By ERNESTO PORTILLO JR SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FIND A BETTER FIT IN ALTERNATIVE ED PROGRAM When Sahuarita High School senior Hector Encinas was a frosh, he fell behind in his credits.

MARANA Grade-schoolers get breakfast at desks Second- and third-graders at Desert Winds Elementary School don't start the school day until they do one thing: have breakfast at their desks.

By JAMAR YOUNGER; ERNESTO PORTILLO JR HIGH SCHOOL FULL BEYOND CAPACITY STRESSES EVERYBODY ON FIRST DAY Principal Mark Neish didn't have time on Tuesday to worry why Sahuarita High School is overcrowded.

By JAMAR YOUNGER State budget sets aside no funds for construction, land Three Tucson-area school districts will not receive money they had hoped to get from the state this year to build new schools.

By ERNESTO PORTILLO JR SAHUARITA HS MESA PROGRAM AIMS TO GIVE COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS A LEG UP, BOOST TOWN A year-old math and science program at Sahuarita High School is preparing students for highly skilled jobs and may help the town attract future employers.