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Jun 10, 2026
After serving Oxnard Union High School District as superintendent for the past six years, Tom McCoy will begin a new role as superintendent of Burbank Unified School District next month.
Jun 10, 2026
The outlook was less rosy for the Novato Unified School District, where the Measure G parcel tax had a 62.9% approval vote on Monday. While that marked an increase from 61.7% last week, the measure remains well short of the two-thirds threshold to pass.
Jun 10, 2026
A district-commissioned investigation concluded that Placer Union High School District Trustee tom Duncan overstepped governance boundaries in matters involving the Del Oro High School girls basketball program, but officials have declined to say exactly what he did.
Jun 10, 2026
A former Sacramento City Unified kindergarten teacher has filed a lawsuit against the district, alleging she was racially discriminated against, denied disability accommodations and later wrongfully terminated.
Jun 10, 2026
The immediate future of Pasadena Unified School District athletics after a year of cutbacks headlines the Board of Education’s Thursday, June 11, special meeting.
Jun 10, 2026
Four California school districts are under federal “compliance review” of policies and instructional materials related to gender identity and sexual orientation, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
Jun 10, 2026
A mother with two daughters, a father with two sons, both board presidents of high-performing school districts — at first glance, Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera seem to have a lot in common.
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