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In 2013, Stockton was ranked as the third least literate city in the U.S. in a study by Central Connecticut State University, with less than 17% of adults holding a college degree, [74] and ABC.com ranked the city as the third least literate of all U.S. cities with a population of more than 250,000 behind Bakersfield, California, and Corpus ...
The land for what is now Courthouse Square was deeded to the City of Stockton by C.M. Weber in 1851, and the cost of a new courthouse was to be shared equally between city and county. [3]: 191–196 A tax of 1 ⁄ 4 % was enacted to raise funds for the court house and city hall, which was designed by Ayres and Higgins in 1853. The cornerstone ...
The Mayor of the City of Stockton is the official head and chief executive officer of Stockton, California. The mayor is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the California Constitution, all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including those of chartered cities, are nonpartisan. Christina ...
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Stockton Unified leadership is shared by its powerful Peer Leaders Uniting Students teams, which set school climates for every elementary and high school. The district's newest program is the Public Safety Academy, preparing students for careers in law enforcement, fire safety, emergency response and other areas of public protection.
The district serves more than 9,200 students with one comprehensive high school, one alternative high schools, an independent learning center (grades 9-12), one middle school (7-8), two elementary schools serving grades K-6, one charter school specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, serving grades TK-8, and six elementary ...
Poets' Espresso Review is a periodical that has been based in Stockton, mostly distributed by mail, since summer of 2005. Artifact is a San Joaquin Delta College periodical based in Stockton since December 2006, featuring writing in all genres, photography, and visual media by students, staff and faculty as well as community members.
Dolores Huerta (born 1930), labor leader and civil rights activist, co-founder of the United Farm Workers; Larry Itliong (1913–1977), Filipino American labor leader and union partner of Cesar Chavez; Peter Khoy Saukam (1915–2008), Acting President of Khmer Republic; David S. Terry (1823–1889), 4th Chief Justice of California