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OUSD collecting lunch money from 2019-20 school year

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 14:09

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7 10 20 paymets Ojai Unified School District's Nutrition Services department provides healthy meals during the school year in its cafeterias, for which students are charged a nominal fee. OUSD is asking for parents and students to pay any outstanding bills they have and is requesting assistance from the community to help clear the $10,000 owed from unpaid meal accounts from the 2019-20 school year.

(Summer meal programs and those provided by OUSD from the time schools were closed through July 24 are free. For more information on the free food service, visit: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/738511/Summer_Flyer_2020_OUSD.pdf.)

OUSD provides free meals to Ojai Valley youth through July 24 at Meiners Oaks School

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 12:57

Ojai Unified School District is providing free meals to Ojai Valley youth on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Meiners Oaks Elementary School, 400 S. Lomita Ave., Meiners Oaks, through July 24. The meals are for youth, up to age 18, regardless of where they attend school, according to school district officials. The summer meals program will continue through July 24.

For more information, visit:

https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/738511/Summer_Flyer_2020_OUSD.pdf

Impromptu Independence Day Parade

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 12:01

Ojai Valley News photos by Laura Rearwin Ward

Forty-eight classic cars lead an impromptu Fourth of July parade from Nordhoff High School, along Ojai Avenue and into downtown on Saturday.

COVID-19 patients filling up hospitals

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:55

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COVID-positive hospitalizations have exponentially increased in the past couple weeks.

Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter

As Ventura County experiences a surge in new cases of COVID-19, the county’s eight hospitals are running dangerously low on intensive care unit beds.

According to the state’s county data monitoring, just 28 percent of the county’s ICU beds were available as of July 9 across eight hospitals.

OUSD plans to provide flexible school options

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:50

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Ojai Unified School District Superintendent Tiffany Morse repeated during eight town halls this week on reopening school campuses that the plans are based on “shifting sands.” There are still plenty of unanswered questions about the logistics of students returning to school, and local and state guidance could change.

Ventura council to decide fate of saint statue July 15

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:48

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The Father Junipero Serra statue remains in front of Ventura City Hall – for now.

Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter

Ventura City Council unanimously voted July 7 to delay for another week a decision on whether the statue of Father Junipero Serra, in front of City Hall, should stay or go.

It is expected the council will decide the statue’s fate at a special meeting via videoconference at 6 p.m. July 15.

OVS sophomore Tigran Nahabedian shares his love of national parks

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:44

Photo provided by the National Park Trust

Ojai Valley School sophomore Tigran Nahabedian at the Ventura River Preserve.

Bella Slosberg, Special to the Ojai Valley News

It was early afternoon on Santa Rosa Island and a group of Ojai Valley School students, on their first camping trip of the school year, gathered for a quick talk about the do’s and don’ts of the island.

Former music teacher sentenced to 18 years in prison for lewd acts with minors

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:40

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A student’s flute made with John Zeretzke in an Ojai school.

A music teacher who last taught music lessons at Ojai Unified School District schools seven years ago was sentenced to 18 years in prison, after he pleaded guilty earlier this month to six state charges of lewd or lascivious acts with minors under age 14, state prosecutors announced Wednesday.

John Edward Zeretzke was indicted April 18, 2019, by a grand jury.

Monica Ros School to expand grades, plans for in-person classes

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:35

Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter

With schools throughout the Ojai Valley planning for a safe return to campus for the 2020-21 school year, many parents are looking for in-person options for their younger students. The private Monica Ros School in the East End of the Ojai Valley has a plan to fully return to school in person.

Off to a great start

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:33

Photo courtesy Katherine White

Mira Monte Elementary held a drive-through parade graduation June 10 for its transitional kindergarteners, kindergarteners and fifth-graders. Above, TK graduate Elli Moreno is congratulated by her teacher Nadine Litonjua as she drives by.

Thinking about running for office? July 13 is first day to file

Details: Published: Friday, 10 July 2020 11:28

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The Ojai City Council chose this map at its Dec. 11, 2018 meeting to delineate new voting districts for the 2020 City Council election.

Austin Widger,Ojai Valley News reporter

Election season is fast approaching, and the nomination period for all candidates in Ventura County opens on Monday, July 13.

With the 2020 general election taking place on Nov. 3, many local offices in the Ojai Valley will be up for grabs.

Ask Dr. Halverson: COVID-19. The latest information on treatment options

Details: Published: Thursday, 09 July 2020 19:41

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Dr. Jim Halverson

By Dr. Jim Halverson

More than 11 million people worldwide, including more than 3 million in the United States, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and that number is growing quickly. Our healthcare system is becoming increasingly strained and we are in desperate need of a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19. Hospitals and research labs all over the world are testing many different therapies on coronavirus positive patients in an effort to find a potential treatment. Here is what we know so far about emerging treatments for this highly contagious and potentially lethal virus.

Police blotter as of July 8, 2020

Details: Published: Thursday, 09 July 2020 11:51

Crimes

• Vandalism was reported in the 4900 block of Casitas Vista Road June 12.

• Grand theft was reported in the 500 block of Quail Oaks Drive June 27.

• Vandalism was reported at Matilija Dam June 28.

OUSD website links for schools reopening Aug. 19

Details: Published: Wednesday, 08 July 2020 10:55

(Editor's note: Since this article was published in early July, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced July 17 that all public and private schools must open with distance learning only in counties, such as Ventura County, that are on the state's monitoring list for COVID-19.)

Ojai Unified School District Superintendent Tiffany Morse explained school reopening plans during eight town halls this week and provided a four-page list of frequently asked questions about current plans, in English and Spanish.

The FAQs in English can be read at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14XUFs7TIA-pgMiN8Shoxj71F8KBPgcv0/view.

The FAQs in Spanish can be read at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KE-cvxlHlJppRCZ29i7O0AW2-m05vo5y/view

The town hall presentations are available in both English and Spanish:

OUSD provides frequently asked questions list about Aug. 19 school reopening after town halls

Details: Published: Wednesday, 08 July 2020 10:41

7 8 OUSD AGAIN Ojai Unified School District Superintendent Tiffany Morse held a total of eight town hall meetings on school reopenings, via videoconference, this week, with the last three meetings, covering elementary, midde school and high school plans, held Wednesday.

More "town halls" on reopening will be held next month before the planned "soft opening" of OUSD schools Aug. 19, according to Linda Jordan, OUSD public information officer.

The link to OUSD's four-page frequently asked questions list is available in English at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14XUFs7TIA-pgMiN8Shoxj71F8KBPgcv0/view

It is available in Spanish at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KE-cvxlHlJppRCZ29i7O0AW2-m05vo5y/view

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OUSD collecting lunch money from 2019-20 school year

OUSD provides free meals to Ojai Valley youth through July 24 at Meiners Oaks School

Impromptu Independence Day Parade

COVID-19 patients filling up hospitals

OUSD plans to provide flexible school options

Ventura council to decide fate of saint statue July 15

OVS sophomore Tigran Nahabedian shares his love of national parks

Former music teacher sentenced to 18 years in prison for lewd acts with minors

Monica Ros School to expand grades, plans for in-person classes

Off to a great start

Thinking about running for office? July 13 is first day to file

Ask Dr. Halverson: COVID-19. The latest information on treatment options

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OUSD collecting lunch money from 2019-20 school year

OUSD provides free meals to Ojai Valley youth through July 24 at Meiners Oaks School

Impromptu Independence Day Parade

COVID-19 patients filling up hospitals

OUSD plans to provide flexible school options

Ventura council to decide fate of saint statue July 15

OVS sophomore Tigran Nahabedian shares his love of national parks

Former music teacher sentenced to 18 years in prison for lewd acts with minors

Monica Ros School to expand grades, plans for in-person classes

Off to a great start

Thinking about running for office? July 13 is first day to file

Ask Dr. Halverson: COVID-19. The latest information on treatment options

Police blotter as of July 8, 2020

OUSD website links for schools reopening Aug. 19

OUSD provides frequently asked questions list about Aug. 19 school reopening after town halls

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Radio Show KVTA 1590 with Perry 8-03-20 3.2 million trout to be euthanized due to infection

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