The Brief
- A P.E. teacher in Berkeley is being honored for his decades of work in the community.
- The Chris Kindness Award is celebrating Donald Arreola-Burl as the latest winner of its program.
- The teacher set a record with the most number of votes in the kindness initiative.
BERKELEY, Calif. – A beloved Berkeley physical education teacher is set to be honored this week for his more than 40 years of dedication to the community’s kids.
Donald Arreola-Burl, affectionately known as “Coach Don,” is a longtime P.E. teacher at Washington Elementary School located in the heart of Berkeley. He was recently named the winner of a monthly grassroots initiative that was created in 2022 by a UC Berkeley Haas School of Business professor, Alan Ross.
The backstory:…