Photo By Keith Hayes | A student at Cameron Elementary School watches as Col. Sekou Karega, commanding...... read more read more
Colonel Sekou Karega, commanding officer, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., visited schools in the Barstow area March 28 as part of an on-going community relations outreach program.
“The visit is conducted once a year by the base commander and when a new commanding officer assumes control of MCLB Barstow,” said Adam Diaz, School Liaison Officer and Exceptional Family Member Program case worker for Marine Corps Community Services aboard the base.
The CO and 1st Sgt. Neil Roselli, Headquarters Company first sergeant; accompanied by Jeff Malan, Superintendent, Barstow Unified School District; Scott Godfrey, Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services, BUSD; and Diaz, visited with educators and students at Barstow High, Barstow Junior High, Barstow STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Academy, and Montara Elementary.
The group also visited the future site of Barstow Fine Arts Academy, which is currently under construction on H Street and slated to open for the 2019 to 2020 school year.
“Colonel Karega also wants to visit the schools in the outlying areas of Barstow which would include sites as far as Skyline North Elementary School and Lenwood Elementary School,” Diaz added.
The colonel visited campuses in the Silver Valley Unified School District two weeks prior to touring the Barstow schools.
A check of the California Department of Education website indicates the campuses in the SVUSD are relatively far flung compared to the BUSD.
Calico Continuation High, Silver Valley Academy, Silver Valley Adult, and Silver Valley Community Day School, are all located on one campus in Daggett; Congressman Jerry Lewis Elementary School, Tiefort View Intermediate, and Fort Irwin Middle schools are on Fort Irwin; Silver Valley High School and Yermo Elementary School are both located in Yermo; and Newberry Springs Elementary School, which is 25 miles east of Barstow.
As school liaison officer Diaz said he helps facilitate transfers of dependent children across civilian school districts and acts as a “translator” between the military and civilian school districts.
“I keep school districts informed of the requirements of the military when it comes to the education of dependent children, which can be quite demanding,” he explained.
| Date Taken: | 04.12.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04.12.2018 12:30 |
| Story ID: | 272806 |
| Location: | BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA, US |
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