Sanger Herald 1-10-19 E-edition

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Busy 2019 ahead for Hurtado sisters, councilmember elect Esmeralda and senator Melissa
Tom Flores is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
For reasons that apparent- ly only the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee understands, this is the first year Tom Flores has made it all the way to the final round as a nominee to the hall.
Everyone in Sanger agrees that Flores should have been in the hall a long time ago. The inductees will be announced on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 4.
Flores, a Sanger High graduate who has four Super Bowl rings, won 97 games with the Raiders from '79 to '87. He had a .727 winning percentage in post season play, second only to Vince Lombardi among those who coached 10 or more playoff games. He was the first Lati- no head coach in NFL history and Flores and Mike Ditka are the only men to have won Super Bowls as a player, as- sistant and head coach.
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Councilmember elect Esmeralda Hurtado By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
When the story about Esmeralda being selected to replace sister Melissa Hurtado
on the Sanger city council was posted on the Herald Facebook Page someone called it "The Hurtadopoliticaldynasty." Thatmaynotbe totally accurate - yet. But mother Maria and dad Mel certainly have reason to be proud of their Sanger High graduate daughters.
Someone else questioned Esmeralda's youthfulness, apparently forgetting that Melissa was involved in Sanger politics when she was about the same age Esmeralda is now. Melissa was part of an ad hoc committee that wrote a response to a scathing 2008-2009 grand jury report criticizing Sanger officials
Councilmember Hurtado By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
Esmeralda Hurtado will replace her sister Melissa as a council member representing Sanger Council Distirct 1.
Esmeralda, Melissa's younger sister, a student at Fresno Community College, was picked for the position from among five other applicants on a 3-1 vote at the Jan. 3 city council meeting.
Mayor Frank Gonzalez, mayor pro tem Daniel Martinez and councilmember Hum- berto Garza voted to seat Hurtado. Council- member Eli Ontiveros was opposed.
An earlier motion by Martinez, seconded by Ontiveros, to let voters in District 1 elect their representative in a special June election failed on a 2-2 vote with Gonzalez and Garza voting no.
Esmeralda Hurtado will be sworn in at a
See COUNCILMEMBER, page 6A
School district will appoint a board
replacement for Marcy Masumoto
Mike Nemeth/Sanger Herald
Tom Flores with the plaque presented to him last May when he was inducted into the Sanger High School Athletic Hall of Fame. This May 4 when he attends the next local induction ceremony he will likely also be a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
State Senator Melissa Hurtado
for misconduct and financial mismanage- ment.
Melissa honed her speaking skills in August of 2009 when she angrily scolded the city council for considering an alternative response that called the grand jury report “unfounded garbage.” The report cowritten by Melissa, finally designated as the official response, agreed with the grand jury and pledged to implement its recommendations.
Councilmember elect Esmeralda, who won't be sworn in until Jan. 23, shared her thoughts with the Herald about her qualifica- tions and city priorities and senator Melissa has garnered several state senate committee assignments.
It looks like a busy year for both Hurtados.
Senator Hurtado By Shery Yang
CA State Senate
Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger), representing the 14th State Senate District, was assigned as Chair of the Human Services Committee for the 2019 – 2020 Legislative session. As an advocate in the Central Valley for growing opportunities in upward mobility, Senator Hurtado will guide the committee
on issues including child welfare services, CalWorks, developmental disability services and more.
Recently announced by California Senate President pro Tempore, Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego), Senator Hurtado has also been desig- nated to the Health, Veterans Affairs, Budget and Fiscal Review, and Governance and Fi- nance Committee. Moreover, the Senator was appointed to join other legislative colleagues in overseeing the Budget Subcommittee #3
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
The school board decided Tuesday evening to go the same route as the city when it comes to replacing a board member.
The city replaced city council member Melissa Hurtado who won a state senate seat in the November election by appointment.
That's what the school board will do to replace long- time school trustee Marcy Masumoto, who won a spot on the Fresno County Board of Education.
The council and the school board decided to appoint a replacement rather than call
a special election because of the cost of the election.
The city was told it would cost between $18,000 and $22,000 to hold a special elec- tion in Council District 1.
The cost for an election
in SUSD's Trustee Area 4, much larger than the council district, could reach $70,000, said board president Pete Filippi. "That could pay for a couple of portable class- rooms," said Filippi.
The trustee area ranges from just east of Academy Avenue all the way to Peach Avenue to the west. "It includes a lot of people," said Filippi. (See the Area 4 map on page 7A)
Marcy Masumoto
ting an application to be considered for the Trustee Area 4 position is 5 p.m. on Jan. 18. Applicants will be interviewed by the board at a
• Jan 23 - Special city council meeting, 6 p.m. at city hall, 1700 7th St. Esmeralda Hurtado will be sworn in as the new District 1 councilmember.
See SENATOR, page 6A
By Dick Sheppard
Sanger Herald
"Sanger High will be one of only approximately 1,800 schools worldwide - and the only school in the Valley - to offer an innovative advanced placement (AP) program," associate school district su- perintendent Tim Lopez told the school board Tuesday evening.
According to a press release distributed by high school principal Dan Chacon, the program consists of two courses taken in sequence: AP® Seminar and AP Re- search.
Students who score a 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing earn the AP Cap- stone DiplomaTM. This signi- fies outstanding academic
achievement and attainment of college-level academic and research skills. Students who score a 3 or higher in both AP Seminar and AP Research (but not on four ad- ditional AP Exams) earn the AP Seminar and Research CertificateTM.
Sanger High School will start offering AP Seminar in the fall of 2019.
“This innovative program gets a broader, more diverse student population ready
for college and beyond. The program gives our teachers more leeway with curricu- lum choices, so their students can access more challeng- ing coursework and sharpen their reading and writing skills. Thisalsoexpands options and opportunities
for Sanger High School stu- dents,” said Chacon.
In AP Seminar, typically
Tim Lopez
taken in 10th or 11th grade, students choose and evaluate complex topics through mul- tiple lenses; identify cred- ibility and bias in sources; and develop arguments in support of a recommenda- tion. AP Seminar is a project- based learning course. Offi- cial AP Seminar assessments
See AP PROGRAM, page 6A
Sanger High will be the only school in the Valley to offer unique program
The deadline for submit-
• Jan 24 - Special school board meeting, 7 p.m. at the district office, 1905 7th St. Applicants for the vacant Area 4 trustee position will be interviewed.
See SCHOOL, page 7A
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JANUARY 10, 2019
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