RLSD weighs K to 6 restructuring plan in face of concerns
RLSD Superintendent Dan Knapp says a K-6 reconfiguration for Richland-Lerdo Schools remains a live option with possible 94-95 implementation. After parental input and cost studies, the board may keep current levels for 93-94 while seeking savings and safety via reduced bussing, despite objections about education quality and minority program segregation fears.
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Richland-Lerdo
RLSD
Dan Knapp
Knapp
Lerdo
California
Shafter
Alcohol sale rule at KOA campground resolved in Shafter
Shafter Planning Commission reviewed amended conditions for KOA on Lerdo Highway after Alcoholic Beverage Control said on site sale to general public could occur. KOA manager Ron Miller challenged a condition restricting alcohol to registered guests. The commission granted two other changes, allowing trash containers placement as Miller prefers.
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KOA
Lerdo Highway
City of Shafter Planning Commission
Ron Miller
Highway 99
Commission
Miller
City of
Shafter
Lawrence Tomasello
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Raid Obaid
S&j Quickstop
Shafter City
Ker Homes
Tomasello
Harp pleads not guilty at Delano arraignment
Ronald Roy Harp, 43, bus driver at Shafter High, entered a not guilty plea in NKMC on July 9. He faces charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and sexual penetration of a person under 18. The preliminary hearing is set for July 29 in Delano.
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Ronald Roy Harp
Delano-McFarland
North Kern Municipal Court
NKMC
Harp
Shafter High School
Shafier Police Department
Frank Butkiewicz
Kern
Delano
NEMC
Gary Ingle
Shafter
Officials press on with RTC custody dispute in Shafter
City Manager Wade McKinney says the Shafter Return to Custody facility case remains active with attorneys meeting after an Aug. 27 deadline. CDC threatened to withhold 11 million in lease payments over alleged startup and operation overcharges, while local leaders defend the deal and push for continued negotiations into September.
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Shafter
Wade McKinney
McKinney
California Department of Corrections
CDC
Sacramento
McKinney and
Shafter Police Department
SPD
Greg Greeson
Greeson
Gardemeyer Development Co
GDC
Union Bank of Switzerland
UBS
Shafter Football Practice Starts for Grades 5-8
Shafter youths in grades five through eight begin football practice on August 2. Applications available at 700 Grant St or Shafter Recreation and Park District. Fee is $45. Contact Coach Larry Whitbey at 746-3415 for details. Commodities distributed 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Shafter First Assembly of God Church, 150 Elm St., for qualifying families with proof of income. monthly distributions follow on the fourth Thursday.
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Shafter
Grant St
Shafter Recreation and Park District
Larry Whitbey
Shafter First Assembly of God
Elm St
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