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Despite objections by some residents at last Tuesday’s Simi Valley Unified School District board meeting, trustees approved a plan to move all sixth-grade classes to middle school campuses in the 2024-25 academic year. The vote was 3-1, with trustee Kareem Jubran dissenting and trustee Bob LaBelle absent from the meeting. District Superintendent Hani Youssef
ALL SET—Sofya Bagdasaryan, center, was named president of the Simi Unified School District board for the 2022-23 term. With her, from left, are trustees Kareem Jubran, Bob Labelle, Dawn Smollen and newly elected Kristina Pine. Courtesy of Simi Valley Unified School District Thanks to funding from the state, the Simi Valley Unified School District has
LENDING THEIR TIME AND COMPASSION—Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise organized a holiday shopping spree for students in need Dec. 10 at Simi’s Target store. On hand to help were, from left, Karen Thompson, chair of the event; Dawn Smollen, SVUSD board trustee; Jake Finch, Rotarian and SVUSD employee; and Laura Berger, Rotary Club of Simi
ALL TOGETHER NOW—Simi Valley school board candidates Dawn Smollen, left, Korina Kozub Bavaro, Don Brodt and Kristina Pine face off in a forum at Simi Valley City Hall on Sept. 29. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers The four candidates running for two trustee seats on the Simi Valley Unified School District board gathered together last week for
Early returns show Fred Thomas leading in the Simi Valley mayoral race while Janice Parvin is ahead in the contest for Ventura County Supervisor District 4. Ventura County Supervisor District 4 As ballots continue to be counted, unofficial results as of 10:09 p.m., Tuesday from the Ventura County Clerk-Recorder’s office showed Parvin had