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instructor (MI) in Master Sergeant Brian Richardson (Ret). He is a 23-year Marine Corps veteran with significant combat and drill field experience. He is great with the cadets and has a long history of volunteering and mentoring.” With the command team now complete, the new unit has hit the deck running with five full classes a day of JROTC instruction. The Marine Corps JROTC program is a four year leadership program which teaches leadership, history, government, personal development, professionalism,
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has approved the 2016 Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP) for San Diego County. The 19-0 SANDAG board vote Sept. 23 approved the RTIP which will cover fiscal years 2017 through 2021 and will include approximately $14.3 billion of projects funded by federal, state, local, and private sources. SANDAG updates its RTIP every two years, although the RTIP is amended on a quarterly basis. The RTIP covers major highway, arterial, transit, rail, and non-motorized projects in San Diego County. The previous update, which had covered fiscal years 2015 through 2019, had been approved by the SANDAG board in September 2014. SANDAG approved a release of the draft 2016 RTIP for distribution and a 30-day public comment during SANDAG’s July 22 board meeting. Many of the changes between the draft and final versions involve revised spending between fiscal years. The widening of State Route 76 from two lanes to four between South Mission Road and Interstate 15 was one of the projects whose funding in specific fiscal years was altered. The $201.7 million total cost includes $155.8 million spent prior to the conclusion of fiscal year 2015-16 and consists of $34.1 million for project engineering costs, $20.9 million for rightof-way acquisition, and $146.6 million for construction expenses. The updated RTIP calls for expenditures of $13.0 million in fiscal year 2016-17 consisting of $8.5 million of federally-funded Regional Surface Transportation Program money and $4.5 million from the TransNet half-cent sales tax approved by the county’s voters in November 2004. TransNet funding will account for the expected expenditures of $709,000 during fiscal year 2017-18, $600,000 in fiscal yYear 2018-19, $600,000 for 201920, and $10.5 million during 2020-21. The four-lane version of the road is expected to be open to traffic by fall 2017, but the RTIP also includes funding for environmental mitigation work. The follow-up mitigation and other work has kept the widening of State Route 76 between Melrose Drive in Oceanside and South Mission Road in the RTIP. The $151.8 million project includes $150.0 million spent in prior years with TransNet revenue accounting for $344,000 of 2016-17 expenditures, $531,000 of 2017-18 funding, and $1.08 million of 2018-19 costs. The TransNet revenue is divided between highways, transit, and local streets and roads, and the County of San Diego receives approximately $15 million each year for local streets and roads. The RTIP includes the TransNet Local Street Improvement Program, and the county updates its Local Street Improvement Program annually. The RTIP’s local streets and roads projects funded with TransNet money include widening the approaches to the intersection of Reche Road and Stage Coach Lane to allow for additional turn lanes and also accommodate bicycle and pedestrian improvements. The $2.01 million programmed amount includes $498,000 of prior-year spending for engineering and right-of-way. The $1.6 million of construction funding is expected to be spent during 2016-17. Tw o B o n s a l l p r o j e c t s were added to the new RTIP. Intersection improvements at East Vista Way and Gopher Canyon
see JROTC, page A-10
see SANDAG, page A-12
Andrea Verdin Staff Writer
Being nearly two months into the school year, students at Fallbrook High have gotten a chance to get used to new schedules, new classes and new faces on campus. In addition, students are well on their way to being accustomed to the new small learning communities, which have been fully implemented this year. According to Fallbrook Union High School Principal Larry Boone, the three different learning communities, commonly called houses, are named Freedom, Honor and Spirit. “The names are designed to be the initials of Fallbrook High School,” said Boone. “It’s designed so that houses personalize and connect every student to an adult and make a bigger school of students feel smaller.” If parents or students have a need or concern, they can go to their house office for assistance, as opposed to going into the principal’s office as was done in previous years. The structure of administration and student support has changed as well. Each house has its own principal, with Dr. Narciso Iglesias, Dr. Stephanie Osowski,
Warriors running back Shon Hagan, who scored Fallbrook High’s first two touchdowns against Hoover, breaks a tackle in the Sept. 30 game at Fallbrook Stadium. The Warriors won 48-0.
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Fallbrook High School’s 2016-17 Homecoming King and Queen are Jacob Oatman and Taylor Durick. See more photos of the game and Homecoming activities on page D-2.
Marine Corps JROTC kicks off inaugural year at full capacity
Lt. Colonel William L. Wade, left, and Master Sergeant Brian Richardson are seen with one of the platoons of cadets in the JROTC program at Fallbrook High School.
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FALLBROOK – When the Fallbrook Union High School District Board and superintendent Dr. Hugo Pedroza decided to pursue the first ever JROTC program at Fallbrook High with United States Marine Corps, they knew it to be a respected leadership program for students. They assumed it would be well received and estimated there would be, plus or minus, 75 students to sign up with the new program in the first year. The Marine Corps gives a new program three years to reach the 100 student mark for a sustainable program. With that expectation, they were
all surprised when the program enrollment reached the maximum allowed capacity of 120 students in its inaugural year. Students had to be put on a waiting list to be admitted to the program for next year. “The response from students and the community has been outstanding and above expectation,” said Lt. Colonel William L. Wade, the senior military instructor (SMI). “By Marine Corps Order, we can only accommodate 120 students with two Marine Instructors. We are very fortunate to have brought on board an outstanding military
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