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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.
Jun 22, 2026
Hundreds of students feel unsafe and have engaged in fights in Santa Barbara County public schools, according to a new report issued by the Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury.
Jun 22, 2026
Black students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District say racial slurs have recently increased in use across campuses.
Jun 22, 2026
Advocates for Novato schools say the apparent failure of Measure G, the parcel tax on the June 2 ballot, has not ended their quest for more financial support.
Jun 22, 2026
After years of planning, a major renovation project is underway at Mill Valley Middle School.
Jun 22, 2026
A policy revision by San Rafael City Schools means teachers who have an interdistrict transfer request approved for their children will not have to apply for a renewal every year.
Jun 22, 2026
Accusations of inappropriate comments, a discriminatory and hostile environment, falsifying records and Brown Act infringements led the Oroville City Elementary School District to approve a notice of violation to STREAM Charter School on Wednesday.
Jun 22, 2026
The day before Sonja Shaw came in first place in the June 2 primary race for state superintendent of public instruction, a national political group debuted a website that accuses the conservative Chino Valley school board — which Shaw presides over as president — of being extremist and authoritarian.
Jun 22, 2026
While Johnny Alvarado was running for the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, he was being investigated by Parlier Unified over allegations he used district resources for his campaign, The Bee has learned.
Jun 22, 2026
Sacramento City Unified School District is considering asking voters to approve a parcel tax, as district officials search for new local revenue to support student programs and services amid an unprecedented budget crisis.
Jun 22, 2026
A lawsuit alleges that a nonverbal 13-year-old student with autism was locked in a Menifee school restroom for 5 1/2 hours, mocked and denied food.
Jun 22, 2026
For three generations, members of the Palomino family have lived just yards from Rosita Elementary, a school they helped desegregate; and in a recent decision by the Garden Grove Unified School District, the school will now bear the names of the Palomino family’s ancestors.
Jun 22, 2026
The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School Board on Tuesday finalized a three-year contract for a new superintendent after the abrupt departure of former Superintendent Torie Gibson earlier this year.
Jun 22, 2026
California’s public schools have been shrinking for nearly a decade, and new research suggests the decline is in large part fueled by a drop in the number of multilingual students in the state’s schools — but the Bay Area appears to be an exception.
Jun 22, 2026
Los Angeles Unified schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho, who has been under FBI investigation for four months, resigned Sunday night as leader of the nation’s second-largest school system, bringing a breathtaking end to one of the district’s most consequential and high-profile tenures.
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