POWAY
A 54-year-old man and his teenage son died after a car collision near Poway High School Friday night, sheriff’s authorities said.
The crash occurred just after 7 p.m., when the man and his son were pulling out of the north parking lot at Poway High in a Toyota sedan. They started to turn left onto northbound Espola Road when they were struck on the driver’s side by a southbound Mercedes sedan, authorities said.
The Toyota driver died at the scene. His son, whose age was not disclosed, was taken to Rady Children’s Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Their names were not released.
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Poway students are calling for unity after school district officials said there have been some incidents of racial or religious harassment on Poway campuses since last week’s presidential election.
Some schools have held assemblies and activities to promote diversity, and Poway High School held a unity rally on Friday in response to an uptick in bullying.
Starting at 6:45 a.m., more than 100 students and staff members met before class to share their concerns and offer support to students who have been targeted because of their race or religion.
“The focus of the message was celebrating diversity in the midst of some of the divisiveness that was happening,” said Christine Paik, spokeswoman for Poway Unified School District. “Some were talking about being kind and how to stand up for others if they see any bullying or harassment.”
YES virtual meeting set for next week
The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) group holds a virtual meeting at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 18. Cyber educator Jon Moffat will present the latest information on TikTok and Discord. Resources, links and grant information will be included. Email reshelman@carlsbadusd.net for meeting links.
DEL MAR
District offers webinars on language program
The Del Mar Union School District has scheduled parent information webinars regarding its Spanish Language Immersion Program in kindergarten and first grade. To apply for the program, parents or guardians must attend one of the webinars. All DMUSD students will have equal access to the Spanish Language Immersion Program via a lottery, regardless of a student’s school of residence. The webinars will include information about long-term goals for the program, research supporting the benefits of biliteracy, the parent commitment requirement, application and enrollment details, and lottery information. Applications wi
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Local author Susan Meissner believes historical fiction can be immersive: “It has the unique quality of being able to transport a reader back into time.”
Her new novel, “The Nature of Fragile Things,” does that through a depiction of the the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and its ramifications.
“A well-written nonfiction can do that as well, but I find nonfiction to be largely detail-driven, and fiction is all about the human element,” she said. “Nonfiction can explain the details of a historical event and even tell you what it was like to live through it, but only a novel can let you feel what it was like.
student trustee on the San Diego Unified Board of Education and president of the
California Student Board Member Association. He lives in University City. Bylsma is a senior at Poway High School, and a
student trustee on the Poway Unified Board of Education, and vice president of the California Student Board Member Association. She lives in Poway.
We will never forget our experiences of serving on local school boards during the largest public health crisis in recent history. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has tested the capacity and resilience of schools nationwide, we are proud to fiercely advocate for thousands of students as our school districts work toward a safe and equitable reopening. As student board members, our voices are critical to board deliberations that often include parents, teachers and the community while excluding the students themselves. We are fortunate to be members of boards of education where we are judged by the merits of our ideas, not by our age.