Shafter Schools Face State API Ratings Low Scores Report
The state released the Academic Performance Index ratings for 1999, grouping schools from 10 to 1 by percentile. In Shafter, Maple district sees Primary 2 Intermediate 1 Junior High 3, Shafter High in Kennings shows low results, while non unified status affects how sophomores and juniors count toward the district score.
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Shafter High School
Kennings
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Kern County
Funding hoped for Highway 46 safety upgrades
A study cites Highway 46 between Wesco and Paso Robles as dangerous with 110 accidents, 106 injuries, and 14 fatalities between 1996 and 1998. Proposals include a center divider, rumble strips, broader shoulders, and a four lane upgrade from Highway 99 to San Luis Obispo County. Work on rumble strips and shoulders is due to start in the summer.
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Paso Robles
Elon Oe Deen Flex Safetat Highang
Oltcisie
Florez
Highway
San Luis Obispo Coum
Maple School Tops California Academic Performance Index
Maples School posted a perfect API score of 10 and leads a statewide release that reveals many districts scoring in the lower half. Superintendent Ann Pasley cites open enrollment, parent fundraising, and local control as factors behind Maple’s standout result while warning the challenge remains to sustain excellence.
Gretchen Kirk Named Shafter Citizen of the Year at Banquet
The Shafter Chamber of Commerce honored Gretchen Kirk as Citizen of the Year at the annual Installation of Officers and Awards Banquet. Officials shared humorous anecdotes, downtown entertainment included magician Frank Thurston, and Ronni Carroll highlighted the year 1999 achievements under the theme 2000 and Beyond Building Shafter's Future.
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Shafter
Skring
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Gary Ingle
Garry Nelson
John Zrofsky
John Guinn
Woman’s Club
Historical Society
North- West School of Ballet
Joe Kirk
Kaiser
Ireland
Ronni Carroll
Chamber
Carroll
Frank Thurston
Beverly Mitchell
USA
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Roy Patrick
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Pasley
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Eereth
Margaret Baker
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