SBCUSD Board Of Education Sets Special Meeting To Interview Candidates For Open Trustee Seat Monterey Park Mass Shooting Update On Victims at LAC+USC Medical Center

January 23, 2023 (Los Angeles): The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) has issued the following statement on behalf of Jorge Orozco, Chief Executive Officer at LAC+USC Medical Center where 4 of the 10 victims were taken for care following the Monterey Park Mass shooting that took place on Saturday January 21st:

Medical Center, one remains in serious condition. The remaining two patients are recovering. Our medical teams are working around the clock to care for them, and we remain hopeful for their complete recoveries.

“Out of respect for our patients and their loved ones, we cannot comment further on these patients or their injuries, however we continue to offer our support to their families during this most difficult time.

Omnitrans CEO/GM Named Woman of the Year

The San Bernardino City Unified Board of Education will hold a special meeting on January 24 to interview 10 candidates who applied to fill a provisional seat on the governing board.

At its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, January 17, the Board will discuss the interview process and finalize interview questions that will be asked of candidates at a special Board of Education meeting set for January 24 at 5:30 p.m. Ten people who live in the District’s attendance boundaries and meet other eligibility criteria applied for a two-year appointment to fill a vacancy created when Dr. Gwendolyn Dowdy-Rodgers was elected to the San Bernardino County Board of Education in November 2022.

Following the conclusion of all interviews, the Board plans to make an appointment on the night of January 24. The appointee would take the oath of office and be sworn in on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.

Board President Dr. Scott Wyatt is looking forward to working with a new trustee and a complete, seven-member board.

“We look forward to welcoming a new Board member who will help us continue our work to Make Hope Happen for the more than 46,000 students we serve in San Bernardino and Highland,” Wyatt said.

School board members are locally elected public officials entrusted with governing a community’s public schools. The role of a school board is to ensure that the district is responsive to the values, beliefs, and priorities of the communities it serves. Boards fulfill this role by setting direction and policy, ensuring accountability, and providing community leadership as advocates for children and families, the school district, and public schools. Board members work together as a governance team with the superintendent to make decisions that best serve all the students in the community.

The January 24 Board of Education meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Dr. Margaret Hill Community Room, 777 North F Street in San Bernardino. The meeting will be livestreamed on the District’s YouTube channel.

“The tragic events from this past weekend have shaken our communities to the core. On behalf of our medical teams and staff, I want to express our sincerest condolences to all who have been touched by this tragedy. As a health care provider, we are both saddened and outraged by this latest act of gun violence that has taken precious lives and left families and a community in mourning.

“Our heroic staff at LAC+USC Medical Center have worked tirelessly to care for the four victims entrusted to our care. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we are saddened to share that one of the victims has succumbed to their extensive injuries. We want to express our deepest sympathies to their families and loved ones.

“Of the remaining victims receiving care at LAC+USC

“LAC+USC is one of five Level I Trauma Centers serving Los Angeles County, and the only such Center serving the community of East Los Angeles. Our talented physicians, nurses, and medical staff are among the most skilled and experienced in the United States, making LAC+USC a world-class medical center and teaching hospital. As part of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, which operates four hospitals in Los Angeles County, LAC+USC provides exceptional care to all in need, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, immigration status, or ability to pay.

“We will provide updates as circumstances evolve. In the meantime, we continue to express our most heartfelt condolences to all who have been impacted by this senseless tragedy.”

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Omnitrans career to and have Omnitrans recognized for the strategic and important work the agency is doing,” said Rogers. “I am proud of Omnitrans’ initiatives to connect our community, and of our team.”

Rogers was nominated and selected by WTS member voting for her leadership in transit service innovation and effectiveness, and her development of women in key roles. Omnitrans’ senior leadership team is 50 percent female, including the agency’s first female director of maintenance. The agency also partners with WTS on events such Classroom to Career days to expose students to professional possibilities in the industry and build the next generation of transit leaders.

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WTS’s mission is to attract, sustain, connect and advance women’s careers to strengthen the transportation industry. “[Rogers] is inspirational,” said WTS Inland Empire Chapter President Stephanie Blanco.

Avg college student must work 4x more hours on min wage than 30 yrs ago to cover tuition - Report

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MyElearningWorld released a new report showing that the average college student in 2023 has to work about 4x as many hours on minimum wage as a student 30 years ago to access the same education.

Important Findings: 30 years ago, the average student at a public university could pay for a full year of tuition by working around 500 hours at a minimum wage job

Today, the same student would have to work 2,022 hours on average at a minimum wage job to cover a year of tuition at a public university (~39 hours each week, all year long)

Students who want to attend a private university would have to work about 4,646 hours on average at a minimum wage job to cover a year of tuition (~89 hours each week, every week of the year)

You can view the full report, along with our analysis, here: https://myelearningworld.com/ college-tuition-minimum-wagestudy/

The report also includes a state-by-state breakdown of the data, showing how much students in each state would need to work to pay tuition.

SBCUSD Announces Start Times For Next School Year

After carefully considering the impact that new school start times will have on students, families, and employees, the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education selected the class schedule that most closely resembles the current schedule and is overwhelmingly supported by parents.

Elementary School Current 8:50 a.m.–3:30 p.m. New 8:50 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Middle School Current 7:40 a.m.–2:11 p.m. New 8 a.m.–2:31 p.m.

High School Current 7:30 a.m.–2:35 p.m. New 8:30 a.m.–3:35 p.m.

The new start and end times will be effective the first day of school for the 2023–2024 school year and are necessary to comply with Senate Bill 328, which requires high schools to begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. and middle schools no earlier than 8 a.m. SB 328 made California the first state in the U.S. to mandate later start times for teens due to evidence that their natural sleepwake cycle is different from children and adults, making it harder for them to get a good night’s sleep if school starts too early.

SBCUSD began studying the impact of later start times for secondary students during the 2018-2019 school year and formed a Late Start Task Force to seek input from students, families, and employees. Families who provided input voiced various concerns, including lack of before and after-school supervision for children and the length of time that younger students would be riding the school bus.

That’s why the Board of Education sought input from hundreds of families, students, and employees for two years before selecting the schedule option that would have the least impact. The option that the Board of Education selected in December 2022 and was also widely supported by families has elementary school students attending class from 8:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., as they do now, while middle school students will be in school from 8 a.m. to 2:31 p.m. High school students will attend class from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., an hour later than this school year.

Although there is no impact to elementary school start times, the change to later class times for middle and high school students will cost an estimated $44.1 million dollars in transportation expenses due to additional buses and drivers that will be needed.