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VOL. 15, N0. 15
JULY 19, 2019
Math program adopted School district agrees to curriculum change By Christina Macone-Greene
DYN-O-MITE and Daisy during the Laughing Pony Rescue’s “big fat donkey wedding.” The pair is said to have fallen in love after being released from quarantine at the ranch. Photo courtesy of Laughing Pony Rescue
Wedding bells ring in new leases on life at rescue ranch By Lexy Brodt
RANCHO SANTA FE — At first glance, the horses, ponies and donkeys at Laughing Pony Rescue’s ranch look as pleased as can be — lounging in the sun, eating from a hanging bunch of hay or chasing each other around a pen. Two of the rescue ranch’s donkeys, Daisy and Dyn-O-mite, even took part in an equine wedding ceremony — with many
volunteers and supporters watching on as the pair walked down the aisle to Etta James’ “At Last.” But Daisy and Dyn-Omite, as well as the other dozen or so animals at the ranch, have all come from difficult, abusive and often shocking circumstances. The Rancho Santa Fe nonprofit, Laughing Pony Rescue, attempts to save these horses and rehabilitate them so they can be
adopted by loving families. The rescue’s founder, Celia Sciacca, estimates the rescue has saved as many as 1,500 horses, ponies and donkeys from slaughter since they opened their gates in 2009. Sciacca said about 150 animals have been saved this year alone. The rescue is assisted by a large network of volunteers and good Samaritans, based primarily in
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Texas, Washington and Tehachapi, California. Volunteers will go to nearby auctions to either bid or monetarily assist families in bidding on unwanted horses in order to save them from being bought by kill buyers and sent to slaughter. Many of the horses saved by the rescue come from either auctions or feedlots, but others have been rescued from Pre-
marin ranches, where pregnant mares are used for their urine, a primary ingredient in the drug Premarin. Volunteers will sometimes house the rescued horses, but many also end up at the ranch from locations as far as New Mexico and Canada. Sciacca said she has held up to 19 TURN TO RESCUE ON 11
RANCHO SANTA FE — Last month, the Rancho Santa Fe School Board adopted a new math program for both its elementary and middle schools. The new mathematical direction is aimed at a more vigorous, challenging and structured platform. According to Superintendent Donna Tripi, elementary students will be introduced to Everyday Mathematics while the middle school will be learning Open Up Resources by Illustrative Mathematics. Tripi said about a year and a half ago, the board asked then Superintendent David Jaffe to conduct a review of the R. Roger Rowe’s curriculum and instruction in math and literacy. “So, he (Jaffe) began this initiative with the principals, and they asked the county for some support with it,” said Tripi, noting there were focus sessions with parents and staff. “They brainstormed some guiding questions, and we then started with the math because they felt that was the greatest need.” Tripi said the current curriculum needed some work — some of the topics offered in the classroom were thought to be out of TURN TO MATH ON 10
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