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• MLS Preview from The Sports Network (ET)

  MLS Preview from The Sports Network (ET)

  D.C. United (1-1-0) at New York (0-1-1), 12:30 p.m. With the first Atlantic Cup match of the new season taking place at Red Bull Arena on Saturday, there are plenty of juicy storylines for fans to sink their teeth into.

  Perhaps the most notable plot point in Red Bull New York's first meeting with D.C. United this season is the relationship of the two head coaches, Mike Petke and Ben Olsen.

  Petke and Olsen have known one another for nearly 20 years, constantly battling on the pitch as players. Both men joined their respective clubs out of college in 1998 as Petke signed on with the MetroStars while Olsen got drafted by United.

• A school with choices

  A school with choices

  I read with interest the Jan. 28 letter from Bill Lynam. I agree that school districts need educational options for students and parents. Not every student thrives in the comprehensive school mode of instruction.

  In my school district, Kings Canyon Unified, we are blessed to have several options of which students and their parents can choose. One of these options is the school where I serve, Kings Canyon High School. This high school allows students to learn in a smaller educational setting. They advance toward graduation while learning the skills needed to excel in institutions of higher education.

  Yes, options are needed so that each and every student will be able to complete graduation requirements, continue on with life-learning opportunities and become productive members of society. Thank you, KCUSD, for offering a safe, productive environment such as Kings Canyon High School.

• Valley's fallen heroes

  Valley's fallen heroes

  Service members with central San Joaquin Valley ties who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan:

  2012

  Army Pfc. Alejandro Jose "AJ" Pardo, 21, Granite Hills High graduate, Porterville

• One more for checklist

  One more for checklist

  Let's add to Tate Hill's "Checklist for a prosperous city" (commentary Feb. 28) by including a strategy that focuses on youth who aren't stellar students and young men of color falling victim to Fresno Unified School District's harsh discipline policies. How are we to have a prosperous community if youth are not graduating high school and instead led down the "school to prison pipeline"?

  Fresno Unified School District's trustees must adopt and implement a restorative discipline model allowing students to take responsibility for their actions and continuing with their education, instead of pushing them out with unnecessary suspensions and expulsions.

  According to Children Now, during the 2010-2011 school year, Fresno Unified suspended one in every five K-12th-grade students -- that's 14,600 suspensions! Sadly, during that same school year, only 73% of students graduated from high school on time.

• Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final House OK

  Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final House OK

  The cheers of immigrant students echoed through the Colorado Capitol on Friday after the House passed a bill allowing students who entered the U.S. illegally to pay lower college tuition, a measure that will soon become law.