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Discipline for students who don't clean up after themselves

In light of an estimated 3.5 percent decrease in education funds

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Purists in both camps might well argue that winemaking and soccer aren’t in the same league, that the goals of one cannot possibly be the goals of the other and, for that matter, wonder who’d even suggest such things.

Starting next school year, every elementary school in the Gilroy

Before I get started, I’d like to thank some people that deserve some recognition. I want to thank the parents, teachers, school faculty, fellow students and friends. I believe that we’ve already thanked the parents but please don’t forget to thank them again when you’re asking them for money for college.

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Green team executive chef Ashley Bonesio leaned in close to examine a pan of duck breasts and legs prepared by her team members. Her fellow chefs buzzed around her, one taking fresh baked tortilla chips out of an oven while another scooped an enticing spinach dip into a bowl for plating. Across the kitchen, red team executive chef Lucino Ortega brushed a pineapple glaze over pork, while his team members arranged coconut milk rice on a plate.

A lot of parents were sad to say goodbye, especially to first-day-of-school kindergarteners in four buzzing classrooms at Las Animas Elementary School. To avoid separation issues, the school discourages parents from hanging around the school or volunteering in classrooms until their children are acclimated to being away from them.