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Parlier High School plans to build new medical facility on campus

Melody G. Gillette
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Parlier High School is building a new addition on their campus that will bring much more than added classroom space to the high school.

Instructor Cynthia Acevedo says she remembers when Parlier High Schools Medical Pathways Program was just starting.

“The beginning of the program was small cohorts, we only had a couple of students the very first year,” said Acevedo.

Now with 200 students participating in the program, the need for more space is greater than ever before.

“The space is very limited,” said Medical Assistant Instructor Nichole Gallagher. “As you can see, we’ve got to do our lecture, plus all of our skills in this one small area.”

Thanks to a state grant, Parlier High School is building a $3.2 million medical facility on its campus for students eager to pursue the medical field.

“We always talk about a legacy to leave behind,” said

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‘I can make a difference’: Nursing, medical school applications are rising amid the pandemic

Melody G. Gillette

Giuliana Palasciano wasn’t sure about her career path when she came home from college last spring to finish out her senior year online. Then she saw the pandemic unfold on television.

“I was watching the news for weeks and was so interested in what the epidemiologists were saying,” said Palasciano, 22, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate. “I kind of stumbled into public health.”

Now Palasciano, who lives in Commack, is enrolled in SUNY Stony Brook’s Masters of Public Health program, where enrollment is double what it was last year. Applications are up nationally and on Long Island not only in public health programs, but in nursing and medical schools, and programs for paramedics and EMTs.

“Everything that happened with COVID and the immense amount of interest I had in what the public health field was doing at the time, it made me think this was the

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Central-Live Oak take center stage in district finale | High School Sports

Melody G. Gillette

The old belief is that championships aren’t always won by the best teams. Rather it’s the team that peaks at just the right time takes the crown.

Part of that philosophy is about playing their best football. Another, arguably more important, facet is being healthy at the end of the year.

In that regard, Central and Live Oak might not be the best teams in District 4-5A, but they are the last ones standing in a year marred by COVID-19 related chaos.

Going into the final week of the regular season, the Wildcats and Eagles will play the only district matchup on Friday night when Central hosts Live Oak at 7 p.m. Because of schedule changes and cancellations the only other two district teams playing this weekend, Denham Springs and Walker, are both playing nondistrict games, while Zachary and Scotlandville are not playing.

That leaves all eyes on the two

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