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Aug 12, 2025
The nation’s second-largest school district is “deploying resources at a level never before seen in our district” as schools prepare to open Thursday, with extra personnel and safety measures planned for campuses in areas that have seen heightened immigration enforcement, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho said Monday, Aug. 11.
Aug 12, 2025
Proposed changes to policies on student absences and transitional kindergarten, as well as LCAP updates are on the agenda when the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees meets at Sonoma City Chambers on Thursday, Aug. 14.
Aug 12, 2025
Next week, 1,100 Clovis students in seventh through ninth grade will begin their school year at the brand-new Terry P. Bradley Educational Center, the most expensive school campus built in the Central Valley with a price tag of more than $600 million.
Aug 12, 2025
For the first time in nearly six decades, a school bell rang in Riverside’s Casa Blanca neighborhood. Casa Blanca Elementary School opened Monday, Aug. 11, to the delight of the area’s mostly Latino residents who’ve long waited for this day.
Aug 12, 2025
The San Francisco school district’s new payroll system, which replaced a $34 million version that never worked, has left at least a hundred teachers frustrated with errors in their paychecks over the past months and prompted the teachers union Monday to file a state labor complaint.
Aug 12, 2025
Immigration agents handcuffed and drew guns on a 15-year-old San Fernando High School student Monday morning after pulling him from his family’s vehicle, according to Los Angeles Unified School District officials.
Aug 12, 2025
From slowing down in school zones to yielding to pedestrians, the California Vehicle Code outlines clear rules every driver must follow. But what about stopping for a school bus with flashing lights?
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