Tech strategy calls for new job
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      To more fully integrate technology into the Las Virgenes Unified School District, local computer guru Neil Ticktin is advising the board of education to hire a chief technology officer who will oversee tech strategies in the district. Ticktin’s Westlake-based Xplain Corp. provides technology planning services.
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Oak Park schools seek parent input
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      Communication between parents and the Oak Park Unified School District will be the goal of a forum at 9 a.m. Thurs., Nov. 12 at the Oak Park Community Center, 101 Kanan Road.
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High School Highlights
     Agoura Chargers Sat., Nov. 7: Cabaret night/G building/7 p.m. Tues., Nov. 10: Military info day/ quad Wed., Nov. 11: Veterans Day-no school Thurs., Nov. 12: Fall play rehearsal/G building/3 to 5 p.m.
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St. Pat’s opens boutique
      St. Patrick’s Day School will host a holiday boutique from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri., Nov. 13 at the school, One Church Road, Thousand oaks. Proceeds benefit the private, church-affiliated school, which offers classes for kindergarten through sixth grade.  For more information, visit www.stpatricksdayschool.org or call (805) 497-1416.
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Cheerleaders-in-training to perform at high school football game
      GO TEAM— The Oak Park High School cheerleading team will offer a cheer clinic for students in grades K-8 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sat., Nov. 7. Participants will learn cheers, stunts and a dance. They will perform at the Oak Park High School football game on Fri., Nov. 13 during halftime. The clinic cost is $40 and includes an Oak Park Cheer T-shirt.
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Cal Lutheran dean’s list
      These students at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks have been named to the spring 2009 dean’s list: Matthew Mitchell of Agoura Hills; Jessica Hueftle of Calabasas; Shannon Anderson, Kiera Himsl, Caroline Kelley, Katelyn Miller, Hayley Palmer, Allison Wachtel and Gayle Plessner of Westlake Village; and Nicole Linebach and Nellie Paolini of Oak Park.
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Eric Tally named Teacher of the Year
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
      Eric Tally of Sumac Elementary School in Agoura Hills was named the Las Virgenes Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year at a school board meeting last month.
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Laughter will support team
      Oak Park High School Athletic Booster Club members are relying on laughter to help them support the school’s sports teams. At 5:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 15, the club will host Comedy Night, a show and dinner fundraiser at The Canyon in Agoura Hills. Comedians Fritz Coleman and Dennis Blair will perform.
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