The Tulare County Board of Supervisors has received approval for a $1 million state grant to provide quality drinking water to qualified schools in the county. The Tulare County Office of Education staff, under the leadership of Superintendent of Schools Jim Vidak, played an important role in securing this grant. There are at least 20 […]
Not all Tulare County rank-and-file employees got a signed contract at the end of negotiations July 21. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Bargaining Unit 2, comprised of more than 200 county maintenance, construction and custodial staff, is still working without a contract. SEIU bargaining units 1, 3, 6 and 7 just finished five months […]
At the July 29th Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisors Phil Cox, Pete Vander Poel and Mike Ennis heard arguments both for and against reversing the planning commission vote to deny the proposed 162-home Elderwood Heights development just west of the City of Woodlake. However, with Supervisors Allen Ishida and Steve Worthley not in […]
On July 21st, the county’s negotiating team and the Tulare County employee’s union signed a tentative agreement for a one-year contract with a 3% raise. The agreement had to be approved by the union members and the Tulare County Board of Supervisors (TCBOS) before the new worker’s contract became official. About 350 county employees voted, […]
The Environmental Health Division of Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency is forming a stakeholder Community Temporary Event Committee in order to continue improving communication and outreach to community and business stakeholders and to help develop strategies to further meet their needs. Environmental Health held a series of outreach meetings last year to hear and address the concerns of […]
Summertime, with its longer days, warmer nights and no school for a couple of months, seems like a great time of year. But there is a rise in some types of crime in the summer, and those longer days, warmer nights and no school have a lot to do with it, said Sergeant Osvaldo Dominguez, […]
An old proverb states that it takes a village to raise a child. The teachers at Pixley School believe it is not just a village, but a unique combination of community agencies, good curricular material and a little bit of dirt. In Pixley, they are growing healthy kids in their school garden. The recipe includes: […]
Nomination papers for offices to be voted on in the November 4th General Election will be available through Friday, August 8, in the Elections Division, Government Plaza, 5951 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia. The offices for which nomination papers are available include: City councils in Dinuba, Exeter, Farmersville, Lindsay, Tulare and Woodlake. Unified school districts in […]
On Monday July 7, Tulare County employee negotiators and Shelline Bennett, the lawyer representing the county, returned to the negotiating table. All the employees’ hard work, outreach and testimonies paid off as the county offered a one-year contract with a 3% raise. The county employees then made an undisclosed counteroffer that Bennett was supposed to […]
Project Based Learning in the Great Outdoors (PBL-GO) is a new teacher training program scheduled for August 3-6 in the Sequoia National Park. The program is designed to immerse teachers in the great outdoors and prepare them to lead their own PBL unit involving outdoor field trips and topics. Circle J-Norris Ranch, the field study […]