The Turlock Unified School District Board of Trustees approved $180,624 for technology network upgrades at Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy, the district’s largest elementary school, and Turlock Junior High School. According to TUSD Director of Technology and Data Systems Jason Brem, Osborn and TJHS have been “in dire need” of upgrades in the past few years.
No yard gnomes here — this Turlock residence has a much larger yard decoration to show off. A residence on Crowell Road has a large giraffe, standing approximately the height of the home, on its front lawn, and would certainly be hard to miss for any passersby.
The Turlock Unified School District Character Counts Students of the Month for the trait of ‘responsibility” are Turlock Junior High School students Andrew Wang and Sarah Siegel. Wang says his role models who have taught him about being responsible include Abraham Lincoln, his teachers at TJHS, his friends and most importantly his parents, who he says have given him the tools to be successful in life.
Divanian Drive, the small road that runs parallel to Golden State Boulevard, is actually broken into two parts by way of dead ends. On each side of Pedras Road, Divanian Drive has a dead end, here being used as a parking spot for truck drivers.
A new sign has been installed on the corner of Christoffersen Parkway and North Walnut Road that will affect the morning traffic at Turlock Junior High School. Drivers will no longer be able to make right turns on red onto southbound North Walnut Road from Christoffersen Parkway between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. from Monday through Friday.
Nothing like a little ride through the sunshine down Golden State Boulevard on an evening in Turlock. As summer nears its close, Turlockers are cherishing the last few days of August, like these guys in their bright yellow hot rod.
