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Anne Fox, Pleasanton
This week, my Pleasanton neighborhood is mourning the senseless death of our one of our neighbors, Mark Fiala, a respected realtor well-known in town, who was tragically struck down this week in the crosswalk on Stoneridge Drive at Newton Way in Pleasanton.
This happened a few months after the city manager Nelson Fialho chose to place an agenda item to raise the speed limit between Kamp Drive to Trevor Parkway from 35 mph to 40 mph on a consent calendar item, not a public hearing item, without informing elected officials that a previous city council had unanimously adopted ordinances, including Ordinance 1882, which made the stretch of road 35 mph. Furthermore, even though raising the speed limit near Mohr Elementary would affect the safety of students, elected school board members were kept in the dark.
She always followed the Mother s Day contest, but only the last year or two, as their resemblance grew, did she consider entering. This year we decided we had to do it, to do something fun, Varupi said. Since Pareena is at an age where she is changing every few months, we had to take a fresh picture.
Dad Nitin stepped up to do that. He s not at all a keen photographer but often gives in to the demands of our mom-daughter team, Varupi commented with a laugh.
The runners-up in the 2021 Lookalike Contest are Ava and Monica Chinn. They submitted a photo they took while wine-tasting last month.
Harvest Park and Pleasanton middle schools are among the honorees named as 2021 California Distinguished Schools, a statewide distinction bestowed upon public schools for excellence in academic performance and closing achievement gaps.
For every student who attends, stays with or returns to PUSD, the district receives state funding, and for students within the greater Tri-Valley area that feel (Virtual Academy) is the right fit for them, if they were to attend our school district, we would get the revenue for them attending our school district as well, Sheikholeslami said. It can play an important role in retention, he added. It can play an important role in bringing some students back who have left, and it could play a role for students in our local area who would find this as a good education model for them, and then that would be a net add of students