San Bernardino Press MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014 - DECEMBER 21, 2014
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Elementary School Opens a Free Store for Families in Need by Vickie Vértiz
By Terry Miller
Teacher Dorothy Daft with donated goods
The staff at Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary know the strengths of their bright students, and they also know some of the difficulties their families face this, and every season. “We were talking to the school board president (Mike Gallo) and he said another dis-
Publicly, the union claims its concerns center on patient care and working conditions for its members. However, at the bargaining table, the only thing the union talks about and really wants is more of the public's tax dollars. Please see page 4
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program, according to the California Department of Education,” said the Sun. The school believes one of its missions is to serve that community as well as the students, according to a statement Principal Marcus Funchess made to the Sun. Please see page 4
Nurses Union Sinks to Deceit in Ploy for More Taxpayer Money The California Nurses Association, the union that represents County nurses, is attempting to deceive the public in its effort to justify a planned twoday abandonment of patients and its demands for tens of millions of additional taxpayer dollars. Negotiations between tax-
payer representatives and the union have dragged on for more than a year because of the union's insistence on receiving millions more in salaries and benefits than any of their peers and the union's refusal to agree to the same reasonable terms already accepted by thousands of other County employees.
Free Flu Vaccine Could Save Lives of Local Students Each year, about 200,000 Americans are hospitalized because of flu complications. In 2013, 105 children died from the flu, and 90 percent of those children never received the flu vaccine. Since December 8, students at 10 San Bernardino City Unified School District campuses are receiving free flu vaccines. The free flu vaccines are available to District students thanks to a partnership with Kaiser Permanente and San Bernardino Public Health. Kaiser launched a flu vaccine clinic program last year in the Los Angeles Unified School District and Orange County schools. Based on the success of that program, Kaiser expanded the free flu vaccine clinics to schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. Those 10 elementary schools are Holcomb, Davidson, Jones, Hunt, Manuel Salinas, Kimbark, Palm Avenue, Muscoy, Monterey, and E. Neal Roberts. The goals of the flu vaccine clinics are to improve student attendance rates and the health of students and their families. According to the CDC, a student misses three or more days of school from catching the flu. That translates to about 38 million school days missed nationwide each year due to the flu. The flu can also cause
trict did a district-wide closet,” fifth-grade teacher Dorothy Daft told the San Bernardino County Sun. The elementary school has been open for two years and is located in a region of San Bernardino where “99.1 percent of Henry students qualify for the federal free and reduced meals
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