Chevron on Tuesday will award classroom grants worth more than $58,000 to 90 Kern County educators.
The "Chevron Energy for Learning" grants will benefit 6,000 students, according to Chevron. It's made possible through a partnership withDonorsChoose.org, a website where one can donate directly toward projects school employees submit online.
Also, 12 teachers have been dubbed "innovation stars" for going the extra mile toward classroom innovation. They are: German Robledo, Heather Randolph, Barbara Hashim, Laura Fiddler, Robert McMillan, Tim Smith, Denise Padilla, Jackie Eiffert, Brook Webb, Michael Cushine, Ronald Petrelli and Donna Roberts. To view their projects, go towww.bakersfield.com/thegrade.
Recipients of the grants use the money to buy classroom supplies and technology for projects that engage students. Since the program's start in 1999, more than $614,000 has been awarded to nearly 900 classrooms, according to Chevron. The grants are part of Chevron's California Partnership, an initiative to invest in education and economic development throughout the state.
An awards reception will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Chevron Energy Center.
Several local school district boards will meet Tuesday and Wednesday. Here's a sapling of what they'll discuss:
* Kern County's Board of Education will vote on a Sept. 11, 2001 resolution that "encourages our school and students to pause and reflect on the victims killed or maimed and rekindle our resolve to keep America free and its dreams alive." The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1300 17th St.
* Panama-Buena Vista Union's board will continue discussions related to potential changes to the way future trustee elections are held, and could approve a plan for doing so. The district is planning to move from an "at-large" election system to a "by-trustee-area" system, where the district is divvied up into pieces and voters choose among candidates living in their area.
The meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 4200 Ashe Road.
* Fruitvale School District's board will discuss a resolution to authorize the district to refinance general obligation bonds at a lower rate with savings of $750,000 being passed down to taxpayers, according to the district. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 7311 Rosedale Highway.
* Rosedale Union's school board will hear reports and updates on STAR testing, transitional kindergarten, construction projects and summer programs, including Ready to Start. The board will also vote on school meal contracts, which if approved would increase prices by 2 percent from last year. The meeting is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, 2553 Old Farm Road.
* Norris School District's board will review the district's budget, parent-teacher club budgets, and an agreement between the district and North of the River Parks and Recreation to split costs for after-school sports programs. The meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Norris Middle School's library, 6940 Calloway Drive.
Cal State Bakersfield's Hispanic Excellence Scholarship Fund will recognize 60 students who will receive more than $100,000 at the 28th scholarship awards dinner Sept. 24 at Bakersfield's DoubleTree Hotel.
Currently, the group is accepting reservations and sponsors for the dinner. For tickets ($60 each), call 654-6754 or 654-3064; emailgcastaneda@csub.eduortmartinez@csub.edu; or visitwww.csub.edu/hesf. The event begins with a social at 6 p.m. at the hotel, 3100 Camino Del Rio Court.
Since 1984, the fund has helped increase access to a college education for academically excellent, underrepresented students who demonstrate leadership. The fund has supported more than 1,400 students with more than $2.5 million in scholarships.
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