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8A Daily News – Friday, May 11, 2012 Education in Tehama County KEEP ON LEARNING Students of Distinction LM senior wins national scholarship The National Federa- tion of Independent Busi- ness Young Entrepreneur Foundation announced Tuesday Luke Kitchel of Los Molinos was among the California recipients of the 10th annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school stu- dents. The award recipients The program was established to raise aware- ness among the nation's youth about the critical will attend the university, college, community col- lege or vocational/techni- cal institute of their choice with $1,000 to $10,000 in tuition assis- tance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. Kitchel, who attends Red Bluff Union High School, will receive $1,000. role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the building of Ameri- ca. Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 2,300 scholarships to graduating high school seniors totaling more than $2.5 million. More than 500 students nationwide applied for a YEF scholarship this year. NFIB is proud to award 131 scholarships to young entrepreneurs across the country, thanks to the financial support from numerous small business leaders, corporate and foundation supporters. To qualify for a YEF Award, students must be running their own busi- ness. They were required to write an essay describ- ing their entrepreneurial endeavors and future goals. Standardized test scores, GPA and class rank were also considered in the selection process. Students get down and dirty Courtesy photo "Getting down and dirty at Plum Valley SERRF"! Students participated in SERRF's "You Matter Community Clean Up Day" by beautifying Plum Valley School's campus. Parents install new shed at Bidwell Courtesy photo Courtesy photo Lincoln Street School has chosen Cori Longchamps, top, and Bailey Bean, both eighth-graders, as a students of distinction. Cori is the only graduate who has attended Lincoln Street for all grades, K-8th and a 4.0 student taking top academic classes. Cori is persistent, responsible, reli- able and independent. A combination of both city and country, she is a talented artist and has taken tap and ballet classes for the past seven years, recently promot- ed to pointe class in ballet. Growning up on a ranch, she has raised a variety of animals, both small and large, which has inspired her to pursue a career as a veteri- narian. Cori and her family have made Lincoln Street School a better place to attend. You can't be around Bailey without smiling. She is not only a reliable, dependable, punctual, and responsi- ble student, but also has a great personality and will- ingness to think-outside-the-box when it comes to problem solving. She has an uncanny ability to balance her rigorous academic schedule with her passion for rodeo. This is Bailey's third consecutive year repre- senting District 1 at the California High School Rodeo Association's Jr. High State Finals. She competes in all events and has earned the title All Around Cowgirl sev- eral times. Bailey's desire to succeed, matched with superb work ethics, will help her reach her goals. education law SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is planning to join the 37 other states that have sought relief from the most strenuous require- ments of the federal No Child Left Behind educa- tion law. California to apply for waiver to US Bush-era law, which expects every child to be at grade level in math and reading by 2014. Eleven states already have been excused from meeting that target, and another 27 have applied. But California is asking for the same latitude while also begging off some of the conditions the Obama administration has set for granting the relief. Under the proposal The state Board of Education voted unani- mously Thursday to ask the U.S. Department of Education for a waiver from certain achievement requirements set by the Albertson Training Center Daycare EMS Approved Pediatric CPR/First Aid Industrial OSHA Approved CPR/First Aid Public Adult CPR & First Aid Wilderness First Aid Babysitting Safety Youth Water Safety Daily and affordable classes: AHA/HCP or Pro-CPR 530-527-4997 80 Gurnsey Ave. - Red Bluff, CA 96080 (Behind Guy Rents) margescpr@juno.com approved by the state school board, for exam- ple, the state would not have to implement a teacher and principal evaluation system to be eligible for the waiver. School officials say they don't have the money. 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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com ——— fund raises LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California State University board of trustees on Wednesday approved a measure to ask campus foundations to pay for raises of up to 10 percent for incoming campus presi- dents in a move designed to quell public outrage about the salary hikes. Under the new policy, taxpayers will not fund rais- es for new presidents. Instead, campus nonprofit groups, such as foundations, will be asked to raise funds specifically to pay for the raises. Cal State OKs new policy to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Tor- lakson applauded the move as ''a significant step in the right direction.'' Members of "Team Depot" volunteer alongside Bidwell parent group member to assemble and paint a new shed on the Bidwell campus. Pictured are Bob Sheppard, Bidwell VIBES member and Team Depot member Ben Pasquale. Not pictured:Weston McCoy. The faculty has not had a raise since 2008. ''They seem to have an obsession with making sure executives are highly paid,'' said Kevin Wehr, president of the Sacramento State University chapter of the California Faculty Associa- tion. ''Foundation money could be used for more stu- dent scholarships or for stu- dent instruction.'' But critics said campus presidents should not be getting raises at all at a time when students are facing a 9 percent tuition increase in the fall and spring 2013 enrollment is being frozen due to cuts in state funding. Chancellor Charles Reed maintains that the 23-cam- pus system needs to offer better salaries in order to lure top talent to the presi- dents' posts. The system is undergoing a wave of retire- ments. Several of a group of about dozen students who are in the eighth day of a hunger strike to protest uni- versity policies, addressed the board to present their demands, which include rolling back administrator salaries to 1999 levels. Natalie Dorado, a hunger striker at CSU San Bernardino, said the strikers also want an elimination of housing and car allowances for campus presidents and a five-year moratorium on tuition hikes.