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A Very Special School Is Threatened Again
Let’s look at why Lokrantz needs your support and attention. The community has been fighting to get many programs and supports back that have gone away under the last couple of principals. For example, our therapy pool has been broken for many many years with no real progress being made to fix it, CSUN music no longer offers its unique and valuable music therapy program on our campus, and our much-loved playground is falling apart. Especially our much loved “merry-go-round” that was broken by kids in the local area and has sat broken for years now. There is no excuse for this since a new merry-go-round was purchased and has been sitting in the local district parking lot for a year! This is inexcusable. Also, the MOVE program is a needed program that has successfully run on the campus for many many years but since the pandemic, no new training has been given to the many new staff members. At this point, most staff is no longer comfortable with using this program. This is heartbreaking as this program is a key part of the Lokrantz philosophy and NEEDs to be consistently used in all classes on campus. There are so many things that had once made Lokrantz a specialized and unique school for our most fragile students that have simply disappeared. Have we addressed this with the principal you ask? That is a resounding YES and nothing has changed. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch
CSUN Beach Volleyball Sweeps St. Katherine; Falls to Concordia
The California State University, Northridge beach volleyball team (13-12) split a Saturday at Great Park as the Matadors swept Saint Katherine for the second straight day before falling in a tight 3-2 decision to host Concordia Irvine. -- SCV News
Flashback Interview: Russell Williams II
This is how my actual reputation was built, one project at a time. My class at Cal State Northridge, I take them through this imdb.com page and say, “Now why did I take this job? Why did I take THIS job? Other than it was a paycheck, what was it about this that said ‘take this one’ as opposed to another that I may have been weighing at the time?” -- PopGeeks
Column: Richard Alarcon is fine with his political legacy — but L.A.’s latest scandals irk him
He told me about a gift his mother gave him at his Cal State Northridge graduation. It was a letter his sixth-grade teacher had written to her, saying her son would be a “failure in life” because he was too disruptive. -- Los Angeles Times
Arlington Public Schools promotes Gunston, Wakefield principals to new posts
Wiggins earned her bachelor’s degree from Messiah College, her master’s from California State University, Northridge, and her doctorate from West Virginia University. -- ARLnow
CCUSD Mourns the Passing of Former Board Member Julie Lugo Cerra
Cerra studied sociology as well as art and behavioral sciences at UCLA and California State University at Northridge. -- Westside Today
California high schools are adding hundreds of ethnic studies classes. Are teachers prepared?
“We have all these teachers who have great hearts, who are really social justice minded, who really want to do ethnic studies because they’re thinking about themselves as, ‘I’m a culturally responsive teacher,’” said Theresa Montaño, a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at Cal State Northridge. “But that isn’t enough to give you the knowledge you need.” -- CALMatters
Visit the AV Disability Resource Fair
The Family Focus Resource Center at California State University, Northridge serves families raising children with special needs through education, advocacy and family support services. -- Antelope Valley Press
Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, April 3-10
California State University, Northridge’s VITA Clinic Income Tax Preparation: Appointments required for the free sessions, 2-6 p.m., and every Thursday through April 13. Check the website link for details on what you need to bring to an appointment and also the link to make an appointment. Sun Valley Branch Library, 7935 Vineland Ave. 818-764-1338. Details and reservations: bit.ly/3kNvwEu -- Los Angeles Daily News
A&R Worldwide Connects Music, Media Industry Professionals With A Successful MUSEXPO Conference At Castaway
California State University Northridge film student and musician Nick Huh left his spring break destination, Arizona, one day early to attend MUSEXPO. Huh detailed that he was eager to listen to insight from Sparks, a music producer, songwriter and DJ who has contributed to tracks by top artists like Lady Gaga, Pitbull, Beyoncé, and more. -- MyBurbank