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Miss Sonoma County Retains Title Guess Who? I Am a Singer Born in California on March 18, 1979 Follow us on County entered RED tier 3/14/21 March 19, 2021 12 Pages Sign up for the FREE e-Edition Newspaper of Rohnert Park-Cotati-Penngrove-Sebastopol and get the latest local news delivered to your mailbox Serving Communities of Quote of the week: Rohnert Park, Cotati and Penngrove since “Anticipate problems and pre- pare to overcome obstacles. 1993 Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.” Major Richard D. Winters Miss Sonoma County retains title Guess Who? I am a singer born in California on March 18, 1979. I met my future bandmates while attending Brentwood School. I have had many hits as a singer/songwriter, and gained even more success as a coach on “The Voice.” Answer: Adam Levine Adam Answer: Inside this issue St. Patrick’s Day 2 Parole board denies 2 Fatal police violence 2 Letters 2 Public restrooms 3 Library news 4 Police Logs 4 LinkedIn Learning 4 Cotati has good news 5 Sebastopol’s parklets 5 Help for opioid addiction 6 “Hail storm” 7 Gardening principles 7 The Mid-life Experience 7 Laguna de Santa Rosa 10 Miss Sonoma County Outstanding Teen for 2020 and 2021 Kyra Shi. Miss Sonoma County for 2020 and 2021 Sunny Muscatell. Robert Grant Robert Grant By Irene Hilsendager County competition. Sonoma County has led the longest 25 years old that live, work or go to school in Sonoma Café Espresso On March 4 the Spreckels Theatre should have been continuously running program of the Miss America or- County as well as the Miss Sonoma County. Outstanding Feature of the week standing room only but alas it was totally vacant. Miss ganization in the state of California and in the year of Teen competition which is for girls ages 13 through 17 Sonoma County and Miss Sonoma Teen should have 2020 six young women competing were from Rohnert who live and go to school in Sonoma County. been standing on the stage waiting for the crowning, but Park. Originally, when the competition first started in the the COVID-19 pandemic reared its ugly head to put a Because of the pandemic many things had to be county in 1947, it was run by the 20/30 Club of Santa halt to all activities. changed but in prior years the contestants received eight Rosa. The club ran the program until 1969 and held the Sunny Muscatell, 18, was crowned Miss Sonoma weeks of training in everything from interview skills to competitions at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial build- County 2020 at the 74th annual Miss Sonoma County stage presence, the history of Sonoma County, current ing. Later a pageant organization and association formed Weekly Columns Scholarship Competition at Spreckels Performing Art events among others. and in the mid-1980s the competitions moved to the Center in March 2020. The competition encompasses both the Miss Sonoma Luther Burbank Center. Since the mid-1990s they have Thomas Elias 3 This year would be the 75th year of the Miss Sonoma County program, which is for young women from 18 to ‘Miss Sonoma County’ see page 5 Darrin Jenkins 3 Sweeping up solutions 7 Words to ponder 3 History 3 CRPUSD Schools start in-person instruction By Cassandra May Albaugh The Cotati Rohnert Park Unified School District Board held a short Special Meeting on March 9 and a regular meeting on March 16. Both meetings had presentations by Superintendent Mayra Perez updating school reopening plans. The March 16 meeting also included financial and labor items to discuss and approve. The special meeting had just two agenda items. Ratification of personal action reports which covers resignations, leave of absences, Cougars prepare 12 and employment hires for both Certified and Classified staff was one item. Perez’s report of the Learning Hubs at the district’s elementary Sportsman’s Report 12 schools that commenced on March 8 was the other. As previously reported, these hubs are for special populations. California DOE defines those as English Language learners, Special Education students, homeless and foster youth. Perez shared pictures from the various sites showing students arriving, in class and the safety protocols in effect. These hubs are currently serving 140 students. She Entertainment said she was glad “we’re getting the kids into school.” At the regular meeting she again reviewed the requirements for reopening based on the January 14 state guidelines. Marta Posada, the district’s pandemic case coordinator, presented a Gantt Chart showing the status of reopening items required. Most are completed. She said what remains are staff, parent, and student trainings relating to on campus safety procedures and protocols, and development of a few written policies. All of these will occur soon. The COVID Safety plans and School Safety Plans are complete and will be posted to the district’s website on March 29 and will be approved at an April 6 Special Meeting. ‘In-person’ see page 5 Scott Sheldon 10 Three high school consolidation in West County Ken Weise 10 By Brandon McCapes had not yet been determined. Anything affecting the physical structures, including The West Sonoma County High School District met for a special meeting March signage, the field and scoreboards, can be paid for by bond money allocated towards 16 where they discussed the upcoming consolidation of El Molino, Analy and Laguna facilities. High Schools following the failure of a Measure A in a special election earlier this The board also discussed selecting a principal for the consolidated high school. Health... month. For more information about the consolidation, see the following written by Cas- Body... The board met to discuss rebranding the schools following consolidation, which sandra May Albaugh of The Community Voice: will go into effect this fall. Students and staff from El Molino High School in By Cassandra May Albaugh Mind... Forestville will be moved to Analy and Laguna High Schools, while the district offices West Sonoma County Union High School District held their regular board meeting Sprit... move from the Laguna campus to the El Molino campus. The consolidation is ex- on March 10. It was a five and one-half hour marathon with over 250 participants in pected to save about $1.2 million annually and has been necessitated by declining en- attendance online. The meeting was dominated by the discussion and decision of rollment in West County. whether to consolidate Analy and El Molino High Schools into a single campus. Jerry Yan 6 The board authorized a planning committee which would work with students to se- Driven by on-going structural budget deficits and declining enrollment, the question Steven Campbell 6 lect a new mascot and colors for the new Analy/El Molino high school, which will of consolidation has been front and center since October of last year. The Community George Malkemus 6 require new signs and uniforms. The uniforms alone will cost $175,000 for all levels, Voice has been covering the discussion continuously since then. The initial report on Glenn Mollette 6 genders and programs, but Board Member Jeff Ogston said that cost will not come their Special Meeting of October 7 can be found here: The Community Voice. out of the estimated savings, as it had already been factored in. Since then, they’ve held a series of town halls to allow community input. The Russ- The planning committee will also work with staff to develop curriculum and the ian River community was shocked to learn that their local campus, El Molino in broader community. Forestville, the smallest of the two regular high schools, was in danger of being moved “We’ve had many conversations about the impact of that move and how we will to Analy or Laguna’s campus in Sebastopol because of a potential consolidation to integrate the two communities together,” Board member Toni Beal said about a unity address the budget deficit. Laguna is the continuation high school co-located with the Kids committee formed following the March 10 vote to consolidate. district office. They organized and protested. With a December 2020 decision Board member Julie Aiello repeatedly raised concerns over the fact that the cost ‘Consolidation’ see page 5 Activities for kids Sebastopol working with Zero Waste Sonoma Kids activities By Brandon McCapes cities “to help manage the region’s waste management programs and fulfill sate re- including coloring pages The City of Sebastopol will be working with Zero Waste Sonoma and Recology to porting requirements,” according to the staff report. meet state requirements that will limit methane emissions from organic waste while Zero Waste Sonoma Executive Director Leslie Lukacs who gave the presentation, increasing recovery of edible food from grocery stores and similar businesses in an said, “This is the most significant waste reduction mandate adopted in California in effort to fight food insecurity. the last 30 years. It’s one of California’s largest strategies to combat climate change” Sebastopol council members heard a presentation from Zero Waste Sonoma on Staff at Zero Waste Sonoma have been working with local jurisdictions over the how regional agencies will work with the city to meet the requirements of California past year to establish a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the respective roles SB 1383 at their regular meeting March 16. of the agency and localities it works with in relation to SB 1383. SB 1383, passed in 2016, requires localities work towards a 50-percent reduction Along with Recology, Zero Waste Sonoma will work to meet the following goals: in organic waste—which includes yard waste and food waste—by Jan. 1, 2020 and a provide organic collection services to all residents and businesses; establish edible 75-percent reduction by 2025, according to the presentation.
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