![WASC looks for more than the basic California State standards. According to chairperson Mike Woo, “As new rules and new concerns come up through society, [WASC] look[s] is the school doing something about that. Like the biggest trend post-COVID is mental wellness. So is your school doing something to address the mental health of the students? Along with are they still doing the proper academics?”](https://theburlingameb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3401-1200x1200.png)
![“For me personally, I want [others] to see the music program as a strong union because we can really bring out the life of our school,” Vega said. “We need music, you know? Otherwise, things would be really silent and dead.”](https://theburlingameb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/unnamed-1200x801.jpeg)
Hit-and-run injures four minors on Howard Ave
March 3, 2020
Omeed Adibi has been arrested after allegedly hitting four middle schoolers intentionally on the corner of Howard Avenue and Clarendon Road last Saturday. Adibi is an 18-year-old San Mateo resident who attended Crocker Middle School and is currently an Aragon senior, and the victims are also from San Mateo. All four victims sustained injuries, with two being moderately hurt and two in critical condition. Adibi drove away from the scene but was apprehended and taken into custody later that night. His motives are currently unknown.
If any Burlingame students would like to speak to a counselor about this incident, the wellness counselor drop-in session hours can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YFr4JVssKtL6mFpYrGCHL6tGpXJn2Ung0Se0kIClI2o/edit. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-(800)-273-8255. Students can call this number for confidential emotional support.
