Editorial

AUSD Honors Encinal Student Lelon Neely

May 11,2023

The Alameda Unified School District will be honoring “Spotlight Students” in a new column in the newsletter. A Spotlight Student is someone that has made progress in their educational performance.

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And A Little Child Shall Lead Them Through Divorce

May 11,2023

After eight years of marriage to Susan, the mother of my two kids, we had an apartment across from the Museum of Natural History in New York, high enough that I could see the great anthropologist Margaret Mead working at night in her turret, across from our apartment and right next to Central Par

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I Don’t Have to Show You No Stinkin’ Board Scores

May 04,2023

Having moved to the Bay Area to be close to my son and his full-blooded Navajo wife and two amazing granddaughters, I found myself like a tree without water, the water of intelligent conversation and smart people to discuss meaningful subjects with.

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Restart the Presses

Apr 20,2023

Caught that part of television quiz show Jeopardy! when host Ken Jennings interviews the contestants briefly.

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Sorting Waste is Now the Law

Apr 20,2023

Make sure your recyclables, organics, and garbage are put in the correct container. Properly sorting your waste is now the law. California law, Senate Bill 1383,* became effective January 2022.

Help keep your community clean and green — do your part! Keep the organics stream clean.

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West Coast Dance Marks its 50th Year

Apr 20,2023

Standing among the Island City’s longest-running businesses, Marnell Xavier’s West Coast Dance Theater (WCDT) turns 50 this year. Xavier, an Alameda native has been a self-employed woman in business since 1973.

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Dubs Playoff Fever

Apr 14,2023

We have watched the media try to turn the Dubs into a traveling circus and haunted house, with Draymond Green as Boris Karloff, and Wiggins as The Rock, but the truth shines through, which is that they are the best basketball team in the last 50 years.

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Campus Safety in the Wake of Nashville

Apr 07,2023

Dear AUSD Staff and Community:
In the aftermath of Monday’s [March 27] tragic shooting at a school in Nashville, Tennessee, we are reminded again of the terror, grief, and loss that gun-related violence has perpetuated on so many school communities.

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