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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.

Apr 20, 2026

Citing faulty materials and well before the expiration of a 10-year warranty, Santa Rosa City Schools officials have OK’d the removal and replacement of synthetic turf athletic fields at all five of their junior senior high school campuses.

Apr 20, 2026

The Sonoma County Office of Education has signed off on Santa Rosa City School’s positive budget certification, signaling it thinks the district may be on its way to fiscal solvency.

Apr 20, 2026

Jennifer Moe, who serves as a school board member for the Shandon Joint Unified School District, is accused of stealing property from Target on Dec. 20 of last year, according to a court complaint filed in January.

Apr 20, 2026

When the heads of three Los Angeles Unified School District unions stood side by side at City Hall to announce their new contracts after nearly going on strike hours earlier, one of them looked out of place.

Apr 20, 2026

For the third straight year, environmental activists and California lawmakers are locked in a tug-of-war over a pool of state funds created to upgrade heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in schools to curb disruptions and closures attributed to extreme weather.

Apr 20, 2026

School closures are an incendiary issue in nearly every corner of California, as enrollment declines and expenses climb. The topic has sparked parent revolts, teacher strikes and school boards’ desperate attempts to keep districts financially afloat.

Apr 20, 2026

The latest student enrollment figures have sent a shock wave through California’s education system. True, the downward trend of enrollment in the state’s transitional kindergarten to 12th grade is no longer a surprise.

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