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Peter,

We have good news, and not so good news. First, the good news: We have learned that the full $3.4 million in 9th Grade on Track grants, funded by the state legislature last year, have been awarded! That means over 22,000 more students across the state are on a stronger pathway to post-high school success! It also means that school districts see the value in these programs.  Legislators: Support 9th Grade On-Track

Now, the not so good news: We are hearing that grant funding is likely to be cut in the new budget. That means over 75,000 9th graders per year will not have access to this game changing approach to graduating high school on time and becoming better prepared for whatever comes next, whether it’s college, a trade, or the military.  

Why not invest in something that is so inexpensive, yet so good for our students, our economy, and our state? We’re not sure of the answer to that, but we’re hoping you can help us turn this around.  

Please take action today to ask your legislators to support 9th Grade On-Track in the budget and to build a strong, vibrant economy!   

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Jacob Sumner, Marketing and Communications Manager

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Ohtani hit a leadoff home run and followed that up with six hitless innings on the mound. It was the second straight game in which he hit a leadoff homer as the pitcher, and the third time in his career that he’s done so. He remains the only pitcher in MLB history ever to hit a leadoff homer. 

So what’s there to complain about? Ohtani issued four walks and had one hit-by-pitch. Only 56 of the 99 pitches he threw were strikes—his lowest strike rate in any of his nine starts this season. 

“Of course you want to avoid the hits, but the result of that was a lot of walks today,” Ohtani told reporters through his interpreter. “That’s something that I just don’t really want to do.”

Ohtani also allowed one run. He walked the leadoff batter in the fourth, hit the next batter and then allowed a run to score after two groundouts. He might not have been as sharp as he would have liked to have been, but he’s still yet to allow more than two runs in a start this season.

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The Habs stunk in Game 4. They gave the puck away too many times, allowed too many easy scoring chances and committed too many penalties. 

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The streak is the seventh longest in MLB history. Orel Hershiser holds the overall record at 59 innings. 

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