📢Urgent: Help Secure AUSD Support for Barnes Park Pool Before November 17!

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗞𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘂𝗽 𝗡𝗢𝗪!

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 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 $𝟴.𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, with an application deadline of 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

To strengthen its application, Monterey Park requested partnership letters and funding commitments by November 13. However, 𝗔𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 (𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗), 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳. 𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁!

🏊 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗞𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹

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 𝟴𝟭 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝟵 𝗖𝗜𝗙 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟰 𝗖𝗜𝗙 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿-𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆!

💰 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 $𝟭 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻?

In July 2023, Assemblymember Mike Fong presented AUSD with $𝟭 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 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.

𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿.

📢 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳!

𝗪𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

Please urge the Board to:

• 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 to rebuild Barnes Park Pool.

• 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 toward the Aquatic Center, including any available resources from the original $1 million state appropriation.

• 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 to strengthen Monterey Park's state grant application.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬:

Use this form: https://www.ausd.us/apps/form/form.ALHAMBRA.s4mzn4l.2od

You can also attend the 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 to express your support in person.

✉️ 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱

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Dear AUSD Board of Education,

I urge Alhambra Unified School District to partner with the City of Monterey Park and 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹.

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.

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.

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 $𝟴.𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (𝗦𝗣𝗣). 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗗'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

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.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗞𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹'𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗹. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻!

Thank you for supporting our students and community.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

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𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸'𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸!

Please share this announcement with friends, family, MKHS alumni, and community members. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟳 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆'𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁!

𝗦𝗚𝗩 𝗣𝗨𝗕 — 𝗦𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗽 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻

🌐 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲: https://sgvpub.org

📣 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱!

📘 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://facebook.com/BuildMPKBarnesPool.sgvpub

📸 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://www.instagram.com/BuildMPKBarnesPool_SGVPUB

▶️ 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲: https://youtube.com/@barnesparkaquaticscenter

✍️ 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: https://www.change.org/p/save-barnes-park-pool-invest-in-our-kids-our-champions-and-our-future

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📖 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 $𝟭 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱:

Monterey Park Cascades, September 2023, page 15: https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/Archive/ViewFile/Item/1315