In the wake of the stabbing incident at Monache last May the Porterville Unified School District continues to be in the process of implementing tighter safety protocols to begin the school year.

But the district has also implemented random drug testing for all athletes at the high school level and it continues to be at an impasse with the Porterville Educators Association, which represents the district's teachers.

So PUSD superintendent Nate Nelson put it simply and best when he said, “It's been an interesting start to the school year.” Nelson covered it all at the Porterville Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday at Thai Kitchen.

Noah Serrate, an expelled student, has been accused of posing as a student to enter the Monache campus last May and has also been accused and charged with stabbing a

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