MORE STUDY TIME PROGRAM AIDS KIDS, DISTRICT.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - The Westside Union School District has been offering school on Saturdays to give students a chance to make up for missed days and to help the district recapture recapture n. in income tax, the requirement that the taxpayer pay the amount of tax savings from past years due to accelerated depreciation or deferred capital gains upon sale of property. (See: income tax) RECAPTURE, war. lost state funding based on attendance. With 30,000 student absences from the start of school to the end of December, the district lost $840,000 to $900,000. ``It's to try and recapture lost learning time for the child and lost average daily attendance,'' Superintendent Regina Rossall said. ``That's close to a million dollars. If we can get any of that back, that's money we can operate programs with.'' The 11-school district began offering Saturday school for four weeks beginning on Feb. 25. Students come to school for four hours and get lunch. Some schools have been averaging attendance of about 100 students. Cottonwood cottonwood: see willow. cottonwood Any of several fast-growing North American trees of the genus Populus. Members of the willow family, cottonwoods have heart-shaped, toothed leaves and cottony seeds. The dangling leaves clatter in the wind. , Esperanza and Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista schools have combined their program and are rotating ro·tate v. ro·tat·ed, ro·tat·ing, ro·tates v.intr. 1. To turn around on an axis or center. 2. the classes among the three sites. Trustees said the program offers students a chance at perfect attendance or to catch up on schoolwork. They get credit for their schoolwork and the district gets credit for their attendance. ``It's an exciting concept. It's good for kids. It gives them an extra boost and they can pick up on some homework and missed assessments,'' school board President Gwen Farrell said. ``Plus it does recapture some of the funds we lose now that there are no excused absences as far as (funding based on) average daily attendance goes. They count only students in their seats. It doesn't matter if a child is sick.'' The district is offering Saturday school this year for four weeks on a trial basis to see how it works in advance of doing it weekly next school year. ``We are doing it for four weeks now to see what the bugs are to operate it full-time next year. Our thought is when a child is absent during the week, he or she can make up the work on Saturday. They can do it right in the week they were absent,'' Rossall said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill Elementary School elementary school: see school. , above, while Michelle Kerzie teaches science to her class, below, during the Saturday program in the Westside Union School District. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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