Wednesday night's Newton Booth Neighborhoods Association meeting saw an increase in teenage members. Held at Temple Coffee's 28th and S streets location, the meeting was attended by Country Day high school students and several faculty members, including headmaster Steve Repsher. Though a long permit process lies ahead, the school is closer to the goal of moving into the vacant Newton Booth School, 2600 V St., by August. The neighborhood group consisted of residents from three areas: Poverty Ridge, Newton Booth and Alhambra Triangle. Richard "Bud" Halliday, Newton Booth Neighborhoods Association president, welcomed the school's representatives and invited them to attend future meetings.

What improvements can a high school make if already 100 percent of graduates are accepted to four-year colleges and universities? One answer might be to expand. With the private school Loretto High School closing, Sacramento Country Day School might be an option for those who wish to purchase a quality education, given that the school prepares every student for college. Real estate agent John Banchero, who is marketing the Loretto property, said in a recent Sacramento Business Journal article that the best possible tenant for the Loretto property would be another high school. "This [property] would be the one they would try to get their hands on" if a school wanted to expand, Banchero sa