KCCLC Presents Old Time Radio With a Modern Twist

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On September 22 CLC-TECH launched Radio Drama/Internet Radio Class. Radio Drama class is centered around production of 'Old-Time' radio programming in the mold of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes.

Production of this kind of programming entails a group of students reading scripts in character while other students simultaneously perform 'Foley' or live sound effects. The programs are recorded 'live' on to hard-disk with little or no editing. Finished productions are available for listening on the internet using ShoutCast technology.. (just click on Radio Show at the bottom of this column). Students who become competent with the recording technology are also allowed access to the studio after school to work on music projects with Mr. Weckerley, the Radio Drama program's teacher. These two programs align with standards in the areas of Music, Drama, Language Arts and Social Studies and provide context for the students in all these areas.

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This combination of court and community schools provides options that improve student safety, encourage learning, reduce classroom disruption and significantly reduce Kern County's dropout rate. Operated year-round, these programs provide education at 12 county locations to approximately 8,000 students each year who are at-risk of failing.

collage: Court school instruction has been provided by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools since 1972 for students incarcerated in juvenile detention facilities. In addition, the non-residential Court School program has been established in Bakersfield and Ridgecrest whereby juvenile offenders are ordered by a judge to attend school but are not held in the juvenile facility. Kern County Superintendent of Schools also operates residential educational programs for children in the Jamison Children's Center and for young people at the Memorial Center for Behavioral Health.

Community schools have been operated by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools since 1987 and serve at-risk students who have been expelled, on probation or who are not attending school for other reasons. Working with Kern County school districts, community schools have helped decrease the dropout rate in Kern County more than 50 percent since its inception.

Community schools now serve Bakersfield, Delano, Lake Isabella, Mojave, Ridgecrest and Taft. Some programs are highly structured and offer vocational training. Others require eight hour school days. Due to distance factors, yet another alternative is independent study as a short-term solution.

The newly dedicated Kelly F. Blanton Student Education Center at 300 East Truxtun Avenue, uniquely offers six alternative education programs at one site in Bakersfield.


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