Report Cards Sent out 14-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Lake Schimmerhorn
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MCILROY TAKES EARLY LEAD AT BRITISH OPEN, SPORTS B1 LEESBURG, FLORIDA Friday, July 18, 2014 www.dailycommercial.com UKRAINE: Malaysian airlines plane shot GAY MARRIAGE: Judge strikes down in turbulent Donetsk region, A7 down ban in Florida Keys, A3 ASTOR 14-year-old boy drowns in Lake Schimmerhorn MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writer vation Commission. The boy quired boat a “piece of junk.” a friend had just got the old door looking for help, Work- [email protected] was identified by his moth- FWC spokesman Greg boat and were testing it when man said. Officials have found the er as Nathaniel Ladesic, an Workman said the three the boat suddenly started to Sgt. James Vachon, sheriff’s body of 14-year-old boy who upcoming Umatilla Middle young boaters were on the take on water. spokesman, said his agen- was on a boat with his broth- School eighth-grader. lake Thursday afternoon. For The three boaters tried to cy received a call about 4:15 er and another man on Lake “He was a good son, he unknown reasons, the boat swim to shore, but Nathan- p.m. Thursday from a resi- Schimmerhorn when it cap- was a sweetheart, “ said the capsized. iel couldn’t keep up and cried dent on Sunset Drive in As- sized Thursday, according to mother, Bridget Ladesic, who Eli Ladesic, 17, said he, for help. The two others made tor, who said a person came the Fish and Wildlife Conser- called her sons’ recently ac- his brother Nathaniel and it to shore and went door-to- SEE DROWNING | A2 FRUITLAND PARK Former police chief denies he assigned officers to join Klan MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writer Hunnewell, “successful- [email protected] ly infiltrated” the United Former Fruitland Park Northern and Southern police chief Mark Isom Knights chapter of the is denying assertions he Klan at the direction of assigned two officers to then-police chief Isom, join the Ku Klux Klan in after he was told officer an undercover opera- James Elkins allegedly tion to determine if a fel- was a member. low officer was a mem- “At no time did I ever ber, according to a copy instruct or have any- of a recording and tran- body working under- script of a police inter- cover or infiltrating a Klan organization while DAILY COMMERCIAL FILE PHOTO view released Thursday. Ann Hunnewell, who I was chief,” said Isom Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart reads “Princess Pigtoria and the Pea” as third grade students follow along on in an interview with the iPads at Lost Lake Elementary school in Clermont. left the department as a secretary in 2010, told current chief on July 10. state investigators that, Last week, George sometime between 2008 Hunnewell, a corpo- Report cards sent out and 2009, she and her ral, already considered then-husband, George SEE ISOM | A2 District officials see challenges in improving local school grades TAVARES LIVI STANFORD | Staff Writer on the annual Florida Compre- [email protected] hensive Assessment Tests. BEST AND THE WORST Cypress Ridge Elementary School A In addition, this is the third Beating suspect he Florida Department of Lost Lake Elementary School A Education’s recent release year the FDOE has implement- of its annual report card ed the one letter-grade drop Sorrento Elementary A T protection to allow districts to dared police to shoot for all school districts alarmed Umatilla Elementary School A some educators in Lake Coun- drop one letter grade, prevent- Windy Hill Middle School A ing some from failing. ty, while others said the back- Eustis Heights Elementary School F him in prior incident ward slide by some schools Statewide, there were 178 F schools, an increase of 72 from Humanities & Fine Arts Charter F MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writer simply reflects a statewide [email protected] trend. the previous year. Lake Virtual Instruction Program F Five schools in the district re- Even so, school officials say Leesburg Elementary School F A Tavares man who police said dared officers to ceived an F. None did the previ- more community involvement Oak Park Middle School F shoot him at a home Monday, after he allegedly ous year. and instructional tutoring is had just beat three family members with a base- Officials said the number of needed to help struggling stu- DISTRICT GRADES ball bat, apparently had asked officers to shoot F’s statewide have increased, dents in those failing schools. him last year at the same home. 2014 (prelim): C 2011: B in part because teachers were Eustis Heights Elementa- According to an incident report, Tavares po- phasing in the new Florida ry School, Oak Park Middle 2013: C 2010: B lice responded to the Hibiscus Court home on Standards, while evaluating School, Leesburg Elementary 2012: B Orange, Sumter: B Dec. 20 on a 911 call that James Earl Jones was students on the old standards SEE GRADES | A2 SEE BEATING | A2 ‘REMEMBERING ‘LEGALLY BLONDE RENNINGER’S RED SKELTON’ THE MUSICAL’ ANTIQUE FAIR “Remembering Red Skelton” “Legally Blonde the Renninger’s hosts an WEEKEND’S will be performed from 7-9 Musical” will be Antique Fair on the 1 p.m. Saturday at the Mount 2 performed through 3 third weekend of every Dora Community Building, 520 N Sunday at the Historic State month. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 TOP Baker St. Brian Hoffman brings to Theatre, 109 N. Bay St., p.m. on Saturday and Sunday life all of Red’s characters. Tickets Eustis. Tickets are $11-$21. at 20651 U.S. Highway 441 are $20. Call 352-217-5072 or Call 352-357-7777 or email in Mount Dora. A quilt show 3 email [email protected]. boxoffice@baystreetplayers. also is featured Saturday. INDEX DIVERSIONS C5 OBITUARIES A4 Vol. 138 LEGALS C10 SPORTS B1 TODAY’S WEATHER CLASSIFIED C10 No. 199 50¢ BUSINESS C6 VOICES A9 Detailed forecast 91˚/74˚ COMICS C4 4 sections CROSSWORDS C10 NATION A5 WORLD A7 on page A10. Afternoon thunderstorms D004222 A2 DAILY COMMERCIAL Friday, July 18, 2014 GRADES THE REST Imagine Schools At South Lake C FLORIDA FROM PAGE A1 Altoona School B Mascotte Elementary School C East Ridge Middle School B Minneola Elementary School C LOTTERY School, Humanities and Eustis Elementary School B Mount Dora Middle School C Fine Arts Charter School Eustis Middle School B Round Lake Elementary School C JULY 17 and Lake Virtual Instruc- tional program each re- Grassy Lake Elementary School B Sawgrass Bay Elementary School C CASH 3 ...............................................1-7-9 ceived an F this year. Gray Middle School B Seminole Springs Elementary School C Afternoon ..........................................9-5-9 In addition, 14 schools Pine Ridge Elementary School B Tavares Middle School C PLAY 4 .............................................3-5-1-3 showed letter-grade de- The Villages Elementary Of Treadway Elementary School C Afternoon .......................................2-5-1-0 clines. Lady Lake School B Overall, 13 percent of Umatilla Middle School C JULY 16 Astatula Elementary School C Lake’s schools had A’s, 21 Beverly Shores Elementary School D FANTASY 5 ............................. 1-8-11-17-26 percent had B’s, 41 per- Carver Middle School C Milestones Community School FLORIDA LOTTO ................... 3-6-8-33-35-37 cent had C’s, 13 percent Clermont Elementary School C Of Lake County Inc. D POWERBALL.................... 5-15-18-26-32-35 had D’s and 13 percent Clermont Middle School C Spring Creek Charter School D had F’s, according to the Fruitland Park Elementary School C Tavares Elementary School D report card. Groveland Elementary School C Triangle Elementary School D School officials point- THE NEWSPAPER OF CHOICE FOR LAKE AND SUMTER COUNTIES SINCE 1875 ed to the increase in A The Daily Commercial (ISSN 0896-1042) is published daily for schools. Windy Hill Mid- declining grades. acclimate to a new edu- fabric of our community.” $90.74 per year (plus Florida sales tax) by Halifax Media Group At a July 7 School Board cational standard. Galatowitsch said he is at 212 East Main Street, Leesburg, Florida. Periodicals postage is dle School, Sorrento Ele- paid at the USPO, Leesburg, FL. POSTMASTER: Send all address meeting, Howard had “We are trying to get still assessing the factors changes to The Daily Commercial, P.O. Box 490007, Leesburg, FL mentary School and Lost 34749-0007. All material contained in this edition is property of Lake Elementary moved proposed a superinten- ready for the new Flori- leading to the school’s F The Daily Commercial and is protected under the copyright laws of dent search to replace da Standards while test- grade but remained con- the United States of America. Reproduction is forbidden without up to receive the highest written consent from the publisher. grade. Moxley, but School Board ing in the old standards,” fident the school would By comparison, many members, in a 3-2 vote, he said. “We are trying to improve. MISSED YOUR NEWSPAPER? HOW TO REACH US rejected the idea. ride two or three horses.” REDELIVERY NOT AVAILABLE IN Central Florida coun- He said he is hoping ALTOONA OR SUMTER ties had far greater per- Howard cited the dis- Asked about letter to fill 23 vacancies in the 365-8200 mantling of leadership grade declines, Chris- Call 352-787-0600 in Lake In Sumter County: centages of A schools this school in the coming County or 877-702-0600 in 877-702-0600 year: 70 percent of Flagler teams in the schools as a tiansen said numerous weeks. Sumter County 6 a.m. to 10 contributing factor to the schools also improved. a.m. Monday through Friday.