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MARCH 19, 2018 ISSUE 7, VOLUME 17
Recent threats prompt district security reassessment This article is the first of a two-part series on Roseville High School’s campus safety. Look out for the April 23, 2018 edition for the second article, centered around campus traffic and facility related hazards. BY CAM MEDRANO
c.medrano@eyeofthetigernews.com
Amid recent security threats against schools throughout the Roseville Joint Union High School District, Roseville High School administrators began to develop a growing sense of awareness for possible hazards that may challenge campus security. RHS principal David Byrd believes that this newfound point of view will aid the security of
each school site, as district officials strive to improve student and faculty safety. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a heightened sense of security,” Byrd said. “I think that’s what we’ve been on in the last month nationwide.” Pre-existing organizations, such as site safety teams, work to establish organization for campus safety measures. Each school within RJUHSD maintains a crisis response team SAFETY | Page 2
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Left, youth resource officer Marc Kelley stands aside gates at the head of Campo Street. Above, past the RHS cafeteria, students exit through an alley at the end of Campo that remains open.
WEDNESDAY, THREE NIGHTS A WEEK
Policy, campus AP advocates
deter students
from CC classes BY NICOLE KHUDYAKOV
n.khudyakov@eyeofthetigernews.com
COURTESY RHS THEATRE CO.
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oseville High Scool Theatre Company put on three performances of “The Addams Family” musical last weekend. Above, senior Brooklyn Pontoni as Morticia, freshman Shaelene Wortham as Wednesday, junior Doug Pomin as Lucas, junior Jonna Giorgi as Alice and junior John Wallasch as Mal perform on stage. “The Addams Family” will draw its curtains for three more shows this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. REVIEW | Page 9
MARCH 22, 23, 24 7 p.m. in the Patti Baker Theater
TICKETS $8 for students, $10 for adults
Community input guides superintendent search BY DANIELLE BENNETT d.bennett@eyeofthetigernews.com
With current RJUHSD superintendent Ron Severson set to retire on June 30, the district selected recruitment agency McPherson and Jacobson to aid
them in the search for Severson’s successor. The company began holding meetings at schools within the district to gain input from students and staff on what they expect to see from the new superintendent. Search consultants Bob Fer-
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Search consultant Marilyn Shepherd listens as RHS staff members share qualities they would like to see in an ideal superintendent in a March 9 meeting.
guson and Marilyn Shepherd conducted the meetings at each school site, covering what the attendees would want to see in the new superintendent. Those unable to attend the meetings can provide their input in an online survey linked on the district’s and each school’s website. “This company really likes getting the voices of the people that are going to be served by the leader involved,” Shepherd said. “Their approach is to hear what they are going to have to say and then all that information is going to be made public.” RHS English teacher Kelly Capell attended a meeting at Roseville High and feels the meeting provided a necessary forum of discussion but was limited by the number of participants. “It’s a really good oppor-
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tunity for us as teachers to be very clear about our hopes and expectations for this next set of leadership and it makes us feel more validated,” Capell said. “I wish more teachers had been able to attend, but I know that many teachers came to me and the other teachers to be a voice and ears in there.” Ferguson and Shepherd will reach out to candidates that meet the district criteria, vet the applicants and from there draw recommendations for the district. They will then present the recommendations and outside input to the board on April 26, where they will finalize the rest of the timeline. Currently, the company intends for the board to select from those applicants people to interview May 1 and 2, projecting the May 8 board meeting as the date to select a new superin SUPER | Page 3
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Recent alterations of RJUHSD’s grading policies and frequent onsite advocation of AP classes over other course selection options aims to deter students from enrolling in college courses outside of the school district over classes available on-campus. RJUHSD superintendent of curriculum Jess Borjon plays a large role in overseeing and observing how classes within the district come together and develop in ways that benefit students. According to Borjon, it is more difficult to assess knowledge gained from observations of an off-campus class due to limited exposure, making it difficult to determine the level of rigour and variation between each class. “All places vary in what classes offered – instructional practice, regularity of assignments, actual assessment practice,” Borjon said. “For me, it really was that variety or broad range of how one institution might vary from another that I felt like it was very difficult if not impossible to try to look at all outside institutions in the same way.” Borjon believes classes taken by students on campus grounds are typically much simpler to evaluate through both regular assessments and AP exams, and outside parties, such as college board. “The internal mechanism to assess what a teacher’s doing in district is pretty straightforward,” Borjon said. “It’s homegrown, its our own teachers, it’s our own curriculum, so I think we can validate it that way.” Roseville High School principal David Byrd believes students choose to enroll in courses outside of RJUHSD due to their curiosity in classes not offered on site or as an attempt to “accelerate their learning” and increase their GPA. Byrd hopes recent actions taken by the district will lead students away from the idea of taking classes off-campus as part of their GPA boost, even if it may discourage certain students from taking college classes. “I think district-wide we’re PUSH | Page 3
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