RBUSD considers renaming Redondo Shores for Pat Dreizler
Pat Dreizler, seen here at Redondo Beach Unified School Districts 2015 State of Education event. Photo The Redondo Beach Unified School District is planning to name one of its schools after Pat Dreizler, a woman considered by many to be the “matriarch” of Redondo Beach. The discussion came before the RBUSD Board of Education during a meeting last Tuesday, though it had been percolating in the head of board member Brad Waller for months. Waller didn’t bring the matter to his colleagues until he realized that there was nothing in the board’s rules to prevent renaming a facility in a person’s honor while that person was still alive. “It’s not that we want to rename everything all the time, but I think we have a good opportunity to recognize Pat Dreizler for everything she’s done over the years,” Waller said. “It’s incumbent on us to do this now and we can honor or while she can know about it.” Dreizler and her husband moved from the midwest to Redondo in 1956. She began her service as a volunteer with the South Bay Youth Group, 1736 House, and the Redondo Beach Woman’s Club, among many groups. She also worked at the City of Redondo Beach as recreation supervisor. The former Patterson…
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