SAN MARCOS: Bayshore Prep, a charter school with an office on Rancho Santa Fe Road, has hired an executive director to run its 240-student independent-study program.
Cynthia Garrison-Arce, who was recently an administrator at Eagles Peak, a Vista-based charter school, will join Bayshore later this month. Mary Quella, a Bayshore board member, said Garrison-Arce is an experienced educator who is bilingual in English and Spanish.
Hiring a new executive director with a valid state administrative credential is one of the requirements Bayshore must accomplish this year to remain open. The San Marcos Unified School District in June allowed the charter school a one-year conditional extension after Bayshore ran into some oversight problems, including how it was recording student transcripts.
Quella said the school had been searching for a new executive director before San Marcos Unified made it a requirement. She said Bayshore is on track with meeting the school district's requirements, which include establishing better management procedures and policies.
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Golf club to honor military personnel
SAN MARCOS: The Lake San Marcos Men's and Women's Golf Club are once again organizing an appreciation event called “Salute to Our Heroes,” which includes lunch, golf and dinner, for Marines and Navy personnel stationed at Camp Pendleton.
The third annual event will be Sept. 6 at the Lake San Marcos Resort and Country Club, 1750 San Pablo Drive. About 80 military personnel are expected, including about 20 from the Wounded Warrior Battalion. Those who are physically unable to play golf will be treated to games and a magic show.
Organizers are selling spots to play golf and eat dinner with military personnel who were recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. The cost is $120 per person for country club members and covers golf for one but dinner for two. Nonmembers pay $150 a person.
Volunteers are seeking $70 donations to cover the cost of dinners for their military guests and their guests' significant others. Donations are also wanted for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund. Last year, people gave more than $14,000.
For more information, contact Dennis McKee, a retired Marine, (760)729-0203 or Frank Shubert, (760)471-7177.
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Questions sought for candidates
OCEANSIDE: KOCT Oceanside public access television has invited viewers to send questions for candidates in the Nov. 4 election. KOCT can be viewed on cable Channels 18 and 19.
Station personnel are asking the public to send questions for candidates running for seats on the Oceanside City Council, Oceanside Unified School District board, MiraCosta College board and the Tri-City Healthcare District. Questions can be submitted through Aug. 21.
“We take no partisan position,” KOCT executive director Tom Reeser said. “Our goal is to give residents a voice in the election process.”
Questions will be screened by an advisory committee for fairness, relevance, civility and service to the public interest.
The questions may be e-mailed to koct@koct.org, added to www.koct.org by clicking on “My Candidate Question,” or mailed to KOCT TV, Attn: Questions, 3038 Industry St., Suite 101, Oceanside, CA 92054. –L.S.
Staff writers Linda Lou and Lola Sherman contributed to this report.
