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By Amy Sylvestri
CASTRO VALLEY FORUM
County Code Enforcement has left much to be desired recently, according to the Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC), who heard an update from the department at their Monday night meeting. After a brief presentation CONGRATULATIONS!: Twenty students were honored last week as part of the annual Student-Citizen from Code Enforcement staff, Award, sponsored by the Castro Valley/Eden Area Chamber of Commerce. Each student was presented with a plaque with their name engraved on it and a donation of books to take back to their schools. speakers and MAC members alike laid into the department, which they said simply does not do enough to keep the unincorporated area looking tidy and maintain a high quality of life standard. Code Enforcement in East Bay Arts High School in Nate Miley, who also provided the county is done by seven All the schools in Castro By Michael Singer Valley Unified School District San Lorenzo, and Our Lady of a donation of books as part of investigators who are assigned CASTRO VALLEY FORUM Grace Elementary School in the table decorations, which to specific areas in the county. (CVUSD) were represented, Castro Valley. the students took back to their They mainly work based on reThe Castro Valley and Eden including the CV Adult and Area Chamber of Commerce Career Education and the Roy Each student was presented schools at the end of the event. ported complaints of violations and don’t have the staffing to Johnson Program. Awards recognized 20 outstanding with a plaque with their name “The event was really terbe “proactive” in seeking out were also given out for Redlocal students at its Stuengraved on it that will hang at rific,” said CVUSD Board of violators. They also work dent-Citizen of the Year event wood Christian Elementary, their school. They also received Trustees and Chamber see MAC on page 11 Middle, and High Schools, the a certificate from Supervisor last Thursday. see YEAR on page 10
CV Student-Citizens of the Year
Eden Area ROP Offers Career Pathway Options Former Castro Valley High college years after high school School principal Blaine Torpey and becoming a teacher before CASTRO VALLEY FORUM going into administration. had been a student like that. California high schools usu“I was a better worker than Working with employers, ally do a good job of pointing a student,” Torpey recalls. high schools, and Chabot students to colleges, but the “It took me a few years to be College, Eden Area ROP gives path forward can be a bit more ready for college.” students and former students mysterious for students who’d the skills they need to quickly Today he’s superintendent like to go to work right out of of the Eden Valley Regional enter in-demand occupations high school. The mystery can Occupational Program, helping that pay well. Among those are deepen if the student wants medical careers, auto technolstudents make the same kind to pursue a career rather than of transition he did. He had ogy, culinary work, and even PHOTO BY MIKE MCGUIRE simply get a job offering little worked in several world-class cybersecurity—which has chance for advancement. see ROP on back page Shannon Ball from CV in her ROP Auto Tech class. restaurants before going to By Mike McGuire