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Friday, May 3, 2019

Monterey repaving set for summer CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE MIDDAY Jaqueline McCool Reporter

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Barry Holtzclaw

Expect daytime construction delays on Gilroy’s second busiest street this summer, when a repaving and rehabilitation project along Monterey Street between First and Eighth streets will begin, lasting through the end of the year. Motorists already are dealing with the monthslong project along the length of First Street. The new project will include new pavement, striping, sidewalk ramps and protection of existing utilities through the heart of Gilroy’s downtown retail district. Construction is expected to last 95 days, with work scheduled between 7:30am and 3:30pm, with some construction happening at night to “reduce effects on businesses,” according to Community Engagement Officer Rachelle Bedell. Work on Monterey Street is part of a continued push by the city to revitalize Gilroy’s downtown and make the area

LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Antonio Haddon, foreground, leads his Gilroy classmates into the stadium at the 14th annual Gifted Games April 23.

A gold medal day! Barry Holtzclaw

“It’s the pinnacle of their entire year,” said Sam Sauer of the value that his Gilroy special education students place on the Gifted Games, which he co-directs with his wife, Tania, a special ed teacher at San Benito High. The Olympic-style all-day event —although in this one, everybody gets a medal—began 14 years ago in Hollister, then expanded to Gilroy, where the games were held this year, on April 26. It has grown to 23 schools and programs, and involves 250 volunteers, many of them fellow students.

WINNING PAIR Sam, who teaches in Gilroy, and Tania Sauer, who teaches

at San Benito High, live in Hollister and are co-directors of the Gifted Games.

Two Gilroy schools honored LIST IDENTIFIES SCHOOLS THAT LOWER THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP Scott Forstner Reporter

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A trio of South County schools— two in Gilroy and one in Morgan Hill—were named among the top schools in the Bay Area for lowering the achievement gap,

according to the fourth annual research report issued by non-profit Innovate Public Schools. Gilroy Unified School District’s Rod Kelley Elementary School and Navigator Schools’ Gilroy Prep School, along with Voices College Bound Language Academy at Morgan Hill, made at least one of the report’s 2019 Bay Area Top Schools Lists. Gilroy Prep, a charter school authorized through GUSD,

and Voices-Morgan Hill, another charter school authorized through the Santa Clara County Office of Education, were in the top nine of Top Public Elementary Schools for LowIncome Latino Students for Math Proficiency. “Navigator has a strong focus on closing the achievement gap, so being highlighted by Innovate Public Schools for our efforts is incredibly motivating,” said

Kirsten Carr, director of engagement and partnerships for Navigator Schools. Gilroy Prep was fourth on the list, with 58 percent of its low-income Latino students achieving math proficiency in the 2017-18 school year, while Voices-Morgan Hill was ninth on the same list, with 52 percent math proficiency among its low-income Latino students. ➝ Top Schools, 9

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