She said declining enrollment can be tackled by bringing back trade training, such as wood shop and electrical classes, and by focusing on programs that combine academic standards with technical and skills. To gauge post-pandemic student and parental mental health, Anderson said, the district should have at least two mental health professionals per school.Īdrian Cleveland has worked for unions, in churches and within Watts community groups. Anderson said educators should evaluate a student’s learning style individually to determine their strengths. Other district issues, she said, are low family engagement, lack of transparency and the achievement gap for African American students. To combat decreasing enrollment, Anderson said, she wants to pay educators and staff fairly, target rising housing costs and create a welcoming school environment. LaQuisha Anderson, an employee with Ticor Title Company, has been active in the the California State PTA and the Compton Unified PTA. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the top-two finishers will head to a runoff in November. In Area B, no one decided to run against educator Alyanna Davis, so that race was canceled.īecause there are three candidates in Area A, there’s a chance the new board member won’t be decided in June. In Area G, the southern-most region - which includes a portion of Carson - Mary Jackson-Freeny is running against incumbent Satra Zurita. In Area E, the northeast section of the city, Adrienne Thomas is challengings incumbent Alma Pleasant. In March 2020, Compton Unified replaced its at-large system - where voters elected all seven school board members - to a by-district system.īoard of Trustees Area A, which covers the northern area of the city and a sliver of LA communities, has three newcomers running: LaQuisha Anderson, Adrian Cleveland and Denzell Perry. There is a college that will take you, but you have to want that.Voters in four of Compton Unified’s seven school board areas will determine who they want to represent them during the June 7 statewide primary election.Ĭompton Unified School District boasts a little more than 21,000 students across 36 schools in Compton, and portions of Carson and Los Angeles. "But the fact is, you all can go to college. "Potentially 99% of the people that were sitting in front of me on Saturday, talking about academic and athletic excellence, are not going to the pros, and I have to tell them that to their faces," Gholson said. The Academy also hosts events like Thanksgiving turkey drives for local families. Guest speakers frequently share their life stories and words of encouragement. The program, which sponsors baseball and softball teams, seeks to equip kids with life skills to go to college and have successful careers beyond their sport. Everybody that's sitting in front of us today has received excellence in what you're doing in school.' And we weren't just rewarding them for their grades, but we were rewarding them for the efforts that they made during the pandemic."Īlumni of the Academy include Greene, New York Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka, Cleveland Guardians pitcher/outfielder Anthony Gose and umpire Malachi Moore. "I told them, 'Make sure you remember, you're not just normal folks. "I want to make them all feel above average, which is why I call it 'excellence,'" Educational Development Coordinator Rocky Gholson told MLB.com. The event was the follow-up to the virtual function earlier this year where 70 students in grades 6-12 were honored for earning GPAs above 3.2 in various categories. On Saturday, the Academy's Academic Excellence Team held its first in-person ceremony for members who won scholastic awards since the COVID-19 pandemic forced many programs to cancel gatherings. The facility is part of Major League Baseball's initiative to serve underprivileged youth. Long before Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene took the mound in his professional debut against the World Series defending champion Atlanta Braves this spring, he played baseball at the Youth Academy in Compton, Calif. Watch Video: 'Near-perfect' Mickey Mantle baseball card sells for record-breaking $12.6 million
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