Rite Aid arrival in Shafter meets city doubts
City officials and Rite Aid clash over downtown property as the chain pledges a store opening. Renters flee, boarded blocks loom, and signs urge a forthcoming drugstore while Rite Aid undergoes leadership shakeups and debt pressures after years of legal actions and a failed PCS unit sale.
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Shafter
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RLSD Benefits From Federal E-Rate Grant For Internet Upgrade
Shafter area funds bring $653,335 to Richland Lerdo School District to install a sun system linking every classroom to the Internet. The project includes an internal web page, email access, and a PBX telecommunication system in classrooms. Dooley notes California districts have received over $41 million for Internet connections in the Central Valley.
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Richland-Lerdo School District
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Group presses changes to school bond law
The effort, led by Barbara Kerr and the group Let's Fix Our Schools, seeks revisions to California school bond requirements as Wasco and Lerdo districts face tight finances and repeated bond defeats. Voters have narrowly approved some measures, with Secretary of State verification of signatures highlighted as a key factor amid aging, crowded schools.
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Secretary of State
California
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