Cal Fire, conducting a controlled burn off S2 — San Felipe Road, and State Route 78 near San Felipe area, has brought in additional resources due to a shift in winds for safety measures this afternoon.
Cal Fire Capt. Mike Mohler said smoke is visible from Julian, San Felipe, and Shelter Valley. Because of the smoke, Cal Fire has closed San Felipe Road, he said. California Highway Patrol has also reported closing a portion of S22.
Mohler said no structures are threatened. The controlled burn was scheduled for a couple of hundred acres of vegetation, he said.
Effective July 1, Ramona High School Assistant Principal Kathryn Gunderson will be the new principal at Ramona Community School and Vista High School Assistant Principal Joy Harris will be principal at James Dukes Elementary.
In addition, Mt. Woodson Elementary Principal Theresa Grace will join Ramona Unified District administrators as senior director of education services. Trustees directed Superintendent Robert Graeff to prepare a contract for Grace and are expected to approve the contract at their June 6 meeting.
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For the first time in three years, Ramona Unified School District’s projected budget shows no red ink.
While revenues have stayed relatively the same — about $45.5 million — expenses have dropped, the result of salary and/or benefit concessions from district employees, Assistant Superintendent David Ostermann said during his budget update May 16. The district continues to spend more than it receives, but ending balances for this school year and the next two show no deficits.
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Ramona Parents Coalition will present “Fact or Fiction,” results of its independent fact-finding efforts regarding the dispute between the school district and teachers union, tonight at 7 in the Ramona Library Community Room.
Promising an impartial and unbiased report, a flyer announcing the public meeting encourages the community to “Be informed! What to the proposed cuts really mean to our teachers, children, and community?”
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Memorial Day Weekend, a three-day break for many, means more to others. For members of Ramona Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3783, it’s a weekend of accepting Buddy Poppy donations, and on Monday, May 27, attending three ceremonies to remember the sacrifices of U.S. servicemen and servicewomen who have died.
They will be assisted by members of Boy Scout Troop 768 and the Ramona High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps
Ramona Library is airing Disney Pixar movies every afternoon at 1 during Ramona Unified School District’s furlough week. “Monsters Inc.” will be shown today, “Wall-E” tomorrow, and “Cars” on Friday. The library is at 1275 Main St.
Update: Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire around noon Tuesday that began in an outbuilding at 2015 Montecito Road, near Hunter Street, and spread into an adjacent lot.
According to Ramona Fire Department/Cal Fire Battalion Chief Burke Kremensky, the outbuilding was damaged, a
A woman who declined to give her name or contact information called the Sentinel Wednesday morning to say horses reported as being abandoned on Monday were not abandoned and are well taken care of.
Fire Chief Jeremy Christofferson with Intermountain Fire and Rescue Department said he was heading to the fire
Two young adults who were arrested in the undercover drug bust from Ramona High School are awaiting hearings, while a third has pleaded guilty.
Skylor Rocky McGee, 20, and Maxwell Gaffney, 19, have separate preliminary hearings in June, but Christopher Forest Payne, 18, will be sentenced on June 11 in San Diego Superior Court. All are Ramona residents.
During Ramona Unified School District’s furlough week, May 20 to 24, Ramona Library will present a different Disney Pixar film each afternoon, free of charge.
The following movies will be shown, beginning at 1 p.m.
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