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The Community of Character Collaborative has awarded Juanita Haugen Memorial Scholarships to two graduating seniors at Village High School in Pleasanton.

New research says they correlate with family wealth -- even more than the SAT. What should colleges do?

Juanita Haugen Scholarships to Village HS Students - Pleasanton, CA - Isaiah Valderrama and Keyri Fernandez honored at Village Graduation

Reply Captain Craig Eicher, a Pleasanton native, has spent his whole career with the department. (Pleasanton Police Department) PLEASANTON, CA — When retiring Pleasanton Police Department Captain Craig Eicher looks back on his 32-year career with the department, he recalls few negative experiences. But theres no shortage of highlights and memories made — so many that he said it will be "hard to let go" after his last day of work Friday. "Yet, its time to go," he said. "Im both feeling excit...

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The Pleasanton Community of Character Collaborative is set to hold the 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. fellowship breakfast virtually later this month.

Is standardized testing dead? Or, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are the reports “greatly exaggerated”? In March 2020, about 1,000 of the 2,300 private nonprofit and public bachelors-granting colleges and universities offered students the option to apply to their institutions without submitting SAT or ACT scores, and several dozen operated as “test blind,” wherein all applicants were reviewed without testing results. According to FairTest, nearly 1,700, or two-thirds of colleges and universi...