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Voters will see some contested Nov. races IN HOLLISTER, MAYOR HAD NOT YET FILED CANDIDACY AS OF JULY 31 By Jaqueline McCool Reporter
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Jen Rodriguez
With the filing period for candidates set to close Aug. 10, voters likely will have choices in all of the races for Hollister City Council and San Benito County Board of Supervisors. As of July 31, several candidates had filed to run for mayor and City Council, with all awaiting certification by the county elections office, primarily to determine citizenship and their legal address. In San Benito County, the top four candidates from the June primaries are facing off, and all were verified as qualified prior to the primary vote. The Hollister City Council has three open four-year seats up for grabs in Districts 2, 3 and 4, plus the two-year term for mayor. In District 2, incumbent Mickie Solorio Luna and contender Rolan Resendiz have filed to run for the council seat. There are three
COLORFUL LADIES Sisters Haley and Skyler Rodriguez pair up at the city’s first Wild Color Run on Saturday, July 28.
Color adds fun to run CITY HOLDS ITS FIRST ANNUAL WILD COLOR PARKWAY RUN DEBRA ESKINAZI
MAGAZINE & FEATURES EDITOR
The streets of Hollister were alive with blooms of color Saturday, July
28, when more than 400 participants gathered for the first Hollister Wild Color Run. The run, a spectacular 5K coordinated by the City of Hollister Recreation Department, was a lively event that began and ended at Technology Parkway
and involved participants being blasted with non-toxic clouds of color along the route. Jen Rodriguez, city special events coordinator, said the the event produced a wonderful community spirit. “The most exciting part of the day was watching
all the colorful participants cross the finish line with huge smiles on their faces,” said Rodriguez. Being the first race of this magnitude in Hollister, Rodriguez said participants are already eager to make this the Wild Color Run an annual affair. “We have received
nothing but wonderful community response Participants have been emailing us about what a great time they had and can’t wait till next year.” The race culminated in an after-party where attendees and their families enjoyed food and entertainment.
San Benito High expands grading system STUDENTS TO RECEIVE THREE MARKS FOR EACH CLASS Scott Forstner Reporter
A new grading system— one that calls for students to receive three separate marks per class in the categories of academics, citizenship and work habits—will be expanded for
the 2018-19 school year at San Benito High School. It likely will mean more work for teachers, but administrators are hopeful the more complex system will give parents and students a more comprehensive look at student learning. Most ninth- and 10thgrade classes will follow the new grading practices that were piloted in select freshman classes last year,
according to district Educational Services Director Elaine Klauer. Some 11th- and 12thgrade classes will also participate in the 0-4 scale, rather than the traditional F-to-A grading practice, but the focus will be on the freshman and sophomore classes in the second year of the program, according to staff. The purpose “is to provide students and parents
with a snapshot of our students’ academic and citizenship/work habit performance,” Klauer said. Academic grades are based on student proficiency and not by nonacademic factors, such as citizenship and work habits, which will be evaluated separately. “Students will receive three separate marks,” Klauer explained, one for their academic grade, a
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second for their citizenship performance and a third for work habit performance. Klauer clarified that all college transcript information will be the same, because students will receive a letter grade at the end of each six-week grading period and a final semester grade in the fall and spring. Students’ ➝ New Grading, 5