Bay City News
The city of Antioch last week sold nearly a half-acre piece of land to an educational nonprofit for one dollar.
Delta Learning Center has leased 0.427 acres at 275 W. Tregallas Road from the city since 1988 to run a tutoring organization for K-12 students, many of whom are low-income and have learning disabilities. The children receive one-on-one support from credentialed teachers.
Kimberly Ahumada, Delta Learning Center executive director, said being able to purchase the land for one dollar allows the center to offer more discounted tuition and scholarships to students.
“Delta Learning Center is something very special and dear to my heart and to the community,” said Ahumada to the City Council during its Aug. 13 meeting. “We know there is a high need of students in our community that do need (educational) help because of the pandemic.”
The history of the center goes back to 1976, when retired school psychologist Julia “Bess” Combs saw a need for tutoring services in the community and started the program out of a garage, rallying other teacher friends to help make it a success, recalled Martha Goralka, secretary of the board for Delta Learning Center and longtime volunteer. The group then spent some time utilizing church classrooms in town before Combs set her sights on an expansion effort.