It's that time again - tickets are on sale now for the Chickens Ball in San Carlos. The fundraiser, held every two years since 1940, is a homegrown variety show featuring local talent and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the San Carlos School District over the years. The show opens April 16 and runs for three weekends, with Sunday matinees on April 18 and April 25. Tickets can be purchased Monday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Central Elementary School auditorium, 828 Chestnut St., San Carlos. Tickets are $16 for general seating, $21 for reserved seats. For more information call 361-0344 or visit www.chickensball.com.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill held a fundraiser yesterday to benefit the Foster City Elementary School. Customers who presented a fundraising flier when ordering had 50 percent of their pre-tax bills donated during the 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. period. The money earned from the event will fund art and classroom supplies, educational activities, computers and school assemblies in the San Mateo-Foster City School District. Chipotle has hosted several fundraisers for local school groups and organizations since it opened in the fall of 2001.
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Officials in the San Mateo Union High School District are meeting this weekend to review overhauling the academic curriculum for freshmen and sophomores starting in the 2005-06 school year. If approved by the board April 22, the new standards would put kids through a sequence of classes that would ready them to enter the University of California system by the time they graduated.
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The San Mateo-Foster City School District will probably have to cut at least $1.5 million from its budget next year, according to preliminary projections. School officials say that number could grow to $3 million if the district settles a teacher contract. Possible cuts will be identified and presented to the board April 1.
Class Notes is a weekly column in the Daily Journal dedicated to school news. It's compiled by education reporter Yunmi Choi. Have something you'd like to add? Call 344-5200, ext. 109 or e-mail, yunmi@smdailyjournal.com.
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