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ANAHEIM PRESS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2014 - OCTOBER 12, 2014
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Will Angels leave Anaheim? by Vickie Vértiz
currently in the works. On Friday, September 19, the Angels dropped negotiations for a new stadium lease with the Anaheim City Council, citing frustration at the failure to reach consensus after more than twelve months, said the Register. Even though a special Tustin Council meeting was held Tuesday night,
tion and trafficking with vigor, while taking a comprehensive approach to solve the problem and bring community stakeholders together. There will be an all-day symposium, food trucks, informational booths, and a free rock concert at this event. The symposium will be held to increase community awareness of human exploitation and trafficking, the second-largest criminal enterprise in the nation behind narcotics trafficking and a $32 billion a year industry. A free rock concert will immediately fol-
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low with Director of Music Stan Frazier, of Sugar Ray, at the helm. Frazier is coordinating a group of local musicians who donate their talent and services. “Human trafficking is one of the world’s fastest-growing crimes, and sadly it’s happening right here on Orange County’s streets where young women and children are being bought and sold. I commend OCDA Tony Rackauckas and the entire Office for continuing to raise awareness Please see page 4
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no decisions were made or shared publicly. After the council met privately for more than 2 hours, the City Manager said they were “looking at the available land out there, how much our discussions are going to be around on how Please see page 2
Rally against human trafficking at Chapman Just four weeks to go, the support keeps growing as new sponsors sign on to support the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) and Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force’s 2nd Annual “Keep Calm and Beat H.E.A.T. Rocking & Rally” on Oct. 24, 2014, at Chapman University. This is the first year Chapman University will co-host and co-sponsor this event to fight against Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) as part of an initiative to go after perpetrators of human exploita-
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today introduced a new online tool, the Quality Schooling Framework (QSF), to offer guidelines and spread best practices to administrators to help them create a better learning environment for their students. “This Web-based tool will help administrators improve teacher training, testing, budgeting, parent participation, and other aspects of school operations,” said Torlakson. “This is just one of our efforts to help schools prepare students for college, careers, and a bright future.” The QSF came about as a result of Torlakson’s A Blueprint for Great Schools initiative, which recommended the California Department of Education increase its role in sharing resources and tools with administrators throughout the state to help improve schools. The QSF acts like a map, providing guidance to administrators on how to make effective plans, policies, and fiscal decisions. It is organized around 10 elements that focus on improving instruction, testing, teacher learning, school leadership, and getting parents more involved in their children’s learning. These elements, which are drawn from research on effective schools, can be applied to planning at the district level for the Local Educational Agency Plan and the Local Control and Accountability Plan. The QSF is designed to add best practices recommended by school leaders. It should be particularly valuable in helping dis-
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While it is distressing to think the Angels franchise could leave Anaheim, officials Tustin City Manager Jeff Parker said Tuesday that any big moves of that sort are “a long ways off.” The Orange County Register reported that any potential deals for building a new baseball stadium at the old Tustin Marine Corps Air Facility are not
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