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EL SEGUNDO HERALD August 15, 2019 Page 3
As Digital Learning Increases, So
Do Local Back-to-School Costs
By Rob McCarthy
It’s back-to-school month for South Bay
districts and time to crack the books. Inglewood
students return on Monday. Hawthorne
extends the summer vacation an extra day
until Tuesday. El Segundo welcomes back its
returning and new students on Aug. 28. But
before the first bell rings, there are school
supplies to buy and backpacks to stuff.
Parents, be ready to open your checkbooks
for back-to-school expenses. The pens and
pencils and notepads aren’t behind the inflation
felt by households with children in local
public and private schools. It’s the iPads and
the home-based Internet connection in homes
that kids need to complete their assignments
that will make the 2019-2002 school year a
bit pricier. And to not fall behind in class…
The 2019 Huntington Backpack Index,
which for more than a decade has tracked the
household costs for K-12 children’s educations,
issued a bullish prediction ahead of August.
You’ll need to add a basic laptop computer
and an Internet connection for your child
Calendar of Events
Deadline for Calendar items is the prior
Thursday by noon. Calendar items are $1
per word up to 25 words. Email listings to
marketing@heraldpublications.com. We accept
Visa and MasterCard.
THURSDAY, AUG 15
• El Segundo Certified Farmer’s Market: Fun
In The Sun, 3:00 PM. – 7:00 PM., located
on Main Street, Downtown El Segundo,
How fun will it be dunking camp staff in
the dunk tank?? Well this is your chance to
take aim and find out.
• Art Walk, 5:00 PM. – 9:00 PM., businesses
in Downtown El Segundo and Smoky Hollow
showcase the art of many different Los Angeles
based artists. There will be Food Trucks,
Live Music, and sponsored experiences.
• Senior Phone & Email Scam Prevention,
2:00 PM. – 3:00 PM., for older adults but all
adults welcome, El Segundo Public Library,
111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-524-2728.
• Family Storytime, 6:00 PM. -7:00 PM., El
Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa
Ave., Call: 310-524-2726.
FRIDAY, AUG 16
• Bingo, 1:00 PM. - 3:00 PM., 50 Plus, $3.00
minimum, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon Street
SATURDAY, AUG 17
• Story Time and Book Signing of the inspirational
story of “Lucky”, 11:00 AM.,
Pages Bookstore, Meet the author and
illustrator, 904 Manhattan Ave, Manhattan
Beach, 90266.
• Saturday Night Dance, 7:00 PM. – 9:45 PM.,
Cost: $5.00 Per Person, Adults of all Ages
Welcome, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call: 310-524-2705.
SUNDAY, AUG 18
• Bridge & Pinochle Groups, 11:30 AM. – 3:45
PM, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339 Sheldon
St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856.
MONDAY, AUG 19
• Canasta Group, 11:30 AM. – 3:00 PM., 50
Plus, Free, Senior Club of El Segundo, 339
Sheldon St., Call Pam at: 310-318-2856.
• Maker Monday: Homemade Books, 12:00
PM. – 1:00 PM., bring your own photos to
place into your books, El Segundo Public
Library, 111 W. Mariposa Ave., Call: 310-
524-2728.
Letters
Pleased With Trees
and Maintenance
I live on a corner, a very windy corner, in
the old part of El Segundo. Because of the
wind the leaves from six city trees fall on
my front lawn. I love trees, so I somewhat
do not mind. I therefore appreciated it when
the city’s professional tree trimmers trimmed
these huge mature trees, which are happily
growing like mad. I was also pleased with
the way the trimming crew cleaned up after
trimming. Sticking trees in the ground is one
thing, responsibility for maintaining them
is another. Thus, thank you El Segundo for
trimming/maintaining your six trees that
drop mucho leaves on my yard, and thank
you mister street sweeper for weekly picking
up huge amounts of city tree leaves in front
of my house.
– Liz Garnholz •
Community Briefs
Construction Begins on Smoky
Hollow Pilot Parking Project
Last fall, the El Segundo City Council
adopted the Smoky Hollow Specific Plan,
which envisions an increase in the number of
on-street parking spaces in the Smoky Hollow
district. At the time, the Council directed staff
to initiate a pilot project to add parking spaces
on a segment of El Segundo Boulevard on the
north side of the street.
The pilot project began on July 29 and
construction will run through early September.
The segment of El Segundo Boulevard selected
for the pilot project runs from the alley east of
Main Street to the alley east of Sheldon Street.
The pilot will add 15 new parking spaces
along El Segundo Boulevard without decreasing
the existing number of vehicle travel
lanes. After an evaluation period, the City
will decide whether to make the change
permanent and extend the new parking lane
further east. For more information on the
pilot project, contact Principal Planner Paul
Samaras at (310) 524-2340 and psamaras@
elsegundo.org, or Senior Civil Engineer
Orlando Rodriguez at (310) 524-2252 or
orodriguez@elsegundo.org.
– Source: City of El Segundo
El Segundo Public Library Welcomes
Manda Mosher and Friends Tonight
“The Art of the Song” will be hosted by
singer/songwriter Manda Mosher for this
evening’s (August 15) edition of El Segundo’s
summer Art Walk. She will be joined by several
other Southern California-based musicians
in a Songwriters in the Round performance
at the El Segundo Public Library from 5:30
to 8:30 p.m.
Mosher is an award-winning Los Angeles
native singer/songwriter with deep roots in
the California Alt-Americana and Alt-Country
music scenes. As leader of her namesake solo
band, Mosher released two albums with Red
Parlor Records and followed up with two
albums as co-leader of all female fronted
California Country group, CALICO the band
on California Country Records. Mosher is
a four-time LA Critic Award- winner and
five-time LA Music Award-winner, which
include such honors as Americana Album of
the Year, Singer-Songwriter of the Year and
two-time National Touring Artist of the Year.
Featured musicians include singer/songwriter/
musicians Constanza Herrero, Dan
Navarro, the El Segundo duo of Sanguine &
Shiny (Tony Goodreau and Neal Von Flue)
and Paul Zollo.
The Library is located at 111 West Mariposa
Ave. (at Main Street) in El Segundo.
Call the reference desk at (310) 524-2728
for more information.
– Source: El Segundo Public Library
National Night Out
The El Segundo Police Department
held National Night Out on Wednesday,
Aug. 7 in downtown. Hundreds in the
community came out to get to know
neighbors and police and learn more about
crime awareness and prevention and drug
prevention.
– Photo: City of El Segundo • See Calendar of Events, page 4
We’re expanding and
hiring in El Segundo, California!
We are looking for:
• Cooks
• Prep/Line Cooks
• CDL Drivers (A or B with Airbrakes)
• Overnight Deep Cleaners
• Receivers
• Assembly Cold Kitchen
• Pot/Dish Washers
• QA Technicians
• Equipment/Silverware Packers
• Porters
Visit Us – America’s Leading Inflight Catering Group at our next Job Fair:
Monday – Friday: Time: 12:00PM to 4:00PM
Saturday – Sunday: Time 11:00AM to 2:00PM
Residence Inn by Marriott (Lobby) – 2135 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo CA 90245
to make the grade in the digital classroom
of today. That includes elementary schools,
the index says.
The Ohio-based bank behind the backpack
changed the way it calculated expenses for
elementary, middle and high schoolers. A
laptop and access to the school’s website
needed to be included as an indirect way to
help students be ready to succeed on their
first day back, explained an executive with
the Columbus-based financial institution.
“With changing demands on students to complete
daily assignments on connected devices,
we not only felt it important to revisit our
methodology, but also to do our part in setting
up our communities’ students for success in
the classroom.” said Andy Harmening, who
is head of consumer and business banking
for Huntington Bank. It partnered with the
nonprofit educational group, Communities
in Schools, to survey schools in 26 states.
Here’s what it found: A significant
increase awaits American families with
See Digital Learning, page 10