The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

VISTA HERMOSA - Forty Prescott students who live in Vista Hermosa take part in an opportunity of six weeks of extra schooling over the summer to help them remember and even improve their skills before the next school year begins.

Scott Branson has been with the Prescott School District for three years. His teaching position is fund- ed by the federal GEAR UP grant that partners with Washington State University Tri Cities.

"The goal is to get (students) into universities," Branson said.

The local school districts that also have GEAR UP pro- grams are Touchet, Dayton and Walla Walla, he said.

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