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Inside Education: Service learning alive and well in Tracy Unified

and doing workshops about bullying." DESPITE THE state's ongoing budget crisis, a number of programs, such as Tracy Unified's service learning, are actually thriving. Of course, it helps to be funded by a federal grant that has nothing to do with ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  2 Nov 2009
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City of Tracy is preparing for significant layoffs

leaner more nimble organization," he said. "But I assure you this won't be a flippant process. It needs to be done right so we don't have to through this again in the near future." TRACY — The state's economic iceberg has finally struck Tracy, as ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  7 Oct 2009

Agricultural production continues robust growth

said. "But as usual, when someone benefits, someone else suffers. In this case, those higher grain prices led to higher feed prices for our dairy owners." TRACY — For the second year in a row, the value of San Joaquin County agricultural production can ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  26 Sep 2009

Inside Education: New, visible photo IDs help decipher who's who in Tracy Unified

What's in a name? For Tracy Unified High School students, it's their new ticket on and off campus as district officials increase security for the new school year and beyond. Students are now required to wear lanyards around their necks featuring their ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  21 Sep 2009

Many positives in San Joaquin school test scores, officials say

are declining despite the overall success of the school. TRACY — The upward trend in state test scores for the Tracy and Manteca unified school districts continued last week with the release of the latest Academic Performance Index, or API, ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  19 Sep 2009

Tracy girls reigning as bean fest's queen, princess

Bringing an air of royalty to Tracy's Dry Bean Festival is the annual Bean Princess and Queen Pageant. A tradition that dates to 1991, the pageant offers young ladies in grades three through eight the opportunity to compete for the crown and a chance ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  11 Sep 2009
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Tracy twisting arms to draw bean fest crowd

Downtown Tracy is gearing up to host the city's 23rd annual celebration of all things dry bean. Expected to draw a crowd of more than 50,000 area residents, the Dry Bean Festival has become Tracy's signature event. "This is the time of year when we ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  8 Sep 2009

Inside Education: New Jerusalem is a trail blazer in online education

numbered," Thoming said. "This model could allow districts to building schools that are half the size or smaller, which is good because we are getting to the point where there is almost no money for school construction." ONE OF THE more innovative ...

From AARON SWARTS, Contra Costa Times,  7 Sep 2009

Competition at the heart of Scottish gathering and games

over the world," said David Youngberg, who took first place twice in his age group during the morning competition. "It was a good start today." Beyond the food, music and merriment that comprise the Caledonian Club's annual Scottish Gathering and Games ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  5 Sep 2009

Sandra Cantu playground dedicated in Tracy

awaiting trial on murder charges. A PLAYGROUND in memory of Sandra Cantu has been erected at Jacobson School in Tracy, where the 8-year-old was a student until her disappearance last March. After an intense search, her body was found April 6 in a black ...

From AARON SWARTS, Inside Bay Area,  24 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Sandra Cantu

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