Richland District Tackles Proficiency Standards and Meeting Dates
At the Richland School District Board meeting on March 4 trustees moved meetings back to the first and third Mondays. The panel heard from Mike Svilich and Dr. concerning proficiency standards, noting many passing scores were lowered across 19 of 24 areas. The board kept the 70 percent last year as an alternative and formed a committee to review an instrument for 1980 81, with some staff forming IEP writing as a potential option for grades three six and eight.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Mike Svilich
Svilich
Cliff
Gary Smith
Tom Henry
Josephine Arias
Gloria Avalos
Kim Lara
Carole
Shafter City Council approves shuttle fare boxes and updates
The Shafter City Council approved purchase of fare boxes for the Shafter Shuttle at 413 dollars plus tax, with Wide One recommending the Diamond Company box. An additional seven weeks was cited for completion. New shuttle communication gear is ready for installation. Council received letters from First District Supervisor Tackett commending a feasibility study for an independent Shafter Airport district and plans to reorganize municipal court boundaries. Also approved were sewer pipeline project acceptance and wastewater plant study funding. Police Chief Kaplan noted state recommendations for holding cell ventilation and a smoke detector upgrade.
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Shafter
Council
Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival General
Ben Grundy
Stringham Park
First District
Gene Tac
Elmer Unruh
Coi
Gene Kaplan
Lew Carroll
State Board of Corrections
Kaplan
Three autos involved in Shafter crash minutes after arrest
Pablo Pineda Correa of Shafter was arrested Monday at about 4 p.m. on charges of driving unlicensed and operating an unregistered vehicle in a three car crash at E Lerdo and Pacific. Betty Regina Swope of Shafter was westbound on Lerdo. Correa turned onto Pacific and struck her car then careened into an open motor home owned by Herb Howell. No serious injuries were reported.
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Pablo Pineda Correa
Shafter
E Lerdo
Pacific
Correa
Attacy Aitree
Betty Regina
Swope
Lerdo
Pacific Street
Raetepeanen
Herb Howell
Ec Pole
Lerdo Highway
Shafter Festival Committee Plans New Events
The Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival Committee discussed replacing the cancelled tractor pull with a tug of war, a talent contest, a Model T potato race, and Sunday antique car parade. Events run May 8 to 11 with crafts, hospitality, and dances, and organizers seek more volunteers at the March 25 meeting.
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Shafter Potato and Cotton Festival Committee
Festival Committee
Ben Grundy
Grundy
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
SHS
Shafter
Ed Crane
Stringham Park
Shafter High School
Art Kadel
Kadel
American Legion
G.P.O.D
Shafter High Band earns All American honors
Four Shafter High School Band members Rus Draper Beth Stockton Kendra Peters and Tom O'Brien received All-American honors from the American Hall of Fame Foundation. Band director Mike Hutchinson announced the annual award recognizing outstanding high school musicians nationwide.
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SHS
Russell Draper
Beth Stockton
Kendra Peters
Tom
Shafter High School
Mike Hutchinson
Watt
Ae Rus Draper
Tom O’brien
American Hall of Fame Foundation
United States
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Shafter Press
Richland School Board
John Dobbs
Martha Novak
Debbie Hatfield
City Council
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