Ashland Tutors

About Ashland

Ashland, California, is a small unincorporated community in the California San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of less than 25,000 people, it is easy to miss Ashland. In fact, if you’re driving through the bay area, you might even miss it entirely if you’re not paying close attention! Despite its small size and relative obscurity, Ashland, along with San Francisco, ranks #1 as a “City on the Edge of Greatness” according to Sperling’s Best Places to Live.

With environmentally-conscious growth and a tight community, Ashland is a model community for many others in California seeking to grow in population and prosperity. The farm-to-table movement is evidence of this community consciousness, with local restaurants participating in this practice to not only promote local food sources, but also keep farming sustainable in the surrounding regions. The Parks Department even strives to increase food production within the city, and farmers’ markets have become less pricey since the city required they accept EBT cards.

Residents are also conscious of living waste-free, avoiding use of plastics and other non-biodegradable materials in their everyday lives. In 2007, the local region was the first in the US to ban plastic bags, and some grocery stores offer compostable bags as an alternative. Stores, restaurants, schools, and residential streets in San Francisco all have containers for waste subdivision, so residents are able to recycle. They are certainly encouraged to do so, with frequent advertising and community campaigns reminding citizens to separate their trash, recyclables, and compost material.

Ashland, and the surrounding communities, are close to beautiful state park land, water sport and recreation, hiking, and habitat restoration projects. Citizens can enjoy the great outdoors, clean air, and appreciate where they live as a result.

While the community is still far from utopia—the way every community is, no matter how wonderful a place to live—Ashland certainly is poised on the edge of greatness. Its students are as well. Grade Potential tutors in this community are there to draw out that greatness. Their clients may have some academic struggles, but with common goals and a forward-thinking vision, success is possible. Tutors in Ashland are as conscious of their students as the citizens of Ashland and the surrounding region are of the environment. Sustainability is about planning ahead, looking forward with optimism to the future, and so is tutoring. Grade Potential is invested in showing students how to plan, how to prepare, and how to strategize for optimal success.