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2 LOMPOC RECORD (Lompoc, Calif.) Wednesday, January 14, 1998 LUSD Obituaries William Stevens SANTA YNEZ Graveside services for William W. Stevens, 86, of Santa Ynez will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard. jV Mr- Stevens was born Aug.

29, 19,11. He was born and raised on the todian Orchard Ranch in Goleta. His father and mother Fred and jpearl, had purchased the ranch from the Chumash Indians! He was the fildest of four children, having two brothers and a sister. He grew up working for his parents at the family farm. He also worked all over Santa Barbara County helping other farmers during their harvest.

He often Pove the family team of horses over the old San Marcos Pass to the Santa Ynez Valley to work farmland. a-: He married Charlotte Saulsbury in 1940 and moved to the Santa -Sfjiez He farmed on his ranch on Baseline Avenue until 1990 gvhen he retired. He was well known in the valley for his "Stevens Fruit the district population, were 51 percent of those retained. Fifty percent of the retainees were "fourth-quarter' children, those born between Sept. 1 and Dec.

1. Additional Indicators One of. the Additional Indicators was a comparison of year-round education and traditional year education. La Honda and Miguelito elementary schools are ti i district's two year-round schools. They were compared to the other in-town schools on several factors for the 1996-97 school year Attendance averaged about 94 percent for all the schools compared; There were 29 suspensions at the year-round schools; 70.3 at the others; ITBS test result averages were similar in the second and third grades.

The fourth grade average was 4.6 at the year-round schools and 4.1 at the others. The fifth-grade averages were 5.1 at the year-round schools 4.7 at the others. ''-Ty School library book circulation averaged 44 books per student at the year-round schools and 37.4 at the other town schools. 1,494 were LEP: 1,238 Spanish speaking and 203 Hmong The number of students from families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children increased from 1,725 to 1,916, an increase of 191 in a five-year perir Od. School Climate Suspensions and Expulsions Negative student behavior was reflected in an increase in suspensions to 1,555, from a low of 1,298 in 19945.

The highest number in the previous five years was in 199293, with 1,588. Expulsions increased by 10 over 199596, to a total of 37 in 1996-97, a record high for the past five years. Dropouts In 1996-97, 92 students dropped out of school. This was the lowest number in five years, representing 3.1 percent of the high school enrollment of 2,990. Retentions Less than 1 percent of the elementary school population 56, were retained in grade in 1996-97; 34 in kindergarten.

More boys than girls, 42 versus 14 were retained. Hispanic children, who are 31 percent of Scholastic Aptitude Test The graduating class of 1997 achieved its second highest score in five years on the Verbal portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, 505. That average score of the 199 out of 465 seniors taking the test equaled the national student population score and surpassed the average state score of 496. The -average Mathematics section score was 510, nine points, below last, year's. It almost matched the national average of 511, but was four points below the California average of 514.

Demographics In the past five years, the White population has declined 6 percent, from 57 to 51 percent; and the Hispanic population has increased 5 percent, from 26 to 31 percent, according to the report. The 'Asian population has decreased .5 percent to 5.1 percent, the lowest percentage in five years. The Black population increased just .1 percent, from 9 to 9.1. In 1992-93, 1,237 students were Limited English Proficient: 886 Spanish-speaking and 254 Hmong-speaking. In 1996-97, $ana and his sweet corn.

Mr. Stevens died Monday, Jan. 11, 1998, in Santa Barbara. He is survived by his three daughters, Virginia Cline and Roberta parable, both of Santa Ynez, and Susie Serritslev of Ballard; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Elizabeth Waugh; a Brother, Robert Stevens; and many nieces and nephews. It is suggested that friends remember their favorite charity.

8" Arrangements are under the direction of Loper Funeral Chapel. Charlene Short BRENTWOOD Services for Charlene Wilma Short, 56, of Brentwood will be held 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998, at the Brentwood Funeral Home. Graveside services will be 3 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 16, 1998, at Lompoc Cemetery. Si. Mrs. Short was born Aug.

8, 1941 in. Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She a homemaker. and was also employed at Liberty Union High School Service. She had lived in Lompoc before moving to Brentwood yearsago.

She died Sunday, Jan. 11, 1998, in Brentwood. She is survived by her husband, William Roger Short of Brentwood; daughter, Desiree Kaae of Antioch; a Short of Brentwood; a sister, Susan -Whisman of Cahokia, her mother-in-law, Lena "Babe" Short of Lompoc; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in fjeath by a son, Roger Short, on Dec. 11, 1985 and a brother, John Gilbert in 1974.

Visitation will be 10 a.m. to service time Thursday at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of Brentwood Funeral Home Brentwood. Gloria Ramirez (Continued from pageAl) month over 1996, from 9.7 to the national norm of 9.8. Starting this school year, the district will no longer use the ITBS or the TAP.

The state Department of Education has mandated that the Stanford Achievement Test-9 be used by state schools. This will enable it to compare results at schools throughout the state. LUSD Proficiency Test The percent of eighth graders passing the language arts portion dropped from 78 percent in 1993-94 to 61 percent in 1996-97. The percent passing the math section, 69 in 1993-94, declined to 62 in 1995-96 and rose to 64 percent in 1996-97. Advanced Placement Tests 11 percent of 11th and 12th grade students, 126 out of 1,068, took tests for the college-, level Advanced Placement courses offered at Cabrillo and Lompoc high Of the 126, 87 (69 percent) passed, receiving college credit for their high school work.

Class (Continued from page A1) ronment," Perry said. In other business: The board approved revisions to Policy P8182: Criteria for Evaluation of Consolidated Programs. Changes in the federal Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 require all schoolsdistricts to have board-adopted criteria to determine the effectiveness of their consolidated programs, including Title for children needing help in reading, language and math skills; Title VI, library materials; Econonu ic Impact AidLimited English Proficient instruction, for non-English speaking students; Miller-Unruh reading program; Professional Development; and School Improve Elect (Continued from page A1) i-, Bordonaro isaid he would, be meeting with campaign strategists later today and begin formulating- plans forttnrroming-weeks leading up to the run-off election. "Our message of reducing taxes and smaller government is a good conservative message that still plays," Bordonaro said at his Paso Robles headquarters early today. "It resonated with voters and translated into a victory." He said his plans would include pushing for "real Lincoln-Douglas style debates" in the hopes of encouraging candidates to clearly lay out their positions on a range of issues.

"I'm going to be" pushing hard for real debate where we ask hard questions and rebut answers. We need to give the voters some meat on these issues," he said. Capps also told her crowd she would stay focused on the issues of the district. "I never dreamed I'd be standing here a school nurse, a 1307-A North Street Located i the VonsLongs Plaza LOMPOC Services are pending at Starbuck-Lind Mortuary for ploria ESmirez, 66, of Lompoc, who died today, Jan. 14, 1998, at her home.

Mary Francis LOMPOC A private burial for Mary Francis, 71, of Lompoc is planned at Lompoc Cemetery. i Mrs. Francis was born Jan. 27, 1926 in Indianapolis, to Ira and linnie Wood Cooper. She worked for 30 years as a waitress, most Recently for Denny's Restaurant.

She retired in 1992 and moved to tompoc from Riverside. Her special joy was spending time with her grandchildren. She died Monday, Jan. 12, 1998, at her home. i Survivors include her daughter, Carol Seipel of Lompoc; sons, Paul (Vancis of Carmichael, Tora Francis of Medford, and Tim Francis tf Prescott Valley, sister, Lois Trester of Huntington Beach; brother, Bill Cox of Riverside; 13 grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and umerous nieces and nephews.

A Contributions may Te made to American Lung' Association, 1510 Sah EflreTSl 101 oT Ameficarr Heart Association, ROr Box 2357, Lompoc 93438. Arrangementsareydirected by Starbuck-Lind Mortuary. Corrosion could be problem ment. The revised' policy requires program evaluations and measurable results. The superintendent or a designee will "conduct annual evaluations to determine whether supplemental services provided by consolidated programs are effective and supportive of the core curriculum." The certification of district and school administrators who have completed appropriate training as Teacher Evaluators was approved by the board.

These personnel will train, assist and evaluate new teachers. The board heard a first reading of a revision to Policy P7111: Students-Admission. The current policy requires a student to be 4 years and 9 months old on or before Sept. 1 of the year he is enrolled in kindergarten and 5 years 9 months of age before Sept. part-time teacher, a working mom," she said.

"But this isn't about me, it's what we believe in, for Walter, for our families, our schools and health care. Well back in. the balloting were two Libertarians, Robert -Bnkhaus wrtfr 796 votes, or 0.6 percent. Fellow Libertarian Tod Rosenberger garnered 596 votes while Republican Robert Lov-gren had 241 votes. As the leading Libertarian, Bakhaus will also stand in the March run-off.

He identified campaign reform as a primary goal and said political campaigns in general are too dependent on the money of outside interest groups rather than direct interaction between candidates. "Our chief complaint is the corruption of the democratic process," he said. "We need to upgrade the process make it more informative and less deceptive. You don't see anything when all you see is TV glitz." The campaign was marked by television attack ads paid for by outside interest groups focusing on the hot-button issues of abortion and political term limits. Analysts said it was only the Lompoc 737-5656 financing a car.

Dr. Inu 54rm Dr. CM Cupa 1 to enroll in first grade. The policy is being revised to bring it into line with the California Education Code. The new requirement is "that a child have completed his fifth birthday on or before Dec.

2 for kindergarten admission and his sixth birthday on or before Dec. 2 for admission to first grade. A child would not be admitted until the age requirement is The new policy will be brought back to the board for final approval at a later date. Student Board Representative Kelsey McConneU, from Cabrillo High School, received a certificate of appreciation from Board President Bob Campbell in recognition of her service to the board- during the first semester. The second semester representative will be a Lompoc High School student.

beginning of a costly, yearlong effort by outside groups to influence the 1998 elections. The GOP held the 22nd District seat on the Central Coast uptjj. Walter Capps' election 14 months ago. He died of a heart attack in October. His widow was the only Democrat on the ballot.

When no candidate gets more than 50 percent in a special election, the top vote-getter in each party advances to a runoff. The winner in the 22nd District will fill out the rest of Capps' term, which ends Jan. 3, 1999,, and have the advantage of incumbency in the race for a full two-year term in November. A total of 138,432 votes were tallied by early today, equal to 42 percent of the district's 327,920 registered voters. Adding the remaining absentee ballots would bring the final turnout up or any other colorl 30 OFF ALL DRAPERY FABRIC AND 916 North I LomDoc I Gen.

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Campbell recommended that she meet with Perry or Superintend dent Debra Bradley to discuss the situation. The next regularly scheduled1 board meeting will be in the Education Center Board Room Tuesday, 'Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. l( to 46 percent. Republicans hold a 227-203 majority in the House and hope' to retain their edge in this year's, elections.

Both parties looked to SRecial elect jonr.fQr momentum going into 1998. Bordonaro, 38, is a Paso Robles rancher; He is against abor; tion and gun control, and sup-' ports a flat tax and changes in the Internal Revenue Capps was considered the front-runner by political experts, with Firestone and Bordonaro jn a competitive race for the GOP Slot. THE DprnDn LOMPOC IVJLjKjKJ 1VLJ 115 N. Street, Lompoc, CA OPEN 8 A.M.. 5 P.M.

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