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10.17.16 Volume 15 Issue 280
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WHAT’S UP WESTSIDE ..................PAGE 2 HALLOWEEN MAKEUP ..................PAGE 3 INITIATIVE REFORM ......................PAGE 4 EARTH TALK ....................................PAGE 5 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ............PAGE 6
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Butterfly release to support SMMUSD approves $1.25M in expenses educational achievement BY MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff Writer
The Emily Shane Foundation will release a 1,000 native California butterflies at Bluff ’s Park in Malibu on Nov. 13 in tribute to the mentors and role models who have made a difference in the lives of local youth. 13-year old Emily Shane was tragically murdered on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in April 2010 and her parents, Michel and Ellen, started The Emily Shane Foundation in 2012 as a way to honor their daughter.
The foundation provides individualized, intensive mentoring to struggling and or failing middle school students in the mainstream classroom. Emily was smart and capable yet struggled in school due to processing challenges. She attended middle school at Malibu High School and struggled everyday in class with dyslexia making classwork more difficult. It was through the help of outside support that she was able to succeed. After Emily passed Ellen
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN
ARTS EDUCATION
Daily Press Staff Writer
Several orders for arts education were approved, including more than $345,000 to P.S. ARTS and $18,500 to a drama instructor. The purchase order for P.S. ARTS follows the board’s August approval of a contract topping $607,000 with the Los Angelesbased nonprofit organization. Money for the contract, which was raised by the Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation, will support arts instruction for elementary school students, kindergarteners and preschoolers. Chad Scheppner, the artistic director for Theatre 31, is being paid to coordinate drama produc-
The Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education on Thursday gave its collective nod to more than $1.25 million in new purchase orders and an additional $176,000 in facility-related expenses. Approval came during a meeting at Malibu City Hall where the school board studied recently released scores from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress exams, which show dramatic achievement gaps along ethnic and socioeconomic lines.
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tions at Lincoln Middle School. Scheppner has more than 20 years of experience in children’s theater. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
The district will pay a staffer up to $80,000 to coordinate trainings in restorative justice. Touted as an alternative to discipline that can simultaneously combat bullying and improve academic outcomes for low-income and minority students, the restorative justice program has been implemented at Santa Monica High School. The school’s restorative justice SEE SMMUSD PAGE 7
ICE RETURNS
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The always popular Downtown ice rink will reopen on November 3. Workers have already begun converting the parking lot at the corner of 5th and Arizona into the 8,000 square foot outdoor winter space. Admission with skate rental will be $15. The rink will be open Monday through Thursday: 2 p.m. – 10 p.m., Friday: 2 p.m. – Midnight, Saturday: 10 a.m. – Midnight and Sunday: 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
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