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FUSD Dedicates Fontana Adult School and Breaks Ground for Citrus Continuation High School
FUSD's Board of Education, district administration, and staff, as well as local, county and state dignitaries were all on hand to participate in this special event. The ceremony featured remarks from Oscar Duenas, Interim Superintendent; Tracie Zerpoli, Director of Career Technical Education; Eric Groeber, Principal of Citrus Continuation High School; and Martha Vega, a recent graduate of Fontana Adult School. Ms. Vega told her inspirational story of how she began as an ESL student and ultimately achieved her goal of graduating from Fontana Adult School the same year that her daughter graduated from high school. Students from Chris Lee's TV/Video Production class at A.B. Miller High School were on hand to capture the event on film. Teams of students videotaped the speakers, as well as interviewing the administrators and teachers. They will be putting together a short videotape which will be posted on the district website within the next couple of weeks. After the ceremony, students of the Fontana Adult School's Medical Assistant - Front Office and Back Office classes provided tours of the classrooms and campus. The classrooms which were previously a place of learning for generations of elementary and later, middle school students, will now be home to the adults of our community as they seek to achieve their educational goals.
Fontana Adult School Fontana Adult School first offered classes on the Fontana High School campus back in 1957. At its first graduation ceremony on June 11, 1958, 58 students graduated. “After more than five decades of sharing Fohi’s campus, the school now operates in a bigger and better location,” said Tracie Zerpoli, “one that offers students and staff a sense of freedom and independence. A place for ROP and Adult Education teachers to call their own, a place with ample parking and lighting, a place where we will coordinate services and share resources with Career Technical, ROP, and Adult Education.” Fontana Adult School will serve approximately 2500 students this year, not including the students who are served by the GED testing center, Traffic School or the Medical Career Technical programs which are being funded through the federal stimulus monies. The new location includes a secured GED testing lab, three computer labs, an ESL testing area, a future career and counseling center, a multipurpose room, staff workroom, and 35 classrooms that are set-up to the meet the needs of individual programs. The Adult Education and ROP Staff, consisting of 77 certificated and 15 classified staff members have worked diligently to ensure a smooth transition to the new location. “Thanks to the vision of the Fontana Unified School District Board of Education, we are now in a position to offer and assist our community with many services,” continued Ms. Zerpoli. “These services can be offered morning, afternoon, and evening, and included in these offerings are our fee-based Career Technical classes. Because of our new location, we look forward to growing, as funding becomes available.” Citrus Continuation High School Citrus Continuation High School opened at its "temporary" site in the fall of 1988. The campus consisted of a few portables that were donated to the district by a local real estate developer. There were 13 teachers on staff and the school followed an independent study model in which students attended classes during one of two sessions, morning or afternoon. Over the years Citrus has expanded, becoming a real school. New classrooms were added, landscaping, and the staff grew to 23 full-time teachers and 2 ROP teachers. The independent study model for curriculum delivery was replaced by a rigorous curriculum that uses the same textbooks the other high schools use and student schedules now follow a 6-period day. “We have out-grown our current location,” said Citrus Principal Eric Groeber, “and we are anxious to move to our beautiful new campus when it is finished.” “As I look to the future, I see wonderful possibilities for Citrus’s students. We will have a state-of-the art school with the latest technology and a full gymnasium. We will also have one of the finest Career Technical Education programs in the county,” he continued. “The future for Citrus High School is indeed bright.”
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With the lift of a multi-handled shovel and a little help from Measure C, the
Fontana Unified School District broke ground on the new Citrus Continuation High
School. The facility will be newest addition to the district’s new Education Center which
will also include Jurupa Hills High School (still under construction)
and Fontana Adult School which shared the limelight with Citrus in a joint
Dedication and Groundbreaking Ceremony held on November 4th.
