RIALTO RECORD Weekly
Vol 1 9, NO. 33
April 29, 2 021
Rialto Unified School District’s Edgar Montes is a Distinguished Ser vice Award honoree
By Manny B. Sandoval
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ialto Unified School District Board of Vice Education President Edgar Montes was awarded the “Distinguished Service Award” from the San Bernardino County School Board Association and San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools on April 26 at the district’s Spring Awards Ceremony. Montes, who was first elected to the RUSD Board of Education in 2010, is being recognized as an educator/school board member who has made a positive, direct, ongoing impact on significant segments of public education. “I’m very honored to be receiving this recognition. After serving the community for a number of years it’s great to know that all Montes, cont. on next pg.
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RUSD Vice President, Edgar Montes, at his first graduation ceremony in 2009 honoring a graduate at Carter High School. (Pictured in the center is former SB assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter, namesake of Carter High School.)
Rialto sees overall employment quickly retur ning to pre-pandemic levels
ialto’s economy is showing signs of roaring back, having recovered nearly 71% of the 6,500 jobs lost during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An analysis of local labor data from the California Employment Development Department shows that employers in Rialto have added 4,600 jobs since April 2020, when the city’s unemployment rate had jumped to 15.5%. As of March, that rate has dropped to 9.2% while total employment has climbed to 41,500. The 71% jobs recovery rate is slightly ahead of the San Bernardino County average, which ranks among the highest among counties in California. More remarkably, the city and county have reached that level of recovery just one year out from the start of the pandemic. By conEmployment, cont. on next pg.
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The 71% jobs recovery rate is slightly ahead of the San Bernardino County average, which ranks among the highest among counties in California.