The James Logan Courier

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations


Most voters in the New Haven Unified School District approved of Measure B -- an emergency funding measure designed to minimize class size increases and reductions to the school year and to fund after-school activities – but the measure appears to have fallen just short of the two-thirds majority necessary to pass.

According to unofficial results reported this afternoon by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Measure B received 66.43 percent of the vote – with 7,851 voting to approve the measure and 3,967 voting against – fewer than 100 votes short of passing.

MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks are on sale for $90. Come by Room 44 after school to buy yours. Hurry, because supplies are limited.

Need Driver’s Ed? There will be two sessions this summer at the Adult School. The first session is June 20, 21 & 22. The second session is August 8, 9 & 10. Cost is $125. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or details.

Do you love to sing and dance? Choir auditions are May 10-13. Advanced Choir and Jazz Choir are Tuesday, May 10th. Show Choir is May 12 & 13 (Thurs. & Fri.) For Show Choir you must attend both days. Join our championship teams.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Director of Parent and Community Relations

Julie Panebianco, an English teacher and leader of the Puente Program at James Logan High School, has been selected as the New Haven Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year, it was announced during the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Joan Wolfe, secretary at Searles Elementary School, was named Classified Employee of the Year.

Under Ms. Panebianco’s leadership, Logan boasts one of the most successful programs in the Puente Project, which throughout the state offers academic preparation to improve the college-going rate of educationally disadvantaged students. She helps Puente students with college applications and essays, takes them on college tours, helps their families find ways to afford college and devotes countless hours to fundraising for the program. She also is an anchor of Logan’s literacy team.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations

With an undetermined number of ballots still to be counted, an emergency funding measure for the New Haven Unified School District was too close to call tonight.

According to preliminary results from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, 7,298 voters favored Measure B, the "Taking Care of Our Kids" parcel tax, while 3,809 voters were opposed. In percentages, the margin was 65.71 to 34.29, but the measure needs a two-thirds majority (66.7 percent) to pass.

From wikipedia:
Alice Pleasance Liddell (4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), known for most of her adult life by her married name, Alice Hargreaves, inspired the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, whose protagonist Alice was named after her.

Alice Liddell was the fourth child of Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and his wife Lorina Hanna Liddell (née Reeve). She had two older brothers, Harry (born 1847) and Arthur (born 1850, died of scarlet fever in 1853), and an older sister Lorina (born 1849). She also had six younger siblings, including her sister Edith (born 1854) with whom she was very close.

Read excerpts from Alice Liddell's diaries.