The highlight of the November 2nd Fillmore Unified School District meeting was the discussion of safety while attending the upcoming 100th football game between Fillmore and Santa Paula.

The Fillmore School Board (FSB) went into a detailed discussion of the preparations needed for the upcoming game. With 3,000 or more expected to attend, safety is a major priority. The Board has had numerous meetings with both the Fillmore and Santa Paula Police/Sheriffs along with each town's Fire Departments to iron out all the safety issues.

Extra bleachers will be set up to accommodate the 2,500 tickets already sold with 140 more on the waiting list and the additional 500 more persons with passes expected to attend. The maximum that can safely attend the game is 3,400 due to the field having only three exits. With an unknown number of attendees who already have passes, the number of tickets sales must be kept well below the maximum.

The gates will be opening at 3:00 pm and close when maximum occupancy is reached.

The Sheriffs Department is providing an extra 15 Officers and donating up to $5,000 worth of Deputy time to help with security.

The two entry gates will be monitored by both the Probation Department and the Police/ Sheriffs Departments with an Officer stationed at every isle during the game. The Explorers will also be helping out.

During the games activities there will be an introduction of the oldest living game participant and the game record holders. This will be occurring just after the Junior Varsity plays.

Stadium Way and Second Street will be closed that evening and along with Sespe School. It was suggested that those considering a pre-game tailgating party consider using the Middle School for their activities.

The Sunday football dinner is being moved from Mountain Vista Middle School to the Memorial Building and will start at 4:00 pm.

The Santa Barbara TV station KEYT will be covering the game along with some local radio stations.

Also on agenda was the Student Representative's Report presented by Fillmore High School (FHS) Senior Sean Chandler with FHS Associated Student Body. Chandler informed the Board that November 8th FHS will be participating in Santa Paula Week. Monday the 8th will be Dress Up Day also known as Santa Paula Nerd Day, where students will dress in Santa Paula colors. Tuesday at noon there will be a Cardinal Piñata sure to get plenty of direct hits.

Wednesday around 2:30 pm a rally is scheduled with both the Junior Varsity and Varsity Football Teams expected to attend. Classes are closed on Thursday but activities will resume on Friday with Food Day, where school clubs will sell a variety of edible treats as fundraisers.

Also announced was Career Day this Friday morning, November 5th at the Memorial Building with various companies participating. Each class will attend at different times throughout the morning and continue until noon.

Another topic on the agenda was the California School Board Association (CSBA) Conference which the FSB has not attended in the past two years. The Conference is being held December 1-4, 2010 in San Francisco which is the most expensive Conference to attend due to the cost of air fare and hotel accommodations it would require. Board Members had different opinions on $6,000 price tag to send all the Members with some Members stating that if the Conference were being held in San Diego, members could drive their cars and the cost would then be acceptable. Tony Prado said he believes the Conference is worth the $6,000 price tag and that it was not that much money. He felt that new Board Members would get a great deal of information by attending. He stated that all other School Boards in Ventura County receive a stipend, but Fillmore's Board doesn't, commenting that Fillmore School Board Members basically volunteer. Board Member Liz Wilde said she had no problem with just the new members attending, but the cost for all the members to go would be too high. Board Member John Garnica told the other members with the 20% cuts it is not the time to be spending money to send the members to the Conference.

Garnica remarked that those teachers who have had their hours cut would question why there's money to spend on a Conference.

Board Member Virginia de la Piedra agreed with Garnica. A vote was taken with the majority voting no members will attend the San Francisco Conference.