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Senior running for Littleton school board BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
W NEWS .............. 4 Sen. Mark Kelly speaks ahead of election
SPORTS ......... 20 Instructor reaching rank of tang soo do master
YOUTH .......... 29 Local students featured on GCU worship album
OPINION ................. 8 BUSINESS.............. 18 SPORTS ..................20 CALENDAR ............21 FEATURES ..............22 OBITUARIES ...........27 YOUTH ..................28 CLASSIFIEDS ..........31 WEST
October 19, 2022
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est Point High School senior Markus Ceniceros wants to see change. Instead of watching adults advocate for students, he’s running for Littleton Elementary School District Governing Board. “I saw there were not a lot of younger representation in my community,” Ceniceros said. “I did research on policies and things that I wanted to see enacted.” He’s an advocate of the meet and confer process, which would call for annual meetings between representatives of the Littleton Education Association and the governing board. “During meet and confer, agreements would be made regarding salaries, benefits and working conditions,” Ceniceros said. “Littleton certainly does not have a meet
and confer policy. This would strengthen the relationship between the governing board and Littleton educators, giving educators more say in their contracts and possibly increasing teacher retention in the district.” Teacher retention would allow for children to have a better education. “If we’re having new educators often, our students’ performance will decrease,” he said. “New teachers are not trained to the culture, compared to teachers who are used to the curriculum and the way the district works.” If elected, Ceniceros has two goals, besides increasing teacher retention. “I want to shift our energy sector in the district to clean energy by adding solar panels to our campuses, transitioning the buses in our district from diesel to electric,” he said. “I want to create a tradition in the district where we all come together in the beginning
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West Point High School senior Markus Ceniceros encourages other students to get involved in public policy. (Markus Ceniceros/Submitted)
Three men indicted for distributing fentanyl BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
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hree men were indicted on Oct. 4 on conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine along with use or carry of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. The three had their initial appearance on Sept. 23. On Sept. 21, the three men — Keivin Crosswell-Cervantes, 28, of Mexico; Car-
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los Alberto Castro-Ruiz, 27, of Avondale; and Alexander Ortega-Islas, 22, of Phoenix — were arrested by special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Avondale. During the arrest, HSI special agents seized approximately 410,000 blue fentanyl pills, approximately 20,000 multi-colored fentanyl pills — also known as “skittles” — and approximately 25 pounds of
methamphetamine. During the enforcement action, special agents also seized an AK-47-style pistol, a Kimber 1911 45-caliber pistol with two magazines, and an FN 45-caliber pistol. A conviction for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years
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