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VOL. 28, N0. 20
May 16, 2014
School district gives reply to Grand Jury report By Christina Macone-Greene with two of the recom-
Fire crews respond to a brush fire on Tuesday. The blaze grew from a 2-acre fire to more than 700 acres because of the heat and excessive winds. Photo by Tony Cagala
Bernardo Fire consumes 700 acres, mandatory evacuations issued By Christina Macone-Greene
REGION — At approximately 10:45 a.m., the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District received a call about smoke in the 4S Ranch area. As of 4 p.m., on Tuesday the fire has charred 700 acres and mandatory evacuations are issued at north Fairbanks ranch and along Artesian Road. Fire offi-
cials have listed the blaze at 5 percent contained. According to Julie Taber, public information officer of the RSF Fire Protection District, when units arrived at the scene they discovered approximately a 2-acre brush fire. “We called for additional resources right away due to the high and erratic winds,” Taber said.
Due to the winds and dry brush, the fire spread quickly. Taber said the fire burned right along the 4S Ranch and San Diego border. “Now, it has made its way to Fairbanks Ranch and down the south towards Carmel Valley and Rancho Peñasquitos,” she said. Initially firefighters
from Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego and Cal Fire were on the scene. Now, all units from San Diego County are there. “Currently, no structures are threatened in Fairbanks Ranch and along Artesian Road,” Taber said. Fairbanks Ranch residents are being evacuated to Torrey Pines High School at 3710 Del Mar Heights Rd.
Giving his career a stylish makeover Regarded RSF stylist branches into eco-friendly business
RANCHO SANTA FE — In an effort to increase the awareness and effectiveness for school safety, the San Diego County Grand Jury issued a report on March 24, 2014 entitled, “School Security: There Is No Greater Purpose.” It was sent to the San Diego School Districts. In its summary, the Grand Jury felt because school violence still “remains a viable threat,” the principle reason behind the report was to implement safety initiatives for its students, teachers and administrators. Out of nine recommendations, the Rancho Santa Fe School District replied to the San Diego Grand Jury regarding two of them. The district’s legal representative, Richard Currier, Esq., has been their external general counsel for 25 years. Currier pointed out
mendations. In fact, Currier already issued a letter to the Grand Jury regarding their two recommendations. One of which was 1410: Develop and publish a Security Awareness and Prevention Program that is geared specifically for parent participation to help them identify abnormal behaviors of their children and the resources to turn to for help. “Superintendent Delaney and I discussed this at some length, and in regard to all these recommendations, we thought it was quite frankly, ‘over the top’ to have a program that is geared specifically to parents to participate in it to identify abnormal behaviors and inform the district about them,” said Currier, adding how he thought its description was vague. Rather than having parents inform the district about abnormal be-
We were lucky enough to build a new school, where we were able to implement and add safety eatures to the new school that our old school did not have.” Lindy Delaney Superintedent, Rancho Santa Fe School District
By Christina Macone-Greene
RANCHO SANTA FE — Internationally, and especially in Rancho Santa Fe, Alex Schlange’s name is synonymous with style and creativity. Former owner of Salon Salon at the Fairbanks Village Plaza for the last 14 years, Schlange remains at the Ranch for his long-term clientele, but has also branched into something new. He’s the current chief executive officer of DynaKor Global LLC, with a satellite office based in Carlsbad. “As a stylist, my clientele had diversity with different businesses backgrounds as well as many entrepreneurs,” said Schlange, adding how they were his inspiration to try Alex Schlange, the former owner of Salon Salon, has branched out into a green consulting and marketing
TURN TO STYLIST ON A18 firm. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene
that from time to time, the Grand Jury focuses on various topics, will determine whether or not to investigate them, and if so, they then issue a report. Currently, school security is the report topic. Currier shared that seven of these nine recommendations by the Grand Jury were already being implemented such as identifying key personnel for school security; a school security plan for emergency response and preparedness; security training programs with outside support services such as local law enforcement, and, website access for Crime Stoppers and Students Speaking Out. While the Rancho Santa Fe School District takes school security highly seriously, Currier said, they did disagree
haviors, Currier said, the concern was more to be informed by the parents if a child were to make any threats with regard to the school or anyone at the school. The other was recommendation 14-15: Develop a plan for initiating school-to-parent communication channels that encourage parents and others to come forward and report behavioral problems that could result in violent behavior. “Our thoughts are that we don’t need a plan for that, maybe we just inform parents if you think there is a problem, pick up the phone and call the district administrator,” Currier said. Currier went on to say that sometimes there is an emphasis that a whole plan, procedure TURN TO REPORTON A20