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FAIRFIELD The first week of school was not without its challenges, Fairfield-Suisun School District Superintendent Kris Corey says.
Corey, in her report to the school board Thursday, noted that the projected number
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The whole project should be finished in just under four months – in time for the start of next school year.
School Superintendent Eric Burke says the addition has been needed for some time.
“It’s my first year as superintendent,” he said. “One of the first things I looked at was a facilities study going back to 2014. At that time, they were calling for a larger school here because of class sizes and enrollment. Enrollment has stayed pretty steady here through those years and we’re projecting even more in the future, so it was time.”
The $4.5 million project is funded through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.
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A 2018 photo of Jenny Prom s second grade class at Crescent Elementary with members of the delegation that visited Rhinelander. They took water filters back with them to Africa, purchased with funds raised by these students. Submitted photos.
By Eileen Persike
Editor
What do Rhinelander third graders and clean water in Africa have in common? Many things, as it turns out. The students are in the final days of a “penny challenge” to raise money for water filters to provide clean drinking water for villages in several African countries.