Claremont School News
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Claremont High School Baseball (12-14 ; 4-11 league) At Glendora, Claremont beat the hosts, 5-1, on March 22. Lions Tournament results: play resumed March 25 […]
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Former Claremont Unified School District Board of Education President Steven Llanusa and two other people in connection with a December 3 holiday party at Llanusa’s Claraboya home.
“The allegations involved inappropriate behavior and furnishing alcoholic beverages to members of the Claremont High School Choir program,” read a news release from Claremont Police Department Lt. Karlan Bennett.
Claremont Unified School District teachers, including Lorrie Brown, pictured here, gathered outside the Claremont Helen Renwick Library Wednesday evening to protest a petition drive for a special election being held there.
The petition, if successful, will compel the school district to hold a special election to fill the Trustee Area 4 seat on the CUSD Board of Education, at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $273,000. Those pushing for the special election have until Tuesday, February 21 to gather the 99 signatures they say are required to force the election.
by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com Two student athletes each from both Claremont High School and The Webb Schools made strong contributions to their teams this winter and have been named […]
Normally I try to stay out of these us vs. them conflicts, or at least weigh in gently. But this time it’s too important to be anything but clear: this proposed special election is a colossal waste of money.
Pitzer College biology grad Ben Sievers is very comfortable wearing a crisp white coat in the sterile environment of a lab. That’s been his M.O. for the last several years as a research fellow at the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla. These days, work looks a little different for the 23-year-old.
“Picture me — I have this big blue tarp on, three layers of gloves, these white boots, and two masks. We’re at a pig slaughterhouse and there’s like a thousand pigs,” he said. “It’s blazing hot and I’m sweating through all my layers of personal protective equipment. Everyone’s watching me, chasing these pigs trying to swab their noses.”
Last season, Claremont High School’s girls varsity basketball team experienced a renaissance under first-year head coach Chilavo Anderson, going 21-9, 8-2 in league. It was a remarkable turnaround after two consecutive losing seasons.
Twelve months later the team one-upped itself, going 24-4 overall, 8-2 in league, and winning its first Palomares League title.
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The Pack hosted Alta Loma on February 2 and demolished the Braves, 65-8. Glendora and Bonita also picked up wins on the last day of league resulting in a three-way tie for first, each with a 8-2 league record. The girls finished the regular season 24-4 overall, earning their first ever Palomares League title.
Every year, talented local high school musicians compete in the Dan Stover Memorial Instrumental Music Competition, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Claremont. This year’s winner from the January 28 competition was CHS junior Sebastian Quadrini. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
There is a movement afoot to collect the 99 required signatures of residents of Claremont Unified School District’s District 4 to force a special election to fill the vacant school board seat. That special election will cost CUSD $273,000. That’s right, the school district foots the bill for that special election.
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Boys basketball
Bonita dealt Claremont its 23rd loss of the season, 51-32, on January 27. Ayala compounded the misery Tuesday when it downed the Pack, 80-37. The team is 3-24 overall, 0-9 in league, and finished sixth in Palomares League play.
Claremont capped its season after press time Thursday against Alta Loma.
Pomona College and the labor union Unite Here Local 11 have reached a contract agreement for the college’s dining hall and catering staff.
In a joint news release the organizations said they penned a four-year collective bargaining agreement on January 18 that would bring all the college’s food service workers to a minimum $25-per-hour wage. The employees overwhelmingly ratified the agreement in a union vote.
Claremont High School’s theater department recently received a $100,000 donation.
The gift, from 2006 Claremont High School alumnus and Thespian Troupe #2129 member Jaryd Hochberger, was announced during the January 19 Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting.
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Claremont continued its disappointing season January 20 with a 62-34 loss to Glendora. The Pack then played host to Colony Wednesday, and lost, 62-32. Following Wednesday’s result, the team is 3-22 overall and 0-7 in league play.
Claremont is at Bonita Friday, then at Ayala on Tuesday, January 31. Both tipoffs are set for 7 p.m.
Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to appoint former board member Hilary LaConte to fill the Trustee Area 4 seat vacated by Steven Llanusa, who resigned December 10.
There were 10 applicants for the vacant seat, including Aaron Peterson, whom Llanusa narrowly defeated in the November 8 election.
Between 1963 and 2020, just two directors have called the small corner office behind Claremont High’s Don F. Fruechte Theatre’s stage “home.” In 2021, Mohammed Mangrio became the third.
When 27-year CHS theater director Krista Elhai retired in 2021, she recommended Mangrio for the job. But with the 2021-22 theater schedule already in place, he spent most of that academic year managing a program he had no input in designing.
Claremont High School’s girls varsity soccer team snapped Vivian Webb School’s 28-game winning streak Saturday with a decisive 4-0 win at home. The Gauls’ streak was the fifth longest in California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section history. The Wolfpack scored four second half goals, two by CHS junior forward Isabella Salas, in the nonleague match. The result boosted Claremont’s overall record to 12-2-1 and gave Webb, now 7-1, its first loss of the season.