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School districts across the Santa Clarita Valley endured an ever-changing school year that included sudden classroom-setting changes, cancelation of events and now a significant decrease in student enrollment — which has led to some teachers receiving notices about potential layoffs if the funding situation doesn’t improve. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reduced physical distancing guidelines from 6 feet to 3 feet in a classroom setting, but local school districts cannot ma...

Family members of 17-year-old Pedro Roman announced Monday the Valencia High School student died, following a recent relapse of his cancer. Pedro was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2019. Since his diagnosis, support and love has poured in for Pedro and his family. Football teammates shaved their heads in support of him undergoing chemotherapy, and the student section at Valencia High School honored him with banners and T-shirts showing his name during one of their football games...

The Rotary Club of Santa Clarita donated $9,500 to College of the Canyons, which will be divided equally to establish a scholarship fund for culinary arts students and the college’s Basic Needs Center. The one-time grant will make it possible to award four expendable scholarships to culinary students and cover the general operational costs of the BaNC. “While the Rotary organization has been a strong supporter historically of the College and COC students, we are proud to see this renewed a...

Jan. 28, 2021 Share This: When the pandemic sent tens of thousands of students home to complete their classes virtually, the Titan Alumni Association stepped up to help. “The pandemic created so much uncertainty when it hit, that we quickly tried to assess how CSUF students might be negatively impacted,” said Darren Jones ’91 (B.A. business administration-finance), executive director of enterprise technology for The Walt Disney Co. and president of the Cal State Fullerton Alumni A...

Mozambique: Tropical Cyclone Eloise - Emergency Appeal n° MDRMZ016 Format This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of 5.1 million Swiss francs to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Mozambique Red Cross Society (MRCS) to deliver assistance to and support early recovery of some 100,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise for 12 months. Based on the current preliminary needs (subject to revision in the coming days) the Appeal will focus on S...

1. Restructure the homestead education tax 2. Broaden the sales tax base 3. Modernize income tax features 4. Undertake analysis in order to eliminate tax burden/benefit cliffs 5. Improve administration of property tax 6. Create a comprehensive telecommunications tax 7. Utilize tax policy to address climate change 8. Collaborate with other states so each state can build a fairer, more sustainable tax system Recommendation 1: Restructure the Homestead Education Tax Key components: A. Eli...

Tigray Crisis: Population Movement Complex Emergency - Coordinated Emergency Appeal (Revised Appeal n° MDRTIGRAY) Format This Emergency Appeal seeks a total of 27 million Swiss francs to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support three National Societies – Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) and Djibouti Red Crescent Society (DRCS) to deliver humanitarian assistance to and support early recovery of some 6...

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Mutual Insurance Group recently donated $15,000 to Spectrum Youth and Family Services as part of the Cats Win, Community Wins program, a multi-year, community-based collaboration between Vermont Mutual Insurance Group and the University of Vermont. The Cats Win, Community Wins initiative was created by Vermont Mutual and UVM Athletics to give back to local charitable organizations. As part of their arrangement, Vermont Mutual donates $100 f...

Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 3:05pm CONTENT: Press Release Common Impact, the national organization that matches companies and nonprofits with proven models of impact for skills-based volunteering, has announced that it will hold a virtual Skills for Cities event on Wednesday, April 21st during National Volunteer Week. Skills for Cities unites corporate professionals with nonprofits for a cross-sector day of skills-based consulting to build their capacity to do good in their communities. The A...

Administration/Finance Job in Jordan, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from INTERSOS; closing on 02 Feb 2021