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Boxer to Block: Nice Work The Poly Optimist John H. Francis Polytechnic High School Vol. XCVII, No. 7 Serving the Poly Community Since 1913 March 2012 Landfill Boxer To Block: Still Toxic By Julie Ruiz Nice Work Staff Writer for both airfare and hotel accom- By Jessica Flores modations. The team is staying at The former Sheldon-Arleta Staff Writer the Hyatt Regency, across the street landfill, closed in 1974, continues to from the Capital building. emit toxins, including methane gas he letter was posted from “We will grab lunch and then and hydrogen sulfate, a Los Angeles Sacramento and ad- they’ll have a half a day of study- Bureau of Sanitation official told dressed to Brian Block. ing, when I have to go to coaches Poly administrators last week. The return addressee was meetings and be told the rules of In addition, water released by the T US Senator Barbara Boxer. competition.” Tujunga DWP continues to force “When I opened it, I was at first The competition will be on Friday landfill gas onto school property. Courtesy of Pedro Oliveira surprised and then kind of amazed,” and Saturday. Students will attend Methane Mitigation Manager BIG APPLE: Ex-OPTIMIST editor Pedro Oliveira writes for the NY Post. said Poly faculty member and Aca a party Saturday evening. Sunday Jeff Otter from LAUSD’s Office of Deca coach Block. “To send a letter morning is the awards ceremony and Health and Safety and Environmen- to a teacher just for working hard, the Parrots will fly back some time tal Engineer John Hamilton from it’s really a thrill. It’s unexpected. Sunday evening. LA’s Bureau of Sanitation (BOS) Former OPTIMIST She is obviously busy with our bud- More than a dozen parents and met with Poly Principal Ari Ben- get both in the state of California and a cheering section will make the nett, AP Lourdes De Santiago, Poly Covers the Big Apple in Washington D.C.. To take time out 360-mile drive to Sacramento to join Plant Manager Derick Taylor, Lewis for a coach to say you are doing a Block, his wife Debra and the Aca Continuation School Principal Hale good job, thank you, was surprising Deca members for the competition. and Byrd Middle School Principal Ex-Editor Pedro Oliveira, Jr. and very touching.” All will be wearing Poly Blue and Sohn Reynolds for a training session “I don’t think my students realize that included an overview of current lands New York Post slot. what an honor this is,” Block said. landfill hazards and a review of gas [ See Aca Deca, pg 6 ] Former OPTIMIST editor and Poly “I am 50 years old and I have never detection systems currently in place By Jasmine Aquino gotten a letter from a senator. The around Poly and the landfill itself. Staff Writer graduate Pedro Oliveira, 25, took a reporter job with the New York Post on first thing I did, of course, was email When John H. Francis Polytech- my family.” Barking nic Senior High opened in early March 6. “I landed a couple of stories for the Among other comments, Boxer 1957, the site to the north of the congratulated Block for getting school was an active gravel pit. Five Post a few years back, and I stayed in touch with the editors,” Oliveira said. for Dollars “But a lot of times, getting jobs is about who you know—not always just Poly’s Aca Deca team to the state years later, the City of LosAngeles competition for the second time in turned the gravel pit into a landfill. what you know.” By Gabriela Melendez three years. Staff Writer Parrots attended classes for 12 years Oliveira interviewed U.S. Airways co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles after his jet crash-landed in New York’s Hudson River on January 15, 2009. At the time, The competition will take place across the street from an active in Sacramento on March 17 and 18. no one from the flight crew had spoken to the press because the incident was Poly’s Animal Lover’s Club and landfill. The landfill was closed in “Our plane leaves at 7 a.m. on 1974. That’s when the real problems under investigation. Leadership raised over $700 co- The “Post” ran the interview and a follow-up story January 23. The Post Thursday,” Block said. “We will get began. there bright and early. We will prob- hosting a week of activities designed The organic material in the land- paid Oliveira for both stories. to raise awareness about animals “I had worked for the Wisconsin State Journal (the state’s second-largest ably have a few extra hours before fill began to decompose. Byproducts we check in to the hotel. I’m hoping along with money. included methane gas and other newspaper) as an intern the previous summer,” said Oliveira, “so I had “This was to raise funds so that if already been published in a large, professional newspaper.” the students might be interested in byproducts that may be carcinogenic actually seeing the Capital building, an animal comes on campus needing at small levels. Methane is produced “But this was the first time I was paid a professional rate to write a story.” a home or care, there is money to The now full-time general assignment news writer—“meaning I do just which is across the street from our when bacteria and other microorgan- hotel.” cover expenses,” said Animal Lovers isms consume buried garbage. Poly’s local district is paying Club sponsor Karen Daneshvari. “I As the waste decomposes, meth- [ See Parrot, pg 6 ] think there are a lot of people who ane, carbon dioxide and other gases don’t realize how much rescuing we are released. If the methane is not end up doing.” collected, it can migrate through the “We did this to raise awareness in ground, creating an odor and posing Poly Girls Varsity Soccer the school.” a risk of explosion if it collects in Over half of the money raised, enclosed spaces. around $400, was with t-shirt sales, Liquid waste, called gas con- which sold for $15 each. densate, is produced when methane Coach Arrested, Fired “So many people wanted an ani- is extracted from decomposing mal lover’s club t-shirt,” Daneshvari garbage, state water officials say. Walk-on coach Jose Rosario Alvarez accused of inappropriate said. “They’re beautifully designed. The Sheldon-Arleta’s gas-extrac- The kids did that completely on their tion system has a network of perfo- relationship with LAUSD 16-year old. own.” rated pipes sunk into the layers of “I picture all these people walk- a tip about the relationship on Wednesday, February 22. aging waste. The condensate trickles By Yenifer Rodriguez ing around with “I love animals” LAPD determined he had been involved with the girl down the pipes drains directly into Editor In Chief on their t-shirts,” said Daneshvari. over the Internet and in person. the underlying soil. “It’s going to get into the community Alvarez was booked for unlawful sex with a minor Officials first realized that gas more and when people see that, I Poly girls varsity soccer coach Jose Rosario Alvarez and is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center condensate could carry toxic chemi- think it just says a lot about Poly was arrested on Wednesday, February 21, for allegedly on $20,000 bail. cals into ground water in 1984. And that our kids want that message out having an inappropriate relationship with a 16-year old “We very quickly contacted the community, let the Sheldon-Arleta Landfill in Sun there.” girl who attends another LAUSD school. people know what was going on, gave the information Valley was identified as having an Poly faculty members who have “The bottom line is that we did not have any idea that we had so everything was out in the open, and they unacceptable condensate-disposal adopted pups over the years include what he was doing,” said Poly Principal Ari Bennett. understood what the process was,” said Bennett. systems. Shannon Black, Julia Keiper, Sara “Mr. Alvarez was not a teacher at Poly, he was a walk-on “He was highly recommended by Panorama High The landfill was next to Los Rodrigues, Lisa Blackwell, Danesh- coach.” School,” said McEwen. “Their athletic director thought a Angeles Department of Water and vari and Leslie Wolfson. Bennett said both he and Poly Athletic Director Kim lot of him.” Power "spreading grounds," where Leadership liaison Cherry Osuyos McEwen were informed of the arrest Wednesday. “We have crisis counselors in place,” said Bennett, water brought to Los Angeles in According to KCAL 9, the Los Angeles Police worked with the club on the week’s Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit got [ See Landfill, page 6 ] [ See Soccer Coach, pg 6 ] [ See Barking, next page ] Those Lips, Parrots Tame That Sync Huskies Red hot chili peppers, er, Marquez throws three- Poly teachers rock out. hit, five K shutout. Photo By Diane Alvarado CAMPUS - page 5 Photo by Diane Alvarez SPORTS - page 8 2 March 2012 The Poly Optimist polyhigh.org/opt.jsp OPINION OP-ED Mandated tests merely shadows of truth The real truth of the current “race for accountability” by brilliant intellect of our best and brightest students nor does it our body politic rests in the premise of the infallibility of the reflect the underlying sources of failure and challenges faced by almighty state test score. As a veteran teacher in the classroom, our lowest performing students. one can’t help but wonder if these tests are merely shadows of The highest test score does not guarantee a successful future wishful thinking by our politicians, administrators and pundits.
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