As students transition back into the classroom at Escondido High School, their teachers and administrators will be paying attention to more than just the.
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The man who brought tortillas to the Saturday night Coronado High School basketball game against Escondido’s Orange Glen High issued a public apology Thursday, saying he realizes the act of throwing tortillas has been perceived as racially insensitive.
Luke Serna, who says he is half-Mexican and a registered Democrat, on Wednesday said he gave bags of tortillas to Coronado students. During an altercation following the game, some Coronado players threw tortillas in the air toward the Orange Glen team, which is mostly Latino.
Serna issued a statement Thursday.
“I realize the tortilla throwing has been perceived as racially insensitive,” Serna wrote. “I do not condone racially insensitive behavior, and that was not my intent. I apologize to all who were hurt by this and hope it can be a teaching moment for us all to become more conscious.”
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The 67th Annual Greater San Diego Science And Engineering Fair took place virtually last month. Here is a look back at the first fair in 1955.
From The San Diego Union, Saturday, April 16, 1955:
PRIZES AWARDED AT SCIENCE FAIR
Girl, Boy Will Get Trip to Cleveland
An Escondido boy who built a machine to take the salt out of ocean water and a San Diego girl who made a series of models of microscopic animals won grand prizes last night in the opening of the Greater San Diego Science Fair in the Institute of Aeronautical Science building.
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The boy is David Smith of Escondido Union High School. The girl is Evelyn La Heist of Kearny High School. By winning first places in the senior division of the fair they become eligible for an all-expense trip to the National Science Fair in Cleveland May 12, 13, and 14.
After months of waiting, all public and private schools in San Diego County received the green light to reopen for instruction starting Wednesday, now that the county’s COVID case rate has finally stayed low enough to reach the state’s less-restrictive red tier.
The momentous yet expected tier announcement by county officials Tuesday, along with a decision by a county judge on Monday, cleared the way for an expanded reopening at some North County districts that have for weeks been asking the state to reopen their middle and high schools.
At least three of those districts Poway Unified, Carlsbad Unified and San Dieguito Union High this week started offering at least one day a week of in-person instruction to their middle and high school students.