Bill Siemer grew up on a farm in Lassen County, played basketball at Shasta JC, went to Vietnam, became a newspaper reporter and then a lawyer and now considers himself a champion of the story that needs to be told. He lives on the bank of the river and takes pictures.
In reply to Mahmoud Darwish. Yes, but the students and the community enjoy the benefits of the improvements all that time. And the interest on tax-exempt bonds is just barely over the rate of inflation. I am not certain about community colleges, but in the K-12 world, the state matches locally raised funds as well, […]
$35,152 California minimum wage $48,360 high school graduates $50,232 community college graduates $60,377 (4-year) university graduates $39,269 Median income 10 years after enrollment @ Shasta College. Things get much better if you look only at the fraction who graduate. Median earnings 10-years after graduation: $71,612 Shasta College (24% graduate) $65,228 Chico State (74% graduate) $59,198 […]
I am all for the bond measure, I think it is great. However, I must emphasize that I hope some thought will go into student safety with the money from this measure. I remember the internal investigation last year of physical therapist Bryan Burch who was teaching the physical therapist assistant classes. I don't want […]