Our ANTI public education friends like to say that our fine VUSD schools produce only dropouts and illiterates. Of course they speak from ignorance as their own children have never attended FACT based public schools, here or elsewhere.
VUSD had produced students who have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, NASA scientists(Kira Jorgensen), and fine professional athletes-- one of my favorites is Leon Hall.
I remember him as a student in one of my classes. He was a great kid then and a very nice man now. Never once did he mention he was an athlete. He just did the work and made good grades. I did not know until years later what a great athlete he was. He is a good example of the kind of outstanding folks who come from our wonderful schools in VUSD.
Here is an article from today's North County Times (Jauary 30, 2010) regarding the retirement of his football jersey number at Vista High School. Several other professional athletes who graduated from Vista High School are also mentioned.
VISTA: Going Pro
Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 7:15 pm at the North County Times
Vista High School's head football coach Dan Williams, left, hands former student Leon Hall, who now plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, a Vista High football jersey as a part of a pep-rally and a jersey retirement celebration held Friday morning at the campus. The event honored several former Vista High students who are now professional athletes, including Russell Allen, an NFL player with the Jacksonville Jaguars; and Trevor Cahill, a Major League Baseball player with the Oakland Athletics.
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