Education Highlights

Special needs get devoted day in Temecula

Maggie Avants, SWRNN

Upon entering the games, athletes were greeted on the fields by cheering volunteers. During the opening ceremonies, Carol Leighty, superintendent of the Temecula Valley Unified School District, shared that she has a grandson with special needs.

Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids

Dorie Turner, Associated Press

A plan to overhaul the 2002 education law championed by President George W. Bush was unveiled by the Obama administration Saturday in hopes of replacing a system that in the last decade has tagged more than a third of schools as failing and created a hodgepodge of sometimes weak academic standards among states.

Menifee USD to hold second H1N1 clinic for students previously vaccinated

Staff, SWRNN

This will only apply to those who received the first vaccination on Feb. 1, 2 or 3.

Lake Elsinore teachers plead against impasse

Maggie Avants, SWRNN

“This could be disastrous…the mood, the movement and the effect on students. For the sake of the district, its employees and its students, come back to the table.”

Lake Elsinore teacher, students hope to save the music

Maggie Avants, SWRNN

John Lewis has been teaching music technology for 11 years now, and won’t know until August whether he'll return to teach the class. “It’s not about the job, because I’ll still have a job. It’s about what kids learn in this class.”

Politics & Government

Calfire: Email predicting major earthquake phony, but disaster readiness is for real

By Jose Arballo Jr., SWRNN

“No one can predict earthquakes with certainty although we all wish the same would be possible,” said Calfire Capt. Fernando Herrera.

Menifee mayor assures the city is in a 'very good state'

Yazmin Alvarez, SWRNN

"Some cities around us are struggling with their budget. As far as Menifee is concerned, we not only have millions in reserve in our reserve fund, we are balanced in our budget. We are not firing here -- we are hiring.”

Gov. visits RivCo; Skechers plant to bring jobs to the region

Staff, City News Service

“This means growth and jobs,'' Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said. “We see a company that has the courage in this economic downturn to build and develop.

High School Football

Temecula's athletes declare colleges, sign on for education

By Kerri S. Mabee, SWRNN

At Temecula's Prodigy Athletes, six accomplished area athletes signed letters of intent to play for the universities of their choosing.

RivCo All-Stars, with nine Southwest-area players, struggle in 13-3 loss

By James Palen, SWRNN

Things didn't start or end well for Chaparral's Mitch Glasmann and the Riverside all-stars at the charity event.

Hard work pays off for Chaparral's Arnold; apologizes for season-ending incident

By Jarred Powell, SWRNN

"Antoine is a great teammate and it hurt him so much to watch those seniors not win a title," Chaparral head coach Tom Leach said.