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March 11, 2005
| Crisis in our school districts |
By Bea Baechle
Editor
Like many school districts across the city, county and state, our local East Side Union High School District and the Evergreen School District are in serious financial trouble.
Both districts failed to pass a parcel tax in the November 2004. Both districts are impacted by cuts in education funding at the state level. And representatives from both districts have stated that rising medical insurance costs are a large contributor to their projected budget deficits for next year.
ESUHSD
For ESUHSD, the problems are right here, right now. The state mandates that all K-12 school districts file two interim reports and a final budget report Read
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| National Hispanic University reaches out to needy students School obtains $9.6 million in financing for Sobrato Hall from San Jose non-profit
By Sheila Sanchez
Staff Writer
At the corner of Story and White roads, just north of the Evergreen border, the National Hispanic University stands as a symbol of hope and opportunity in this East Side Alum Rock barrio.
Here, many Mexican American residents who have nothing to do with the campus or its mission say it’s helping revitalize their old and dirty neighborhoods by making people believe that “Si se puede,” which translated Read
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