| VUSD officials recommend waiting to open high schools
She said failing to open the new campus on time is a disservice to the students and teachers who are now crammed into Vista Unified's two overcrowded high schools, Vista High and Rancho Buena Vista High."We sent the message to the community that we were going to build this school," she said. "As a board, it's our responsibility to get it opened."The sooner the district opens the schools, the better, Herrera said, because it doesn't appear the state's budget problems are going to clear up anytime soon.Gibson and Herrera agree that the district needs to do something to ease overcrowding at its two large high schools, which each have more than 3,000 students. However, they disagree about how to do it.For years, Gibson has pushed for the district to use existing facilities for the magnet schools instead of building a campus on the 66-acre site in eastern Oceanside.
Cook-DuPage corridor project would extend Blue Line
An ambitious but highly conceptual plan to greatly expand commuter rail and bus service through the heavily congested corridor connecting central Cook and DuPage Counties was presented Thursday to the Regional Transportation Authority board.
The key element of the proposal, the result of a three-year study by a committee of suburban mayors and county commissioners, would be an extension of the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line on an east-west route from suburban Forest Park as far west as the Yorktown shopping center in DuPage County.
While the elements of the study are not all new, it is the first time they have been compiled in one cohesive proposal.
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Chicago chefs shine in the Big Apple
When Jeremy Lycan stepped into the kitchen at the James Beard House, he followed in the footsteps of numerous young chefs, many of them from Chicago. "I feel like clearly there is great culinary talent in Chicago," says Izabela Wojcik, director of house programming for the James Beard House. "When you talk about traveling and what cities have to offer, Chicago is on the top of that list." Windy City chefs who have presented their menus at the Beard House include, in no particular order, Charlie Trotter of Charlie Trotter's, Paul Kahan of Blackbird, Graham Elliot Bowles of the Penninsula Hotel, Roland Liccioni of Le Francais, Martiel Noguier of 160blue, Homaro Cantu of Moto, Rick Tramanto and Gale Gand of Tru, Arun and Niramon Sampanthavivat of Arun's, Maneet Chauhan of Vermillion, Tony Mantuano of Spiaggia, Steve Chiapetti of Viand and Shawn McClain of Spring.
Bulldogs a rare breed
Many elements have come together this season to create the magical story of the Drake basketball team. Start with a downtrodden bunch of players, picked for a ninth-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference. But they've overachieved beyond any of their wildest dreams. So far, it's resulted in a 23-2 record, a national ranking as high as 14th and the program's first MVC championship (clinched Saturday at Northern Iowa) since a tri-title in 1970-71. Continue with a rookie head coach, 35-year-old Keno Davis, who arrived in Des Moines, Iowa, five years ago as an assistant for his renowned coaching father, Dr. Tom Davis, and had the foresight to tweak the system to best showcase the seemingly limited talent he had on hand. And finally, hats off to the team's longtime supporters who have, since that championship season 37 years ago, endured 31 second-division finishes, including 11 seasons ending in last place.
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