The CDE (California Department of Education) sent a press release out about how districts should destroy ground beef from Hallmark/Westland. The release also includes a preliminary list of which districts received the meat and the number of units. Only three local districts were included in the list.
Whittier reporter Tracy Garcia wrote a story in today's paper about layoffs at Huerta Elementary School. The school is closing at the end of the school year to save money at Norwalk-La Mirada Unified, which is going through declining enrollment.
cost the district about $9 million in state revenue, officials said.
Perhaps the next step is for the district to decide what they'll do with the building and property. Weeklies reporter Claudia Palma is keeping tabs of Bassett Unified, which has a school campus that isn't being used as a school. Those officials are deciding whether to keep it or sell it.
If you haven't already, check out Maritza Velazquez's profile on Miss La Verne Jessica Ortega. She's 20 and a student at the University of La Verne.
She loves animals and her goal is to teach kids how to care for their pets.
Interesting fact: Miss La Verne is a resident of La Puente.