Ocean View school board backs bond

Andrew Wainer

The Ocean View School District on Tuesday night endorsed Huntington Beach

Union High School District’s bond issue. The measure, if passed, would

ask property owners to pay for $123 million dollars in school repairs.

At Tuesday’s Board of Trustees’ meeting, Ocean View Supt. James Tarwater

said the Huntington Beach Union district needs the repairs, and the bond

issue will benefit his own students, who will one day attend Huntington

Beach Union Schools. The statement was approved by a unanimous 5-0 vote

by the board of trustees.

The board also unanimously approved a proposal for intern counselor

services at four middle schools for the 1999-2000 school year.

The district has employed intern counselors in its schools since 1990.

The counselors work directly under the supervision of school

psychologists and provide services with entire classes of students, small

focus groups and individual students and their parents.

The interns are recruited annually from colleges and universities

throughout Southern California. Their work in Ocean View’s schools

provides them with valuable experience while completing field work

requirements for their degrees.

The cost of the counselors Tobacco Use Prevention Education program will

be $45,000.

The district also received an invitation to participate in the Governor’s

Reading Award Program from secretary of Education Gary Hart. The program

is a competition aimed at encouraging students to make independent

reading a regular activity. The information on the program was submitted

to the board for review.