๐ขUrgent: Help Secure AUSD Support for Barnes Park Pool Before November 17!
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น'๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐นโ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ ๐ก๐ข๐ช!
Following the City of Monterey Park's first Aquatic Center Subcommittee meeting in July and its third meeting on November 9, 2026, the effort to rebuild Barnes Park Pool is moving forward.
The City is pursuing ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ $๐ด.๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, with an application deadline of ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ.
To strengthen its application, Monterey Park requested partnership letters and funding commitments by November 13. However, ๐๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ (๐๐จ๐ฆ๐), ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐'๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ณ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐!
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐น
Since Barnes Park Pool closed in 2021, Mark Keppel High School's swimming and water polo teams have been forced to rely on other communities' facilities for practices and competitions.
Despite these challenges, the MKHS boys' water polo team advanced to the second round of the CIF playoffs in 2026, relying on pools in Arcadia and Montebello to host games.
Under the leadership of Coach Ish Perez and his fellow coaches, Mark Keppel aquatics has built an extraordinary tradition of competitive excellence, including ๐ด๐ญ ๐๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐!
๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ $๐ญ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
In July 2023, Assemblymember Mike Fong presented AUSD with $๐ญ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, originally sought to help refurbish Barnes Park Pool.
When the pool project stalled due to insufficient funding, the appropriation was broadened to support athletic and recreational facilities.
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก: ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ณ!
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ!
Please urge the Board to:
โข ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ to rebuild Barnes Park Pool.
โข ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด toward the Aquatic Center, including any available resources from the original $1 million state appropriation.
โข ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ to strengthen Monterey Park's state grant application.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฌ:
Use this form: https://www.ausd.us/apps/form/form.ALHAMBRA.s4mzn4l.2od
You can also attend the ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ณ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด to express your support in person.
โ๏ธ ๐ฆ๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ
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Dear AUSD Board of Education,
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I urge Alhambra Unified School District to partner with the City of Monterey Park and ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐น.
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Since the pool closed in 2021, Mark Keppel High School's swimming and water polo teams have lacked a permanent home facility, despite their outstanding record of competitive success.
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In July 2023, Assemblymember Mike Fong presented AUSD with $1 million in state funding, originally sought to support Barnes Park Pool renovations. Although the appropriation was subsequently broadened to athletic and recreational facilities, the original need remains.
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๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ $๐ด.๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ (๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฃ). ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐'๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐'๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
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Please use the November 17 Board meeting to consider a funding commitment, partnership agreement, or other concrete action supporting the project before the state's December 17 grant deadline.
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น'๐ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐ฎ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ผ๐น. ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป!
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Thank you for supporting our students and community.
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Sincerely,
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[Your Name]
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๐ง๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ'๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ!
Please share this announcement with friends, family, MKHS alumni, and community members. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐!
๐ฆ๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ โ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป
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๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ: https://sgvpub.org
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๐ฃ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ!
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ: https://facebook.com/BuildMPKBarnesPool.sgvpub
๐ธ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ: https://www.instagram.com/BuildMPKBarnesPool_SGVPUB
โถ๏ธ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฒ: https://youtube.com/@barnesparkaquaticscenter
โ๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: https://www.change.org/p/save-barnes-park-pool-invest-in-our-kids-our-champions-and-our-future
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ: https://linktr.ee/BuildMPKBarnesPool_SGVPUB
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๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ $๐ญ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ:
Monterey Park Cascades, September 2023, page 15: https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/Archive/ViewFile/Item/1315
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