Extracurricular Activities Finances

Esperanza High School parents displeased with traditional fund-raising methods for extracurricular school groups are proposing an easier way to come up with needed money: bingo nights. Already, schools throughout the county regularly hold nonprofit bingo events, which ease the pressure of selling candy or washing cars to pay for sports team trips or choir shows. Parents say that holding bingo nights would require less work and could make more money than other fund-raising activities.

Esperanza High School parents displeased with traditional fund-raising methods for extracurricular school groups are proposing an easier way to come up with needed money: bingo nights. Already, schools throughout the county regularly hold nonprofit bingo events, which ease the pressure of selling candy or washing cars to pay for sports team trips or choir shows. Parents say that holding bingo nights would require less work and could make more money than other fund-raising activities.

Nine candidates are running for three seats on the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Trustees in the Nov. 3 election. Jerry Brakebill Age: 28. Occupation: Police officer. Background: DARE officer for three years; juvenile detective in Yorba Linda; board of directors, East Lake Homeowners Assn.