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Tariffs a boon for Gilroy garlic grower CALENDAR OF EVENTS P10 | MARDI GRAS P15 | REAL ESTATE P17
CHRISTOPHER RANCH TO EXPAND PRODUCTION Erik Chalhoub Business Editor
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Christopher Ranch in Gilroy welcomed a decision by President Donald Trump to increase tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods May 10. After US and Chinese officials failed to secure a trade deal, which prompted the tariffs, China fired back on Monday, announcing that it would hike tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods beginning in June. Almost 2,500 goods will have tariffs of 25 percent, according to China’s ministry of finance. Many US farmers, especially soybean and corn producers, fear drastic consequences in the deepening trade war. In contrast, Christopher Ranch, the city’s largest private employer, is
FEEDING THE HOMELESS Homeless advocates say people need housing as well as the meals provided at St. Josephís Family Services in Gilroy by volunteers Ken and Susie Freiberg.
New housing sought LOCAL HOMELESS ADVOCATES SAY NEW HOUSING IN GILROY IS KEY Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor
Homeless advocates are calling on Gilroy to declare a public emergency in hopes of making state aid available for yearround shelters for people without homes. Jan Bernstein-Chargin, chair of the board of the Gilroy-based
Compassion Center, said the emergency declaration could be an immediate step the city could take to ease situations for Gilroy’s growing homeless population. The Compassion Center, St. Joseph’s Family Services, Destination Home and the South County Homeless Task Force joined forces this month to conduct a workshop in Gilroy aimed at local officials, to dispel a number of myths about homeless people and to focus on creating permanent year-round housing as the key step to easing living
conditions for a growing homeless population. City council members and staff joined citizens from Gilroy and Morgan Hill at the May 6 session. In an interview after the workshop, Bernstein-Chargin praised Morgan Hill for taking two specific steps to ease the homeless crisis, which Gilroy has not taken: designating a safe and legal place for families living in RVs or other vehicles, and adopting “inclusionary zoning” policies that ensure that low-income
affordable housing be included in all housing development plans. She also said city and county officials and Valley Water should designate small sections of public parks and other publicly owned land as sites with sanitary facilities for year-round campgrounds for people without permanent shelter. “Winter is over; close the Armory,” When winter ends and the armory closes, she said, it “pushes ➝ Homeless, 10
GECA earns a top school rank GILROY SCHOOL THIRD IN STATE, 42ND IN COUNTRY Scott Forstner Reporter
Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is among the top high schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. Gilroy Unified School District’s GECA, which opened in 2007, was ranked 42nd in the nation and third in the state 6
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in the magazine’s 2019 rankings, with an overall score of 99.76 out of 100. The report ranked 17,245 schools across the US. The school rankings are based on college readiness; reading and math proficiency; reading and math performance; underserved student performance; college curriculum breadth; and graduation rates. College readiness measures participation and performance on advanced placement and international baccalaureate exams.
Additionally, school enrollment, student diversity, participation in free and reduced-price meal programs, graduation rates and the results of state assessment tests are considered in the rankings. “Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement coursework and exams. The AP participation rate at Dr. T.J. Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is 100 percent,” according to U.S. News & World Report.
GECA has 273 students, with nine full-time teachers. The total minority enrollment is 78 percent, and 35 percent of students are economically disadvantaged. Earlier this school year, GECA was one of only 10 schools within Santa Clara County that garnered the state’s top honor as a 2019 California Distinguished School. The school is an educational partnership between ➝US News, 4
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