CANDIDATES CHALLENGE MULTITRACK NO NEED, SAY SOME HOPEFULS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer NEWHALL - The heated race for the Hart district school board has candidates digging deeper than the usual beauty-contest rhetoric. Overturning multitrack mul·ti·track adj. 1. Having, using, or produced with multiple recording tracks: a multitrack tape recorder. 2. year-round classes and getting schools built with proceeds from a $158 million bond weigh heavily in the campaign. All six candidates support the bond issue on the Nov. 6 ballot, but the fate of three seats on the school board may hang on the possibility of reversing the board's controversial vote to implement a multitrack year- round calendar for junior highs in July. ``There's enough information to reconsider it,'' said Newhall resident Steven Herskovitz, one of three men challenging the incumbents. ``I'm confident that if we look at the (budget) numbers, there's enough evidence that we can have a traditional school schedule.'' Desperate to relieve overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. , the William S William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack . Hart Union High School District board voted 3-2 in March to adopt the alternative schedule. The two who voted against the plan, Patricia Hanrion and Dennis King For the English actor and singer, see Dennis King (actor). William Dennis King (born 1941) is an American investigative journalist who currently focuses on web-based advocacy journalism. , are seeking re-election, as is board President Gloria Mercado For the hispanic surname "Mercado", please see de Mercado. Mercado first originated in Spain. In English it means 'market'. Is the last name of the 'Great' Fifa Soccer player Eswold. . At a candidates forum at Hart High on Wednesday night, Mercado, faced with the pledges of other candidates to revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re the vote if elected, said the situation is dictated by district administration. ``At this point, the superintendent and the district have not come forward with another plan,'' Mercado said. ``When and if they do, I support revisiting that.'' Incumbents King and Hanrion and challengers Herskovitz and Paul Strickland, however, committed to abandoning the costly change to year-round classes, citing likely disruptions to many families and a change in circumstances since the vote, such as a slight decrease in projected student population and the recent groundbreaking on Rio Norte Junior High. Candidate Bob Wagenaar, a Hart school board meeting regular, agreed that multitrack year-round schools Year-Round School is the operation of educational institutions on a calendar-system that tracks students into class schedules throughout the entire calendar year. A primary motivation is that higher student throughput is accomplished via more effective scheduling of school are undesirable and costly - unofficial estimates are as high as $2 million - but stopped short of backing a new vote. ``The board made a decision and I disagree that things have really changed since March,'' said Wagenaar, an information systems analyst and father of three. ``We're relying on the supposition that Rio Norte will be open in 2003. There are still opponents (of the site) and I'm not willing to make that gamble. ``We need to move forward in a positive manner and then we need to get off multitrack as soon as we can.'' Although all agree that multitrack year-round is a temporary solution to overcrowding while schools are being built, King argued against the calendar based on the changes since March. ``The community really didn't want it if we could avoid it. Now demographics show we can handle the junior high kids for another year,'' King said. ``I've looked at the numbers and we can go traditional one more year. That's why I say we don't have to do it.'' Strickland, a former Sulphur Springs School District The Sulphur Springs School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves portions of the Canyon Country and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California. As of March 26, 2006, it has 8 elementary schools. board member and father of three, was perhaps the most forceful in his opposition of multitrack year-round classes, and stressed the importance of passing the school construction bond. ``The bond will pass and then we're talking about one year until Rio Norte opens,'' he said. ``We can do what we're doing and not install a costly program such as multitrack.'' Moderator Clyde Smyth, a former Hart district superintendent District Superintendent may be:
The question - which the candidates met with firm responses that supported drawing boundary lines and sticking to them - was one of five prepared by the Hart Parent Organization, which sponsored the forum. But while the interaction was courteous cour·te·ous adj. Characterized by gracious consideration toward others. See Synonyms at polite. [Middle English corteis, courtly, from Old French, from cort, court; see , even friendly, among the panel of candidates, Mercado's response to Smyth's question ``Where will the funds for multitrack year-round come from?'' drew the ire of some candidates. ``Everything is expensive, and hopefully this will not be a long-term solution,'' Mercado said. ``But the Facilities Foundation has some excess land that we will not use that could be sold. It's just a suggestion that may help us from going into the general fund.'' Strickland and Herskovitz later criticized the suggestion as short-sighted and unnecessary. The Hart school board candidates will participate in another forum at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. School, 25820 N. Carroll Lane, Stevenson Ranch. CAPTION(S): 6 photos Photo: (1) HANRION (2) HERSKOVITZ (3) KING (4) MERCADO (5) STRICKLAND (6) WAGENAAR |
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