COLTON COURIER We ekly
Vol 148, NO. 18
April 16, 2020
County’s ef for t to shelter homeless underway
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MJ DUNCAN
Above: 20 trailers are set up at Glen Helen Regional Park, each will accommodate one person or a family of two.
Right: Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Josie Gonzales and Sheriff John McMahon preview trailers.
San Manuel provides food to community Pg. 4
SB Community College District makes face shields, donates to healthcare workers Pg. 8
Support our local restaurants Pg. 3
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By Maryjoy Duncan
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n alignment with Governor Gavin Newsom’s Project to shelter Roomkey extremely vulnerable individuals experiencing homelessness to protect them from COVID-19 by securing hotel rooms and travel trailers, the County of San Bernardino unveiled 20 statefunded trailers set up at Glen Helen Regional Park in Devore on Monday, April 13.
According to Supervisor Janice Rutherford the trailers provide the opportunity to place “high risk individuals off the street and in shelter for their safety and for the wellbeing of the greater community.”
Each trailer can house one person or a family of two. Occupants will sign agreements requiring them to remain on the park grounds for the duration of the emergency.
According to CaSonya Thomas, San Bernardino County Human Services Assistant Executive Officer, individuals are being identified by the County Department of Public Health and the Hospital Association to be placed in trailers over the next few days, those who need isolation who are either COVID-19 positive or COVID-19 exposed
but do not require hospitalization or ready for hospital discharge. “High risk population individuals 65 and older, and underlying health conditions – those are the priority groups established through the Governor’s Project Roomkey,” Thomas explained. Shelter, cont. on next pg.
Colton Joint Unified School District students utilize Homework Hotline By Manny B. Sandoval
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omework Hotline is a free over-the-phone tutoring center aiding students from 4th to 12th grades with both math and science. The hotline center is located in Claremont and funded by the Simons Foundation and Harvey Mudd College. “I like to utilize the Homework Hotline as an additional tool and resource at Colton Middle School. Being able to provide this resource to students so they can have another way to advocate for themselves is important,” said Sanya Valdivia, response-tointervention teacher at Colton Middle School. The program has been active since 2010 and acts as a tool when the student is at home and gets stuck on a problem with no one to assist. “This definitely helps in the sense of reducing frustration and
some anxiety between student and their parents. We have had a lot of parents express their inability to assist students with their homework, especially math homework. Since we adopted common core, and since many parents didn't go through common core math, they're unable to understand how to help their students,” continued Valdivia. The hotline was first promoted to Colton High School students and after many successful testimonials…the hotline was recommended to the middle and elementary schools. “This program is also used at the high school level and students have found it helpful. They gave us testimonial and they like that they can just text a photo of homework or specific math problems to receive assistance; its very convenient,” Valdivia said. Parents and students interested in utilizing the Homework Hotline should call Hotline, cont. on next pg.
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RICHARD MATNEY
Students in CJUSD are utilizing Harvey Mudd College’s Homework Hotline and strengthening their understanding of math and science.