GAINESVILLE Almost a year to the day that the 2020 Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame banquet was canceled, Gainesville Athletic Director Adam Lindsey is pleased to announce that the 2020 class will still be honored, but at a 2021 banquet.
On June 8 at The Chair Factory in Gainesville, the class comprised of Billy Lothridge; Tommy Valentine; Patrick Hamilton; Stephanie (Yarem) Ransom; Dr. Tim Fulenwider; and the back-to-back-to-back state championship baseball teams from 1996, 1997, and 1998, will finally be celebrated.
“We were incredibly disappointed to not be able to honor this class last year,” Lindsey said. “That disappointment, along with the caliber of former Red Elephant athletes and athletic supporters in the group, contributed greatly to the Hall of Fame committee deciding to focus solely on the Class of 2020, in 2021.”
The board for the Bakersfield City School District this week opened a discussion about implementing ethnic studies in the district. Itâs not the first time board members or administrators broached the idea, but it was the first serious discussion about actually adopting a formal resolution in ethnic studies.
âThis is embarking on something big,â said Superintendent Doc Ervin. âWe can do it. Itâs not going to be a problem. We just have to be patient.â
Deputy superintendent Mark Luque said BCSD teachers have been asking for the district to adopt ethnic studies. But Tuesday night s discussion was prompted by a letter from Kern County Educators for Ethnic Studies. The group is asking for the district to adopt a resolution by the end of the school year with a clear and comprehensive vision for the implementation of ethnic studies.