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Donald Laplante Calls It a Career Reason ■ Elected 41 Years Ago to the Downey Board of Friday for Education, Donald Laplant 71˚ Retired This Week Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 Vol. 19 No. 37 CRIME REPORT EDUCATION CULTURE POLITICS Exotic cars Downey wins Symphony lands AG’s nomination torched esports title relief grant ‘truly historic’ SEE PAGE 9 SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 7 SEE PAGE 9 Mayor’s Corner Donald LaPlante calls it a career Reason ■ Elected 41 years ago to the Downey Board of Friday for Education, Donald LaPlant 71˚ retired this week. optimism Contributed by the Downey Saturday 73˚ going Unified School District DOWNEY – Donald LaPlante retired this week after 41 years Sunday 78˚ of service to the students, staff into 2021 and families of Downey Unified. This notable moment should have occurred in a venue ON THIS DAY ■ The pandemic where LaPlante would have DECEMBER 17 has brought unique been surrounded by family and challenges, but Downey those who impacted his career. 1903: will persevere. Yet, due to the pandemic, this Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first once lively ceremony had to successful man-powered airplane flight, be transitioned to a virtual near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. By Claudia M. Frometa platform where those important Mayor to him shared their thoughts 1933: and well-wishes via video. The Chicago Bears defeated the New ello Downey! We are Beginning his career as a York Giants, 23-21, at Wrigley Field in Donald LaPlante, right, retired from Downey’s Board of Education this week. New board president continuing to face Board of Education member in the NFL’s first championship game. and respond to a 1979, LaPlante didn’t start his D. Mark Morris is pictured left. (Courtesy photo) historic pandemic, journey in Downey as an elected 1943: and some of the official. He began as a Downey The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was Hgreatest challenges we have Unified student, attending schools, but the ups and downs offering woodshop and metal and has partnered with four repealed, which barred Chinese men faced in our lifetime are before Old River Elementary School, in student population. “We shop, to offering industry superintendents in his 41 years from becoming U.S. citizens. us. Yet, I am encouraged. I am albeit not the Old River that you have gone from a having a specific rigorous CTE programs as a member of the school board. filled with hope, enthusiasm, see today located on Old River school district in 1979 that was because that’s what the world To many, that may seem like a 1961: and grit! It is during great times School Road. He attended the about 12,000 students and the needs now.” large number; however, school More than 500 spectators were killed of adversity that our collective original Old River Elementary demographers projected us districts tend to have double Since day one, leading when fire broke out inside a circus tent character is revealed. School that was located on Quill going down to 8,000, although that many Board members and during a performance in Rio de Janeiro, the district in a progressive Drive, which closed in 1962. it didn’t,” stated LaPlante. “We superintendents in half the Brazil. As the greatest direction with students being have now gotten back up to the time. LaPlante credits this as British statesman Another school that LaPlante the first priority has always same 22,000 students we had what makes Downey Unified 1969: of the 20th century attended that has also closed, been LaPlante’s main goal. “I when I was a student at the something special. “The great and leader of is Meadow Park Elementary ran to change the direction of The US Air Force closed its Project beginning of the 60’s and I’m continuity of administration Blue Book, concluding there was no the British Army School. After attending Meadow the school district,” shared proud that we have been able to and Board members has allowed evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships responsible for the Park Elementary, he moved on LaPlante. “And I am proud that accommodate all of that student the district to focus on what’s behind thousands of UFO sightings. victory in WWII, Sir to West Middle School (now we were able to do that. Along Claudia growth.” important; students, faculty Winston Churchill Stauffer Middle School) and then with being elected with Mrs. M. Frometa and educational programs… not once said, “The graduated from Warren High LaPlante goes on to share his [Margo] Hoffer and serving 1969: other side issues.” optimist sees School in 1972. satisfaction of the work done with Mrs. [Betty] Kilpatrick and An estimated 50 million people opportunity in every difficulty.” by all members of the Board Mrs. [Grace] Horney, we were Always wanting to be watched singer Tiny Tim marry Miss And here we are Downey, we will After graduating from Vicky on NBC’s “Tonight Show.” Downey Unified, LaPlante found (both past and present) and the able to change the direction of knowledgeable in multiple tackle the challenges ahead and countless district staff that have the school district to be more facets to both represent Downey move our city forward. his passion in education where 1975: he graduated from USC and led the district forward. The focused on the needs of the Unified as well as bring back This week has been historic ultimately received his Masters changes in funding, the shifts students.” “lessons learned” to help move Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life for the State of California and in demographic makeup and the district forward, LaPlante in prison for attempting to assassinate in Educational Leadership at A student spends certainly for LA County as the the continuous development served as the President of the President Gerald Ford. (She was Point Loma University. approximately 13 years within a first shipment of the Pfizer in technology would have been Los Angeles County School released on parole in 2009.) school district from the day they approved COVID-19 vaccine As a professional, LaPlante enough to alter the level of Trustees Association for two first enroll in Kindergarten to arrived for distribution and taught middle school English education provided to students years and was a member of the day they receive their high 1989: inoculation. and History at Northview in any other school district; the Delegate Assembly for school diploma. Serving on the “The Simpsons” premiered on FOX. Intermediate School in the however, LaPlante believes that the California School Board And while we are celebrating Board for as long as LaPlante Duarte Unified School District. Downey Unified shifted and Association for 25 years and the vaccine that will eradicate has, he has seen almost four He also served as the president grew with these changes and is serving as the Regional Director this virus and bring us closer to generations of students move of Duarte’s teachers union, a better school district because for the last eight years. ending this historic pandemic, through their educational providing him a vast knowledge of it. my message to our Downey lifespan in Downey Unified. Not wanting to lose touch residents is: We must continue and background of the hands-on aspect of being a teacher. “I think the biggest “After you’ve been on the Board with his deep roots in education, to remain vigilant and protect accomplishment that Downey for about 12 years, you realize LaPlante was elected to the Los each other by avoiding large One of the longest serving Unified has had is that we’ve you are one of the people that is Angeles County Committee on gatherings especially with members on a school board in been able to keep the academic totally responsible for how their School District Organization in “The Simpsons” premiered on this date in Christmas and the holidays upon the state of California, LaPlante standards of the school district education has been… if they November and will continue his 1989. us. faced a challenge during his strong throughout these various spent their whole time within involvement with local school Yes, while this virus has over first term that not many other changes, all while updating our the district,” said LaPlante. districts and the county office of 2005: a 90% survival rate in LA County Board members would ever program offerings to reflect the education for years to come. President George W. Bush admitted Accounting for students who alone, we have seen a 300% have to face in their careers… to change of the times,” LaPlante he authorized a secret eavesdropping stay within Downey Unified He closed wanting to share increase in hospitalizations over close one of the schools that he began to explain. “We have program in the U.S. following the Sept. from Kindergarten through 12th some thoughts with his fellow the last two months. Currently, attended in his childhood. continuously raised our high 11 terrorist attacks. grade, and those who transfer educators and the Downey there are over 4,200 people school graduation rates and we “The first recommendation in and out of the district at Unified families amid these hospitalized in LA County (this are providing all of our students 2014: I received from Superintendent various times, well over 100,000 challenging times: number is changing daily) and the opportunity to attend Manuel Gallegos was that it different students’ lives have The United States and Cuba re- our hospitals are running out college or learn the skills needed “Keep up the good fight. established diplomatic relations for the is time to close Meadow Park been affected in some way by of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to begin a career once they The children need you. They first time since 1961. Elementary. That was fun,” Board member LaPlante.
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