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Denair Unified turns farm to fork grant into garden for district food program Thanks to a state grant, the Denair Unified School District will be creating a sustainable garden in the northwest corner of the high school property (Photo contributed).
The news that the Denair Unified School District has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the state to begin a Farm to Fork program at the high school opens up numerous exciting possibilities.
FFA and special ed students at Denair High under the guidance of ag teachers Holli Jacobsen and Taylor Doo soon will begin turning a dusty patch of ground into a one-acre garden. The fruits and vegetables grown in it will funnel straight into the district’s food program.
Denair Unified makes plans for summer school
Even as the excitement associated with the first full week of in-person classes in more than a year still was being celebrated Thursday night, Denair Unified School District officials already were thinking about ways to enhance and expand summer school offerings to provide the most help to students.
Typically, summer school has been offered only to high school students who struggled with a particular class and needed to take it again to earn the required credits toward their diploma. Or, it has been a chance for other teens to receive extra help at a less stressful time.
More Denair students expected to return to campus after spring break turlockjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from turlockjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.