No Child Left Behind Act Advocates Education Reform
This note argues for HR 1 No Child Left Behind, detailing how 95 percent of federal education dollars should reach classrooms, empowering local districts, improving teacher recruitment, and increasing school safety and accountability to parents. It cites passage in the Senate and delivery to the White House.
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Senate
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Mailhouse
Bakersfield
White House
Shafter Intergovernmental Planning Project begins steering meetings
Community agencies in Shafter resume regular steering committee sessions to shape a shared vision for the city. Two representatives from each agency will join, aiming to improve openness, trust, and coordinated action over the next one to two years, with ongoing reports to all participants.
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Shafter
Shafter Press
Shafter City Council
Recreation and Parks Youth Council
Airport District Board
Lessons on decision making from Streams in the Desert
The reading cautions delaying big choices until clarity returns and warns against basing decisions on fluctuating feelings. It cites Hebrews 10 38 about living by faith, not feeling, and recalls a saint who felt God distant yet found Him within. The devotion emphasizes trust in Christ amid trials as daily discipline.
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Faith, fear, and warnings on danger and light
The piece blends spiritual reflection on God's presence with cautionary notes on Brown Recluse spiders. It urges walking in the light of scripture, resisting pride, and delaying major decisions until clearer insight arrives. It links hidden dangers to sin and emphasizes trust in faith over unseen comfort.
Back To School With January Basketball Schedule
Students return as basketball week begins with Monday January 7 games against Taft here for the boys and away for the girls. Tuesday January 8 features boys home versus McFarland and girls away. Next week Tuesday January 15 and Wednesday January 16 bring Wasco and Richgrove games, 4 p.m. starts, with both teams alternating home and away.
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Taft
McFarland
Wasco
Richgrove
Health start efforts expand with annual goals and grants
Healthy Start and AmeriCorps outline plans for January to launch the Homework Club, use Kern County Mental Health Mini Grant for this purpose, and partner with Kern County Probation in the future for a Repeat Offender Prevention Program. A dental education program will begin in February overseen by Public Health Nurse Laurie Roth. About 90 children received toys. a letter of thanks praised donors and the Shaffer Toy drive. The January Shafter Collaborative Meeting will host National Health Services on January 16 at 6 p.m. at Richland Intermediate Cafeteria. all community members are invited.
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Healthy
AmeriCorps
Kern County Mental Health
Kern County Probation Department
Healthy Start
Richland Intermediate
Laurie Roth
Shaffer
Shafter Collaborative
National Health Services
Richland
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