Area school districts prepare for new year – The Reporter

By Richard Bammer

It was nearly 1 p.m. Thursday, the temperature bubbling toward 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and Vaca Pena Middle School literally buzzed and rattled with the sounds of a campus preparing to open for the first day of classes.

A Vacaville Unified groundskeeper, a leaf blower in hand, swooshed lawn debris off sidewalks at the Keith Way school, two weeks before the 2014-15 academic year starts in the 12,300-student district, on Aug. 14.

Behind the gym, a work crew, one member operating a jackhammer at full power — rat-tat-tat, rat-tat-tat, sounding like a .60-caliber machine gun — appeared to be refurbishing an outdoor eating area.

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