About Town Redondo – Cannabis tax measure, turnout comparison, RBEF gift
RBEF raises $1.1 million for school district A refurbishment of the high school library tops the list of items for the 2022-23 donation from the Redondo Beach Education Foundation, presented Oct. 25. This year’s gift of $1,083,000 funded everything the Redondo Unified School District asked for. The list focuses on district-wide uses, including the revamp of the RUHS library, to create more private study areas and collaborative spaces. “It hasn’t changed a whole lot since I graduated,” said Kristi Bieber, new RBEF executive director. The gift comes from corporate and foundation partners – and includes more than $800,000 in donations from local residents, representing 10 percent of Redondo Unified families. “It truly is a community effort,” said Bieber, who has a five-year goal to bring in more than $1 million from district families in a given year. A former contract grant writer for RBEF and site advocate, Bieber is a member of the RUHS class of 1993, now a mother of two students in the district. Marijuana taxes slated for March ballot measure The Redondo Beach city council held the first of a two-part public hearing Nov. 1 for its plans to put a measure on the March 7 ballot next…
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