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The Cloverdale Unified School District Board of Trustees is gathering over Zoom this Wednesday, Sept. 23 for a special board meeting. The special meeting will primarily be covering items that were also up for discussion at the last board meeting — an addendum to the Washington and Jefferson school lease leaseback agreements, discussion and review of the district’s Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan and discussion and review of the district’s school reopening plan — the board will also be discussing athletic conditioning. The virtual meeting will take place over Zoom at 6 p.m. To view the meeting agenda, including the Zoom login information, click here. 

Voters can’t let the hospital close

In the next year, the Analy and El Molino high schools are expected to consolidate into one school. The consolidation plan for the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) moves El Molino to the Analy campus in Sebastopol, and Laguna High School to El Molino’s campus in Forestville. While years of declining student enrollment and financial instability created the conditions for this decision to be made, many students and community members felt like their voices were not sufficiently heard by the school board.

A slideshow of the past year might begin with 5th District Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, sworn into her second term on Jan. 5. She stepped into her role as chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors that day, before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Districts struggle to find the most effective deterrents

Over the past couple of weeks, Cloverdale Rotarians spent time cleaning up and decorating Kleiser Park. As part of their work, the group repaired the park's sprinkler system, pruned trees and shrubs, raked leaves and got the park's lights working  — they also decorated a bit for the holidays.