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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Many Sacramento-area school districts face money woes, California official says - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Many Sacramento-area school districts face money woes, California official says - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

More than 400 needy students at Sacramento middle schools have received free computers as part of a study that is testing the educational benefits of having a computer at home.
Jack O'Connell, the outgoing state superintendent of schools, declared Tuesday that a record 174 school districts have been placed on the state's list of financially troubled education systems.

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Nearly every Sacramento County school district and some in Placer, El Dorado and Yuba counties are in financial trouble, state officials announced Tuesday.
Sacramento City Unified School District Health Services is providing free whooping cough, H1N1 and other vaccinations to students, their parents and community members.
Sacramento City Unified School District Health Services is providing whooping cough, H1N1 and other vaccines to students, their parents and community members. The district will hold six clinics beginning today through July 15 to offer vaccines to preventable diseases.

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Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? There is. But it's becoming more of a rarity.
Five students from California State University, Chico, are spending the summer on Alcatraz Island helping to preserve and repair deteriorated concrete structures, some dating from the 1850s.

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Child development experts say parents should begin preparing their children as early as possible for kindergarten.


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