancer Dancers and their center court rump shaking. The La Costa event may be gone, but the Lancer Dancers are alive and well. And they need your help.
On October 15, they will be holding their Seventh Annual Golf Tournament at The Crossings at Carlsbad.
The event will benefit the Lancer Dancers and junior varsity Xcalibur dance teams throughout the year. The $175 tournament fee includes a round of golf, dinner in The Crossings’ clubhouse and performances by the dance teams.
For more information about sponsorships, registration, and donations, click here.
[Link: Lancer Dancers via North County Times]
by The Editors on September 14, 2007
Soil samples from the proposed site of Carlsbad Unified School District’s new $95.4 million high school on the Eastern Front have been sent off to be analyzed as part of the environmental study of the project, according to a story in the North County Times.
The study is designed to show how the proposed school would affect the land and its surrounding neighbors, said Walter Freeman, assistant superintendent of business services with the Carlsbad Unified School District. The study must also propose ways to minimize any effects, he said.
Even a group started to preserve the area doesn’t seem to have a problem with the land being used for a new school. Which is a good thing
Diane Nygaard, the president of a conservation group called Preserve Calavera, said her group had hoped the district would leave the land untouched, but that they aren’t fighting plans for the campus. “We would love to see it become part of the preservation area but clearly the school district needs it for (the) school,” said Nygaard, referring to a swath of open space along Calavera Creek from south Oceanside, through Carlsbad to Vista.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 9, 2007
Carlsbad High School’s Austin Ganz gets profiled in the San Diego Union Tribune today. A member of the Carlsbad Lancer Surf Team Ganz is apparently a competition machine who wants to steal that State title back from San Dieguito Academy:
He will enter approximately 36 contests this winter season under sponsorships from No Fear, Walker Surfboards, K5, GFH Skateboards and WNC phones.. . . Ganz is pretty certain that the Lancers team will regain its spot as the No. 1 high school surf team in the nation; San Dieguito Academy recently nabbed that position.
We hope Ganz helps make that happen.
[Links: San Diego Union Tribune and Austin Surfing]
by The Editors on September 8, 2007
Apparently someone threatened two Carlsbad schools on Friday and that required sending officers and dogs to two of Carlsbad’s schools.
Police were checking the campuses at Carlsbad High School and Valley Middle School at midday today, in response to a reported threat. . . Students at both schools were taking their lunch breaks on a normal schedule as police K-9 officers searched classrooms. Neither school was put into a lock-down situation.
According to the North County Times story, no future details were available.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on September 3, 2007
Carlsbad’s new $12.5 million Pacific Ridge School in the Bressi Ranch development opens Wednesday with a seventh and ninth grade class and 108 students.
Built on 7.3 acres in Carlsbad’s Bressi Ranch development, the secular, nonreligious school took two years to plan and build, said Ellen Mullady, the head of the school. The idea for the school came from two local families who wanted a better education for their children. They attracted other families, eventually raising $7.4 million in donated seed money to build the school.
According to the North County Times the classes at Pacific Ridge will be limited to 15 students. The classes will be taught around a large oval oak table so all the teachers and students can see each other during class and “create conversations among students on any topic.”
One look at the school’s staff showed us that Pacific Ridge is not messing around when it comes to educational horsepower. This school is serious.
[Links: North County TImes and Pacific Ridge School]
by The Editors on July 14, 2007
Each year, for the past 17 years, San Diego County’s best graduating high school senior football players have come together for a classic battle of the North vs. the South. And last night, July 13, 2007, at Mesa College the South rose again against the North by winning 14-0 in the 17th Annual Alex Spanos All-Star Football Classic.
As is common in many All-Star games, the defenses dominated. In a scoreless first half, the North’s Ivory Herd of RBV was the leading rusher with 9 yards on 2 carries. La Costa Canyon’s Nick Witzman was a defensive stalwart for the North, racking up two of six first-half sacks.
Get all the details on the game by clicking the link.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on July 12, 2007
Nicole Vargas of the San Diego Union Tribune has listed all the San Diego High school graduate athletes who will continue playing at the intercollegiate level. We thought the list was a little too long, so we just cut it to the Carlsbad kids. You know, the ones we care about. For the complete list click the continue.
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