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🌱 How a new FCUSD project could change student life for decades.
Make time for Circus Vargas Presents "Masquerade!" in Folsom! on the Folsom Patch calendar
Greetings Folsom! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new FCUSD project could change student life for decades.
- How Folsom Lake College supports undocumented students amid rising immigration fears.
- Why Folsom's Assemblymember is warning about new costs for Californians.
Also on today's calendar: Circus Vargas Presents "Masquerade!" in Folsom! and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 96 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot, temps: high: 98, low: 65.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 97 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Building the Next Generation of Lancers (ranchocordovaindependent.com) — Families in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District will see a major upgrade at Cordova High, as leaders just broke ground on a new two-story student services and classroom building funded by Measure S. The project will centralize counseling, mental health, and college-career support, modernize aging facilities, and preserve key campus features ahead of a planned 2027–28 opening. 
• California encourages undocumented students to go to college. But some are losing hope (hechingerreport.org) — From offices at Folsom Lake College, staff are quietly helping undocumented students navigate legal fears, food insecurity, and financial aid while federal immigration enforcement intensifies. The story explains how California's trailblazing support programs, legal battles with the Trump administration, and limits on work permits are reshaping whether undocumented students in Folsom and statewide still see college as worth the risk.
• GOP lawmakers push affordability in last week of session (bigcountrynewsconnection.com) — Folsom's Assemblymember Josh Hoover is joining other GOP lawmakers in Sacramento to demand that new state bills be evaluated for their impact on Californians' cost of living. They're pressing for a formal "Citizen Cost Impact Report" and criticizing regulations, including upcoming tire-efficiency rules, which they argue could further strain family budgets and businesses statewide.
📸 Around Folsom
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Folsom
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★ Featured events ★
- Circus Vargas Presents "Masquerade!" in Folsom! →
Lakeside Church, 745 Oak Ave Pkwy, Folsom
7:30 pm
Friday September 4
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Other local events
- The Legacy Table: 40 Ways to Help Your Kids and Grandkids Buy a Home →
The Commons at Granite City Workspaces, 705 Gold Lake Dr., Suite 150, Folsom, CA 95630
6:00 pm - Literacy Workshop for Parents- NSE
Natoma Station Elementary Folsom, CA 95630
8:15 am - FHS - Back to School Night
Folsom High Entire Campus
6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
📣 Folsom Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Fall Picture Day
H. Clarke Powers Elementary School Loomis, CA 95650
8:20 am - Band Parent/Guardian Interest Mtg.
Ridgeview Elementary MPR
6:00 pm - PTO Welcome Back Picnic/Maker's Market
Lakeview Elementary El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
4:00 pm - Willy Braun →
Folsom Hotel, 703 Sutter St, Folsom
7:00 pm - Family Engagement
Cordova Meadows Elementary Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
8:30 am - Back To School Night!
Rancho Cordova Elementary RCE
5:00 pm - No School, Staff Development Day
Valley View Charter Montessori El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 - Principal Coffee
Rancho Cordova Elementary RCE Room 5
8:15 am - Minimum Day *Special Bell
Cordova High Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
8:30 am
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Last year, a friend of mine recorded 19 CDs for my mom who was struggling with dementia.
He felt that music from her growing up era would be a good way to fill her home in the quiet days. The CDs are music from 1940 through 1956. We lost… (Nextdoor The Empire Ranch) - Suggestions on most efficient/affordable way to get rid of two box springs?
Already posted on buy nothing page, no takers! (Nextdoor Hoxsie Ct)
- Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Maintenance Clerk in Folsom. Apply here.
- Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager in Folsom. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Folsom here.
🗞 Nearby News
Fair Oaks
- Empowering Fair Oaks to Age Well (carmichaeltimes.com)
- Gavin Newsom's Fair Oaks home listed for sale for $7.5 million (kcra.com)
- thousands-run-in-santa-rosa-marathon-over-the-weekend (mercedsunstar.com)
Rancho Cordova
- Careers Take Flight at Mather (ranchocordovaindependent.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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