Page 8 August 3, 2017 School Board from front page proficient in math--both improvements of two percent from the previous year. IUSD is 58 percent Latino and 39 percent African-American and has three of 10 students learning English, with eight out of 10 living in low-income households. In addition, the District has several campuses in need of repairs, including Inglewood High School and Morningside High School, which have gone ignored since before the State takeover. “We have had four different people and for different reasons they haven’t worked out,” said Graeber. “We hope that they [State] get a lot more involved with helping this district and providing every resource available from the State to fix this place.” Since the State takeover in 2012, appointed leaders have come and gone, leaving the District’s woes to be addressed by the next leader. IUSD graduate Kent Taylor was the first to accept the position in October 2012, but left three months later due to what the State called unauthorized agreements with the teachers union. La Tanya Kirk-Carter, Taylor’s deputy, served as an interim appointee for six months until the State convinced Dr. Don Brann to fill the position--which he served in for a little more than two years and pushed for a balanced budget as part of a three-year plan to cut District spending. After Brann’s unexpected resignation the State appointed Vincent Matthews, who envisioned a longterm plan that included a four percent student enrollment increase each year to begin countering the ongoing decline in student enrollment since 2010. Matthews left within the year for a superintendent position in San Francisco. California law requires that any school district issued an emergency loan be placed under State control, with the local elected board losing authority and serving in an advisory capacity. When the district becomes fiscally stable and pays the loan back, it regains control. “We just want someone who is dedicated to fixing the District for the next few years to get this place going,” said Graeber. “These people have worked on something, spend time on it and then stop working on it.” • Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com Clayton Kershaw May Be Down, but Dodgers Not Out By Adam Serrao The Los Angeles Dodgers are off to the best regular season start by any team in Major League Baseball since the 2001 Seattle Mariners. That start presumably took a blow when the team’s ace and the best pitcher in all of baseball, Clayton Kershaw, left the game after two innings approximately two weeks ago with what was diagnosed to be a lower back strain. Kershaw’s absence from the starting rotation has become somewhat commonplace over the past couple of years. The future Hall of Famer missed two and a half months last season with a disc injury in the very same back that is troubling him currently. Despite the team’s best player being sidelined to injury, the Dodgers shouldn’t panic. There is already a certain amount of magic surrounding a ball club that finds it very difficult to lose a series to another team, let alone a game. The most disappointing thing about Kershaw’s injury isn’t what will inevitably be a longer recovery time than the left-hander would naturally want. The displeasing thing for Kershaw--and all of his fans alike--is what it does to his statistical season. Before Kershaw’s slight setback, he led baseball in wins (15), ERA (2.04) and innings pitched (141 1/3). He was also second in WHIP (0.88) and third in strikeouts (168). Without the injury, Kershaw was on pace to enjoy yet another Cy Young Award-winning season and had the opportunity to maneuver his way into accomplishing another pitching triple crown as well. Those goals haven’t been lost just yet, but his absence from the rotation will certainly make them harder to achieve. The severity of Kershaw’s injury was not immediately known and likely won’t be addressed by manager Dave Roberts. One thing that is for sure, though, is that Roberts and the team will certainly not rush their ace back into action. “Over the course of the next week we’ll see how he feels and how the body reacts to medication,” Roberts said a few days after the injury. “As everything takes, we’ll know more. Right now, he’s on a slow program.” That slow program originally projected Kershaw to be out from marked the team’s 31st come-from-behind victory of the season. It’s almost as if they encourage the opposition to take the lead so that they can come back and completely demoralize their opponents. That comeback win was the team’s 14th in the seventh inning or later. That same victory put the Dodgers 43 games over .500 for the first time since 1974 and put the club more games over .500 than the Giants (40-66 at the time) had won all season long. This Dodgers team that is slowly breaking the record books is obviously bigger than just one player. Kershaw, however, is the one player that everyone seems to be counting on come October. His absence from the starting rotation may not be ideal, but the ace of the club will undoubtedly be back, rested and ready to go sooner rather than later. Until then, it looked like this Dodgers team will continue being absolutely unbelievable and filled with magic without him. • – Asixlion@earthlink.net four to six weeks. Kershaw is known for his dislike of time frames, though, and had already begun playing catch again as early as last week. “A timetable has kind of been put out there, but we don’t know,” Roberts explained of the original projection. “With Clayton and his desire and medicine, anything can happen. We’re very reluctant to put any type of timetable on it. It’s unfair to Clayton as far as speculating and trying to project.” Fans of the “Boys in Blue” may be a bit nervous about the Kershaw news, but the optimistic part of his most recent injury lies in the fact that the scans revealed that the problem was simply a strain and not a recurrence of the disc issue that sidelined him for so long one season ago. More optimism arose last week, when despite not traveling with the team on their recent road trip, Kershaw threw three straight days of catch with no setbacks. Justin Turner put it perfectly when explaining how the entire team has learned from Kershaw’s injury last season and is now ready to move forward in his absence once again this year. “Knowing the way we responded and the way we played in his absence makes it a little bit easier pill to swallow, I guess, but you don’t want him not taking the ball every fifth day,” Turner explained. “But we’ve talked about the depth the front office has created and how guys step up. That’s what we expect to do.” Last season, the Dodgers stepped up in Kershaw’s absence by remarkably going 38-24 and in the process, overcame an eight-game deficit to the much hated San Francisco Giants in the standings to overtake first place in the NL West. When Kershaw returned to the team, he seemed well-rested, posting a 1.29 ERA in the month of September while also giving the team every last ounce of energy that he had--whether it was in a starting role or from out of the bullpen in October. Last year following the injury, Kershaw had the first impressive postseason of his entire career. The Dodgers have already responded once again this season, too. After Kershaw exited the game against the Atlanta Braves on July 23, Los Angeles went on to win eight games in a row dating back to last Sunday to finish out the month of July, before the month of August even had the chance to get itself started. Like the Dodgers have typically done all season long, there has been a new hero every single night. Whether it’s Justin Turner, Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger or even Logan Forsythe, the Dodgers have simply become a team that finds it very, very difficult to lose baseball games whether Kershaw is on the mound or not. As Orel Hershiser put it on a recent telecast, “There’s just no place [in the batting order] to breathe if you’re an opposing pitcher.” Ask the San Francisco Giants who looked like they were in position to win last Sunday’s game on two separate occasions. That was before the Dodgers came back from behind yet again and won on a tworun walk-off double by Kyle Farmer in the rookie’s MLB debut and first career at-bat. Almost every single player on the team has taken a turn being the hero. Last Sunday Are You Still Paying Too Much For Your Medications? You can save up to 97% when you fi ll your prescriptions with our Canadian and International prescription service. Get An Extra $15 Off & Free Shipping On Your 1st Order! Call the number below and save an additional $15 plus get free shipping on your fi rst prescription order with Canada Drug Center. Expires June 30, 2017. Offer is valid for prescription orders only and can not be used in conjunction with any other offers. Valid for new customers only. One time use per household. Use code 15FREE to receive this special offer. 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