Drive-thru zoo helps Pitman FFA connect with community Pitman FFA president Sara Drumonde said Thursday’s drive-thru “petting” zoo event was the first time her chapter has interacted with the community and each other in months (ANGELINA MARTIN/The Journal).
Pitman High School’s Future Farmers of America chapter found a way to connect with the community this week in spite of the pandemic, inviting families to take part in a drive-thru “petting” zoo at the district farm on Thursday.
The event was meant to help the community celebrate National FFA Week and saw a seemingly endless line of cars snake through the farm on Taylor Road, where Turlock Unified School District students of all ages often receive lessons in ag-related topics. Visitors were treated to up-close views of the animals from their cars, including a miniature horse, a donkey, a wooly sheep, a goat, chickens and piglets. Some, like the horse and donkey, came cour
Forum answers community questions on reopening secondary schools Parents of Turlock Unified School District students learned more about what on-campus learning would look like for junior high and high school students during a virtual community forum held Thursday (Photo courtesy of TUSD).
After unveiling its plan to return secondary students to campus earlier this week, Turlock Unified School District on Thursday held a virtual forum in order to answer questions from parents, students and other community members.
The district’s 7-12 reopening plan, which can be viewed on the TUSD website, was met with backlash from some parents who believe the schedule does not provide enough in-person instruction for students. A large group showed up before Tuesday’s Board of Trustees meeting to protest the plan, which Superintendent Dana Salles Trevethan and Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Heidi Lawler both addressed during Thursday
As Turlock Unified School District presented its plan to bring secondary students back to campus in the coming weeks to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday evening, a group of parents, students and other community members gathered outside of the meeting to say the proposal doesn’t meet their expectations.
Denair Unified prepares for more students on campus The Denair Unified Board of Trustees sketched out scenarios in which about half the district’s elementary students and a portion of its high school seniors could receive in face-to-face instruction for the first time in nearly a year.
The Denair Unified School District continues to cautiously explore ways to return more of its 1,300 students to campus, possibly as soon as March 1.
At Thursday night’s Board of Trustees meeting, Superintendent Terry Metzger sketched out scenarios in which about half the district’s elementary students and a portion of its high school seniors could receive in face-to-face instruction for the first time in nearly a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.