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MAY 8, 2017 ISSUE 10, VOLUME 15
Admin dismantles Every 15 Minutes BY KAIA WHITNEY
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This year’s seniors will not participate in the Every 15 Minutes program that has been a fixture on campus for more than two decades. The main objective of this event was to alert seniors to the dangers of drinking and driving. In the last few years, however, some RHS staff and Student Government students believe that the event no longer effectively communi-
cates the seriousness of the issue. Administration has yet to decide an alternate program to replace “Every 15 Minutes,” but is currently on the lookout for more effective portrayals of the risks of distracted driving. Student Government adviser Brent Mattix believes that there may be more effective ways to communicate the dangers of drinking and driving. “We feel like the ‘Every 15 Minutes’ program has outlived its purpose and intent – to make an impact,” Mattix
said.
Teachers have observed that this event is now perceived as more of a performance intended for entertainment purposes, rather than an emotional event intended to spread awareness as it’s intended to be. Many factors were considered in this decision involving what will be most beneficial to the students, as well as what fits best into the RHS budget. “Cost really isn’t an issue when you E15M | Page 3
FILE PHOTO ROBBIE SHORT
RHS adminstrators have decided to discontinue the Every 15 Minutes program this year. Student Government advisor Brent Mattix said the program had “outlived its purpose.”
Security cameras to hit campus
SIGNS OF SOLIDARITY
BY ZOE STEPHENS
z.stephens@eyeofthetigernews.com
FILE PHOTO ROBBIE SHORT
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n response to the cancer diagnosis of RHS assistant principal Stephanie Malia (above), adminstrators shaved their heads (top) last week. Students and staff (left) also celebrated “Mrs. Malia Day” on Friday by wearing Malia’s favorite color, blue, and gathering for a group photo. MALIA | Page 5
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Nineteen cameras – which will record audio and color video – are slated for installation on Roseville High School’s campus as soon as this summer. The district expects the system to be fully operational by the end of the 2017-18 school year. Depending on the systems’ successes at RHS and Oakmont High School, district leaders may look to expand and install cameras on other sites throughout the district. The cameras will be installed outside, only in public spaces and will be connected to a mobile app with the potential for administrators to monitor the feeds via smartphones. Administrators hope the cameras will serve as a deterrent against vandalism and break-ins. RJUHSD assistant superintendent of business services Joe Landon thinks with this addition, site administrators will be able to help lower afterschool incidents like these. “Sometimes there’s violence right at the end of school,” Landon said. “I see that if we can get them running before school ends that could be helpful.”
District Budget changes reduce CTE WORKS offerings predicts pop. shifts BY SINO OULAD DAOUD
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This year, CTE WORKS provided Roseville Joint Union High School District students with a total of 18 different Career Technical Education courses to choose from at various schools in Placer County. For the 2017-18 school year, students can only choose from seven. CTE WORKS replaced the 49er Regional Occupational Program, which outlined dozens of courses ranging in subjects from child psychology to construction, providing Placer County students with a hands-on experience outside of school hours and job opportunities at no cost to their course schedules or wallets. “The County Office of Education used to receive a ton of funding for what used to be ROP classes and became CTE WORKS. The county has a very
small budget now,” RJUHSD superintendent Ron Severson said. Now, funding is focused on CTE Programs of Study – a sequence of linear courses, led by a CTE credentialed teacher, designed to build technical job skills. “The funding formulas have changed in California – the whole direction of CTE in the state of California has changed,” Severson said. “The governor initiated two different grants; they require you to have a sequence of courses that moves into a job field – that you have industry partners prepare a real pathway for a student to have really excellent job skills, and a one-time class doesn’t provide that level of preparation.” A recent self-report by CTE WORKS reveals the 2013 switch to the Local Control Funding Formula, as opposed to state funding, led to hefty budget cuts at the Placer County Office
This article is the first of a two-part series on the sixth high school’s potential impacts on enrollment distribution in the district.
BY MARC CHAPPELLE
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Above, senior Sean Granucci wraps a fellow Sports Medicine student’s foot. The class will not be offered to students next school year due to district budget reallocations.
of Education, pairing with a steady decline in enrollment. Last year’s countywide enrollment at 973 students dropped to 761 this year, with a class average of 19 students per instructor. And while in 2011, ROP employed 36 teachers, CTE WORKS employed just
16 this year. That teacher employment number continues to drop, as teachers like Sports Medicine instructor for CTE WORKS Thomas Pass see their classes cancelled for 2017-18. CTE WORKS | Page 2
Schools around the district may have to prepare for campuses with hundreds of fewer students within the next seven years, according to most recent enrollment projections. Due in part to the opening of the sixth high school as early as fall 2020, Oakmont High School’s attendance boundary may yield 394 fewer students by the 2023-24 school year. Although for some campuses like OHS, a potential decrease in student enrollment could be a return to form. SHIFT | Page 3
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