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Aug 17, 2026
Voters in the Summerville Elementary School District will decide in November whether to approve a $3.4 million bond measure aimed at funding repairs and improvements at the district’s Tuolumne campus.
Aug 17, 2026
At its June 18 meeting, the district’s board unanimously passed the projected 2026-27 budget, which estimates the district will have $71.8 million in revenues and $73.7 million in expenditures, resulting in a deficit of $1.9 million.
Aug 17, 2026
The changes come as the district looks to curb an escalating cost curve for special education, which shot up 70% from 2016 to 2025, to nearly $72 million, comprising an ever-larger chunk of the overall budget.
Aug 17, 2026
A third lawsuit has been filed against Santa Paula Unified School District, alleging that the district failed to protect a McKevett Elementary School student from a counselor’s sexual abuse.
Aug 17, 2026
School is back in session for Sacramento City Unified School District students, but an ongoing financial crisis continues to loom large.
Aug 17, 2026
At a June Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education meeting in the wake of a failed effort to consolidate schools, trustees, weary from weeks of controversy and pushback over a process that many felt was unfair, reflected on what went wrong.
Aug 17, 2026
For some families, that could mean letting a child commute to class without an adult for the first time. Is there a legal age requirement for children to walk to and from school alone in California?
Aug 17, 2026
As students return to school Monday, the state’s third-largest district must contend with rising special education costs, reduced mental health staffing and a lingering deficit.
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