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Solorio and Iglesias step up for Santa Ana youth basketball

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Art Pedroza Posted in Cecilia Iglesias, Education, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Sports, Youth Activities 12 Comments

Two Santa Ana School Board members have stepped up to help Santa Ana West NJB (National Junior Basketball) in the wake of our article about how the Santa Ana Unified School District is charging youth basketball organizations $180 per hour to use school gyms that were built with our tax money.

I heard today from SAUSD Trustee Cecilia Iglesias, who said her own son is interested in youth basketball. I put her in touch with the mother of four who is running Santa Ana West NJB.

I also got an email message from Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee Jose Solorio. Continue reading→

The SAUSD and Santa Ana College fail to support youth basketball in our city

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Art Pedroza Posted in Education, Santa Ana, Youth Activities 2 Comments

Did you know that the Santa Ana Unified School District charges $180 an hour for community groups and non-profits to use their basketball gyms? Keep in mind that our taxes paid to build those gyms – and our taxes pay the salaries of the overpaid SAUSD school administrators. This is just wrong!

The fees are so costly that the Santa Ana West NJB (National Junior Basketball) is scrambling to raise money and to find other facilities where their kids can learn to play youth basketball.

Jacqueline Arcadia Barba, the mother of four who runs this organization also reached out to administrators at Santa Ana College and they blew her off. Yes, our taxes paid for their buildings too. Continue reading→