RLSD outlines 1997 98 changes to Intermediate School
RLSD details 1997 98 changes including moving five of ten projected third grade classes to the Intermediate School. The 1996 97 plan cut grades one and two to a 20 to 1 ratio, and the district will relocate ten third grade classes, adding 15 classrooms to the Primary School. Knapp notes residency data and that one third grade class already operates at the Intermediate campus without incident.
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Western storms rake the plains with hail and wind
A western sky Saturday drew observers across Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas as a funnel cloud neared the ground but did not touch. The storm dropped hail and produced strong winds though tempers remained calm after the passing rage. Forecasters predicted a sunny week ahead with possible record highs despite lingering clouds.
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Vision to reality grows for Shafter downtown plan
A Monday workshop at Shafter City Hall titled Livable Communities Issues Seminar developed an action plan to implement a downtown area vision once only a concept. The community focus was on transforming the core area into a livable, active district.
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State agriculture losing land battle in Valley struggle
Roy Patrick reports that the drought and disputed land claims threaten oat production in the Joaquin Valley. If not for city farming efforts, the region’s agriculture would face severe economic losses and uncertain futures amid growing water shortages and policy tensions.
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Small California Firms Face Burdens Amid Growth and Red Tape
The piece notes California hosts 2,013,659 firms with 610,659 full time business entities and 1,403,000 full time self employed workers in 1995. It highlights the strain on mom and pop businesses from bureaucratic red tape and a Workers Compensation crisis, while warning of threats to agricultural land from suburban sprawl as 4.3 million acres of prime farmland were lost between 1982 and 1992.
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