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Education's Future Will Arrive in Two Years VOLUME XLIX, NUMBER 18 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN • LIVERMORE • PLEASANTON • SUNOL THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012 Education's Future Will Arrive in Two Years By Ron McNicoll presented to the Pleasanton tee heard a presentation from scale that measures educational focus will be on learning facts, In two years, California school board at its meeting April its consultant on having flexible achievement internationally, the and presenting them well, both schools will be integrated into 24 by curriculum director Jane classroom furniture and room de- United States was ranked 24th. in writing and in oral presenta- a new nationwide curriculum Golden. sign so that students can work in Business and political lead- tions. standard that is being adopted Golden said that the new cur- small groups on various aspects ers have emphasized the gap The change to reading for by 44 states. riculum is expected to prepare of an assignment. for many years, and have called non-fiction information is in- The new curriculum will students better for the values that The deadline for making the for an updating of the American tended to better prepare students change how students learn, and are important in the workplace, switch to the new common core educational system. The common for the reality of the work world how testing will be conducted. such as collaboration with oth- curriculum is the 2014-15 school core curriculum is the answer of the future. The curriculum will The testing will be moved to ers, researching ideas thoroughly, year. from education experts, adminis- emphasize collaboration to find computer labs. Much further into and reasoning to find the best The stimulus for the new cur- trators and teachers from across solutions, as will be expected Find Out What's the future, at no specified date, solutions. riculum has come from the gap the United States. among employees in the future. there will be electronic devices The collaboration aspect al- between the United States and The approach to reading will Students will be digging into Happening replacing textbooks. ready has arisen in the district's the many nations ahead of it in change dramatically. Most el- more than one source of informa- Further, the day of the "one look at future school facilities' world rankings of students in the ementary school reading now tion, and comparing and contrast- Check Out Section A correct answer" is doomed. design and remodeling. The categories of language mastery, centers on fiction. The emphasis ing data and concepts. Section A is filled with in- A preview of the future was Facilities Master Plan Commit- formation about arts, people, science and mathematics. On one will be shifted to non-fiction. The (See EDUCATION, page 4) entertainment and special events. There are education stories, a variety of features, and the arts and entertainment and bulletin board. Pleasanton Ordinance Regulates Location of Bike to Work Day Activities Banks in Downtown At College The Pleasanton City Council unions, and credit services. Past approved an ordinance designed policy required financial institu- By Carol Graham to direct financial institutions tions to establish branches in Las Positas College in part- away from prominent locations the downtown prior to being nership with Livermore Cyclery in the downtown. able to locate elsewhere in the will host “Bike to Work Day” The new ordinance would city. Many banks are now lo- on Thursday, May 10 as part of require a conditional use permit cated on prominent corners of the the Bay Area’s 18th annual event for such uses in order to be able downtown. An application for a designed to promote better health to locate within the Downtown bank to be located at the current for both individuals and the en- Revitalization District in a build- Pastime Pool site, triggered the vironment. ing with frontage on Main Street. decision to establish the new Participants will meet at Liver- The site must be zoned central regulations. more Cyclery at 7:30 a.m. for the commercial. The new ordinance Mayor Jennifer Hosterman ride over the recently-opened applies only to the ground floor commented, "Regulation of this Portola overpass to the LPC cam- of properties. type of uses is a good thing. The pus. On the campus, sponsors Wording in the ordinance was idea is to provide storefronts on will host booths offering food changed. Instead of discouraging Main Street." and drinks, bicycle safety checks, the location of financial institu- The council vote was unani- maintenance tips, cycling advice, tions it would encourage locating mous, with the provision that the and free tire-patch kits. retail on corners where the busi- council make it a priority to take “City leaders were looking nesses would add to the vitality a look at establishing strategic to the future when they invested and pedestrian interest of the zoning for various uses as part in the Portola overpass,” said downtown.on corners. of the downtown specific plan LPC President and Co-Chair of Financial institutions include update. the event, Kevin Walthers. “It’s Photo - Doug Jorgensen banks, savings and loan compa- Councilmember Jerry Thorne a very bike-friendly road and Students model their creations during the Third Annual Sunol Glen School Trashion Show. The show was nies, finance companies, credit (See ORDINANCE, page 5) should make the college less car- the culminating event of a variety of week-long environmental activities hosted during Earth Week. The dependent.” 2012 Sunol Glen Trashion Show featured a record number of 47 student participants. For the past two The campus, in the process of months, students attended weekly workshops training them how to utilize alternative materials as fashion. tripling the number of bike racks This included materials like newspaper, magazines, junk mail, plastics (bottles, packaging, tupperware), 'Star Trek' Sequel Shooting available, is committed to sus- styrofoam, E-waste and toy parts. All were transformed into fashionable jewelry, dresses, hats, capes, tainability. “We’d like to bring jackets and more. Scenes at Livermore Lab to the community’s attention that Scenes for the new "Star ducer in Los Angeles, said that there are increased convenient Trek" movie are being filmed the film's director, J.J. Abrams, bicycle routes and it’s now a safe in the National Ignition Facility has been a "great innovator" in three-mile ride from downtown Community Foundation Reorganizing (NIF) facility at the Lawrence movies. Livermore,” said Mike Ansell, Livermore National Labora- Abrams writes, produces and (See COLLEGE, page 9) The board of the Tri-Valley track. We continue to provide Ronald Hyde was elected foun- tory. writes the music for his films. Community Foundation acted philanthropic funding, depending dation president. According to a This is the second movie to Abrams was executive producer last week to reorganize the foun- on how much is available. press release, he is replacing Da- be filmed at the Lab. Part of the on the last "Star Trek" movie and Pleasanton, dation. The decision came after "We are just trying to get a vid Rice. Hyde stated, "We plan original "Tron" movie was shot also worked on the last two "Mis- an audit found that the fund-rais- handle on the spending. There to move quickly to resolve issues there. sion: Impossible" films. Dublin Plan ing required to maintain the level was a lack of attention to some and slowly to avoid mistakes." The current set is closed to On television he has been Bicycle Activities of program support provided by spending issues. There were ex- Second, a more detailed anal- the public. In keeping with that, executive producer on "Person the foundation was not sufficient penditures that the board was not ysis is being conducted by the there won't be any public infor- of Interest," "Fringe," andAlca- May marks the month of to meet its growing financial aware of nor had it approved," board and its independent auditor mation provided by Paramount traz." He has won two prime-time Bicycle Safety and Awareness obligations. Judge Hyde explained. of the foundation's current ex- Studios, either, said Livermore Emmys. in the cities of Dublin and Pleas- Judge Hyde said there is no Upon receiving the audit in- penses and obligations. The next Valley Film Commission direc- Even the filming of just a few anton. In the Tri-Valley, the cities cause for worry about support of formation, the board acted on a step was to actively look for op- tor Dale Kaye. scenes by a Hollywood company of Dublin and Pleasanton will services. "All of the programs number of fronts to address the portunities to reduce administra- Kaye, who had years of ex- can have a big economic impact host many events to promote through Alameda County are on issues. First, Board Chairman (See FOUNDATION, page 5) perience as a TV and movie pro- bicycle safety and bicycling as a (See STAR TREK, page 5) healthy way to travel, including the Bay Area’s 18th Annual Bike to Work Day where thousands of commuters are expected to Ground broken on new synthetic turf project at Robertson Park participate. By Patricia Koning will be complete in August, in On May 10, the cities along Representatives from the time for the start of the fall soc- with Hacienda Business Park Livermore Area Recreation and cer season. Owners Association, BART, Park District (LARPD), Fusion “It is my privilege to cel- Alameda County Public Works Soccer Club (SC), and Tri-Valley ebrate the start of construction Agency and Dublin Cyclery Bank wielded shovels on Tues- here at Robertson Park,” says will host an Energizer Station day afternoon to officially break Brent Koch, former president of at the East Dublin/Pleasanton ground on a project to convert Fusion SC.
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