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To Return to Campus Next Month Friday 82˚ Thursday, July 16, 2020 Vol. 19 No. 15 OBITUARIES COMMENTARY NEWS HEALTH Mourning local Plagued by illegal Roybal-Allard Rite Aid now deaths fireworks targets FAA offers testing SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 7 SEE PAGE 11 Students ‘highly unlikely’ to return to campus next month Friday 82˚ Following the lead of pending decisions to be made Saturday 84˚ LAUSD, Downey officials at the Board of Educations upcoming July 20 meeting. said students will likely start the fall semester at The superintendent for the home. Los Angeles Unified School Sunday 86˚ District announced Monday that students will not return to the classroom when the fall semester DOWNEY — Students will begins next month. likely not be returning to school ON THIS DAY campuses at the start of the Along with LAUSD, the San school year, according to the Diego Unified School District will JULY 16 Downey Unified School District. also begin its fall semester in a virtual format. The two districts 1769: With many COVID-19 related released a joint statement Father Junipero Serra founded regulations in constant flux, confirming the move. California’s first mission, Mission San DUSD has spent most of the Diego de Alcala. Over the following summer with very few answers “Both districts will continue decades, it evolved into the city of San as to how the upcoming school planning for a return to in- Diego. year might look. person learning during the 2020- 21 academic year, as soon as 1861: It was only recently the public health conditions allow,” Under orders from President Abraham district released some sort of the statement read. potential solution to coronavirus Lincoln, Union troops began a 25-mile march into Virginia for what would safety concerns, offering a Beutner did not provide an become the First Battle of Bull Run. “hybrid” format that would see estimate regarding when in- students physically in class for person classes might resume. 1935: two days of the week. “The right way to reopen Downey education officials said it’s increasingly unlikely students will start the new school year on Oklahoma City installed the world’s first However, protocols released schools is to make sure there’s campus. (Downey Unified photo) parking meter. by the Los Angeles County a robust system of testing and Department of Public Health on contact tracing to mitigate 1941: Monday have Downey officials the risk for all in the school physically reopening schools to Cecily Myart-Cruz said in a risk.” Joe DiMaggio hit safely for the 56th reevaluating their options, and community,” Beutner said in a students. The union applauded statement. “In the face of the consecutive game, a streak that still according to a statement released LAUSD’s announcement as the alarming spike in COVID cases, St. John Bosco High School video address Monday. stands as an MLB record. by the district on Tuesday, has correct move in light of the the lack of necessary funding announced students will return left the previously pitched All this comes after United circumstances. from the government to open to campus five days a week when “hybrid” model highly unlikely. Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the schools safely, and the outsized classes resume Aug. 17. 1945: union which represents LAUSD “It was the right thing to The Atomic Age got underway when threat of death faced by working Bosco students will have the The district added that its teachers, announced Saturday close school campuses then, and class communities of color, there the U.S. successfully detonated a anticipated Return to School that of 18,000 members who took it’s the right thing to keep them option of hybrid instruction or plutonium-based nuclear weapon in really is no other choice that fully online learning. Family survey would be delayed part in a poll, 83% voted against closed now,” UTLA President doesn’t put thousands of lives at New Mexico. 1956: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its last “big tent” show, with all subsequent circus shows held Tod Corrin endorses Jose Rodriguez in arenas. 1969: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the moon, launched from to replace him on school board Kennedy Space Center. An engineer and former dedication to our students,” said through nine seasons at Downey also build their confidence and PTA president, Rodriguez. Junior Athletic Association character while participating (DJAA). I love our community in programs such as Character Jose Rodriguez enters race “I am also proud to have the and want to continue to help in Counts Council, Playworks Junior for school board. endorsements from outstanding any way possible.” Coaches and numerous talent DUSD Board Members Martha shows,” he said. Sodetani, Nancy Swenson and Rodriguez’s boys will attend DOWNEY — Longtime Donald LaPlante. I look forward Downey High this upcoming “The professional Downey resident Jose Rodriguez to working together with them on school year. His daughter plays development the teachers Apollo 11 launch has announced he is running behalf of all Downey students.” soccer for AYSO United and received really translated into for a seat on Downey’s Board of attends Doty Middle School. the classroom, and I saw that Notable Birthdays Education. Rodriguez is an involved firsthand. I want to help build on Actor and comedian Will Ferrell turns parent of three children in DUSD Rodriguez served as PTA that by serving on the Board of He is running to replace Tod 53. and his wife is an elementary President at Gallatin Elementary Trustees for DUSD.” Corrin in Trustee Area 2; Corrin’s school teacher in the neighboring for two years while his three NFL Hall of Famer Barry Sanders turns term expires this year and he is Norwalk – La Mirada School kids attended the school. He was Professionally, Rodriguez 52. not seeking re-election. District. awarded an Honorary Service graduated from UCLA with a Former child actor Corey Feldman Award by the Gallatin PTA for his Civil Engineering Bachelor of “Tod Corrin has done a great turns 49. “I moved to Downey many commitment to the campus. Science degree. He is currently job in leading our school district Two-time World Cup champion Carli years ago because I wanted an engineer for a large national for many years and I am honored Lloyd turns 38. a great school district and “The elementary school years general contractor and has been to have his endorsement and safe community to raise my were extremely rewarding for me with his company for almost 20 Jose Rodriguez support. I take great pride that children,” Rodriguez said. “I as a parent. Gallatin Elementary years. (courtesy photo) he would endorse me, and I have been coaching my twin boys gave my children the opportunity will honor that trust with my since they were in kindergarten to really flourish as learners, but Continued on page 4 D. Mark Morris seeks re-election Carli Lloyd Notable Deaths Mary Todd Lincoln, former First Lady to school board of the United States, died of a stroke in 1882. She was 63. Singer and songwriter Henry Chapin “Mark Morris is extremely strong character.” the best teachers, administrators, died in a traffic collision in 1981. He First elected in 1982, was 38. veteran school board well prepared to continue to principals, support staff, serve on the school board because “It goes without saying that facilities, technology and John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyne member D. Mark Morris of his years of experience and our students, teachers and staff instruction that our budget will Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren counts on his experience. knowledge of the educational must be safe,” he said. support,” Morris said. Bessette, were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. issues facing our students Ensuring student safety is and community” said Donald “As a result of our being able Cuban singer Celia Cruz, one of the DOWNEY — D. Mark Morris, why he supported establishing LaPlante, president of the DUSD to employ the best teachers, most popular Latin artists of the 20th incumbent school board member security presence in the schools, Board of Education. when the Coronavirus hit, iPads Century, died in 2003 following surgery and lifetime Downey resident, a hotline at the high schools for were issued to all students, for a brain tumor. She was 77. has announced his candidacy for Morris is committed to students to report problems, and our teachers and staff were re-election to the Downey Board mental health counseling and Johnny Winter, named one of the ensuring that Downey Unified able to transition to a distance 100 greatest guitar players of all time of Education. the Human Relations Council to students receive the best quality learning model for the rest of the by Rolling Stone, died in 2014 of education possible by providing discuss problems students are school year.” He is looking to continue emphysema. He was 70. them with a “21st Century having. serving the residents of Trustee a film director and education that ensures they are Continued on page 4 George Romero, Area 6 during this difficult time “I believe that our children pioneer of the horror and zombie genre, college and career ready, globally in education. deserve the best and that means D. Mark Morris died of lung cancer on this day in 2017. competitive and citizens of (courtesy photo) He was 77. 2 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, July 16, 2020 A native of Hong Kong, Wong-Staal immigrated to the U.S. as Imahara made appearances on “BattleBots” with his robot a student and later began working with the National Institutes of Deadblow.
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