REGIONAL ROUNDUP.ANTELOPE VALLEY Ribbon-cutting set for two new schools CALIFORNIA CITY -- Mojave Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. will hold ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday for its two newest schools, Hacienda Elementary and California City High School. The event at Hacienda, 19950 Hacienda Blvd., will begin at 9 a.m., and the ceremony at the high school, 8567 Bolden Drive, will start at 10 a.m. -- Daily News ANTELOPE VALLEY POW/MIA POW/MIA Prisoner Of War/Missing In Action event meeting slated PALMDALE -- The Antelope Valley Service Organization Association will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the Palmdale Senior Center, 1002 E. Ave. Q-12, to plan the upcoming POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony. The ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Sept. 15 at McAdam Park to honor prisoners of war prisoners of war, in international law, persons captured by a belligerent while fighting in the military. International law includes rules on the treatment of prisoners of war but extends protection only to combatants. and the men and women of the military who are missing in action. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Heidi Valdez at the Palmdale Senior Center at (661) 267-5596 or e-mail her at hvaldez(at)cityofpalmdale.org. -- Daily News SANTA CLARITA State releasing API scores this week Local schools will soon learn how they compare to schools state- and nationwide when academic index results are released this week. The data compares students' test results on standardized tests and the California High School Exit Exam The California High School Exit Exam (or CAHSEE) is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school . The state will release the Academic Performance Index, or API, and the federal government will release Adequate Yearly Progress Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically. results, or AYP AYP Adequate Yearly Progress (National Assessment of Educational Progress) AYP Anarchist Yellow Pages AYP American Youth Philharmonic . The state last week made public results of STAR testing done last spring. Students' results have already been mailed to their homes. -- Daily News VENTURA COUNTY Sex offender living at Simi Valley motel SIMI VALLEY -- Police are warning local residents that a registered sex offender is temporarily living at a Motel 6 in the city. Ross Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Wollschlager, who was convicted of rape by force and lewd and lascivious lewd and lascivious adj., adv. references to conduct which includes people living together who are known not to be married, entertainment which aims at arousing the libido or primarily sexual sensation, open solicitation for prostitution, or indecent exposure of acts with a child under 14 years by force, is staying at the motel at 2566 Erringer Road. Wollschlager was involved in three incidents in which he entered homes at night while the victims were asleep. He is not wanted by law enforcement. Officials want citizens to take the proper steps in protecting themselves and their children from sex offenders. Residents can learn more about sex offenders living in the area by visiting www.meganslaw.ca.gov. -- Daily News |
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