{"id":146672,"date":"2026-01-23T19:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/146672\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:06:07","slug":"tusd-staffers-earn-diplomas-from-reach-university-tracy-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/146672\/","title":{"rendered":"TUSD staffers earn diplomas from Reach University | Tracy Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"TUSD&#x2019;s Reach University graduates\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1012\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Tracy Unified School District recognized 15 classified employees at last week\u2019s regular Board of Education meeting on Jan. 13 as the first group to graduate from Reach University with liberal arts degrees<\/p>\n<p>                                    Courtesy of Tracy Unified School District<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Unified School District recognized 15 classified employees at last week\u2019s regular Board of Education meeting on Jan. 13 as the first group to graduate from Reach University with liberal arts degrees.<\/p>\n<p>The district launched the program with Reach University, an online education program, in order to provide people already working with the district a path toward attaining teaching credentials. The California Commission on Teaching Credentialing approved grant funding of up to $192,000 per-year to put people through the degree program at a cost of about $4,800 per-person.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was to fill a gap created when many teachers took early retirement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Classified employees with at least 2 years of college could benefit from the grant to complete bachelor\u2019s degrees, which sets them up to pursue a teaching credential.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Boswell, TUSD\u2019s Associate Superintendent for Educational Services, said that more than 40 employees enrolled in Reach University since the program was introduced in 2023, and the first wave of graduates got their diplomas in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Contact the Tracy Press at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttownmedia.com\/tracy_press\/tusd-staffers-earn-diplomas-from-reach-university\/mailto:tpnews@tracypress.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tpnews@tracypress.com<\/a> or (209) 835-3030.<\/p>\n<p>TUSD staff members to earn Reach University diplomas:<\/p>\n<p>Anabel Gutierrez, paraeducator, Williams Middle School<\/p>\n<p>Brie-Anne Paterson, paraeducator, Poet Christian Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Carmen Serrato, paraeducator, Bohn Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Dyan Brown, special education behavior intervention teams, McKinley Elementary School and District Education Center<\/p>\n<p>Jenay Sanchez, paraeducator, North Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Johanna Gomez, secretary, Facilities Department<\/p>\n<p>Lori Borges, bookkeeper, West High School<\/p>\n<p>Maria Perez de Leal, paraeducator, South\/West Park Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Baccam,, paraeducator, Kimball High School<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Bartholdi, paraeducator, behavior intervention team, Freiler Elementary School and Williams Middle Schools<\/p>\n<p>Ronita Rai, paraeducator, Freiler Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Shaneen Samayoa Baten, preschool instructor, Hirsch Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Fracolli, paraeducator, Tracy High School<\/p>\n<p>Thamara Ruiz, parent liaison, Freiler Elementary School and McKinley Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Yagana Amiryar, paraeducator, Tracy High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tracy Unified School District recognized 15 classified employees at last week\u2019s regular Board of Education meeting on Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27851,73023,73024,143,145,144,73022],"class_list":["post-146672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-board-of-education","tag-classified-employees","tag-liberal-arts-degrees","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-tracy-unified-school-district"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}