The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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'The Hangover Part 3' -Page 5 Senior Best and Most -Page 6&7 Volume CXIV Issue 16 Serving Red Bluff High School since 1901 May 31, 2013 The Loss of Red Bluff High's ASSETS The Village is sinking. Students might have been hearing this around, and the rumors are true, but the village has a lot more problems than just its elevation. The Village has a gas leak. Besides the obvious threat of an accidental explosion, the entire eastern half of the village is without heat. The District of State Architecture's (DSA), the agency that monitors state funded buildings, has very strict guidelines for school buildings. The Village isn't considered to be an appropriate place for teaching anymore, so next year there will be no classes held there and administration hopes to remove the buildings. The Village's wooden foundation has weakened and the wood is warping and bending, lowering the entire village down a few fractions of an inch. While this may not seem like much, it is still noticeable. Students may have noticed that the door of room six in the village scrapes along the ground. This large combination of problems has made it too complicated to simply tear the village down. "It would be too costly," says Superintendent Lisa Escobar. The school has decided to sell the village to hopefully be used as either a transition home for newly released prisoners or a temporary residence for the homeless. There is no buyer yet, but the school hopes to have the village gone soon. After 15 years The Village is riddled with problems and is not longer fit to be used on the RBHS campus. It is unclear if The Village will be replaced or there will just be an empty spot on campus. Village teachers will be moved to other vacant classrooms in the 400 wing, rooms in the art building and other vacant portables. Regardless, students will have fewer reasons to go to the northern part of campus. The village portables were installed in the mid 1990's and were suppose to have a six year shelf life. It is now time for them to go. Story by Josiah Vasey With ASSETs juvenille crime in Red Bluff has gone down 67 percent Marissa Chase/BLUFFER Sober Grad Tickets Friday, May 31 is the day to purchase Sober Grad tickets at their discounted price of 40 dollars for seniors and 45 dollars for guests. On June 1 the ticket price will rise to 50 dollars for seniors and 55 dollars for guests. Sober Grad will be after graduation on June 6. Story by Marissa Chase Red Bluff High will be left with yet another difficult question to answer after the school's proposal and application was denied from the state to gain funding for ASSETs, an after school program that not only provides academic enrichment and physical activity for students, but transportation as well. The question nagging at many concerned parents, faculty members, and community members is simply where will the students go now? "ASSETs has a huge impact on what kids do after school; if there aren't athletics offered, there won't be things for kids to do after school," said Chrisine Broughton, Program Director of ASSETs. The grant was offered for a total of five years, this year being the last. 200 million dollars was requested for funding for these programs; however, only 12 million dollars was given out in grants to just a miniscule 12 percent of the schools that applied. According to Broughton, this year's application process was very competitive. ASSETs at Red Bluff High has offered students access to mentors and tutors, personal relationships with adults, transportation for those that live too far from the school, physical activity programs, music lessons, video game opportunites, a credit recovery program, a safe place to hang out after school, and many other activities that change each month. Broughton stated, "I think the progran is really important because it gives students opportunities they normally wouldn't have...without ASSETs, they would be left at a complete disadvantage." ASSETs has not only been of service to students in need of a place to go after school, but to the community in its entirety. Since the time ASSETs first began , juvenille crime has gone down 67 percent according to a report given in 2011 from the Red Bluff Police Department. "ASSETs helps give students a place to go so they won't cause problems," said Nicole Huff, Project Facilitator of ASSETs. Red Bluff High has another, unsual opportunity to apply for grants towards funding for an ASSETs program next year. Based off of the feedback they received from this year's proposal and application that the state sent back, Red Bluff High hopes to secure the grants, although it is just as competitive. "If we use the feedback we got back from the state, hopefully we will have better odds," said Broughton. According to both Broughton and Huff, ASSETs needs support from the community and students. Attendance Appeals Yearbooks were distributed yesterday and will still be handed today in the art room at lunch. If you haven't already bought your yearbook, the cost is 85 dollars and can be purchased in the Student Store.