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Feb 17, 2026

Teachers are pushing for the school district to adopt a seven-period schedule to allow all students to have the option of taking an elective.

Feb 17, 2026

Voters in the Ross Valley School District will have a second chance to vote on a parcel tax measure in the June 2 election.

Feb 17, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is set to consider authorizing thousands of preliminary layoff notices today as the nation’s second-largest school system moves to address a projected structural deficit of $877 million in the 2026-2027 school year.

Feb 17, 2026

he Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education on Thursday, Feb. 12, laid out a series of desired outcomes around forthcoming consolidation talks that focused on student achievement, fiscal responsibility and streamlining efficiencies.

Feb 17, 2026

The recently released report for the 2024-25 academic year, however, marks the first time an auditor declared that there is a high probability the district will be unable to meet its financial obligations for the upcoming year.

Feb 17, 2026

A student who leaves campus for only part of the day to protest, or for any other reason, still counts as having attended school for the purposes of calculating ADA.

Feb 17, 2026

The Los Angeles Police Department urged students Monday to stay in school “amid recent downtown activity” in which young people walked off campuses to take part in protests against immigration enforcement raids.

Feb 17, 2026

San Diego Unified School District and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract as well as a deal to avoid a one-day strike over special-education staffing.

Feb 17, 2026

Plans for a school walkout on Friday spread like wildfire for hundreds of Redlands students. The demonstration, which involved 450 students from five Redlands middle and high schools, protested Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, student organizers said.

Feb 17, 2026

Recent walkouts at school campuses by students protesting the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts probably haven’t hurt California public school budgets.

Feb 17, 2026

Some Visalia high school seniors could face suspension or expulsion after a photo circulated of a group using the letters on their shirts to spell out a homophobic slur in the school’s gym last week.

Feb 17, 2026

Food service workers, safety officers, instructional aides and student service coordinators: These are some of the positions on the list of more than 400 that Sacramento City Unified School District plans to eliminate to address its budget crisis.

Feb 17, 2026

After some 150 students walked out of Redlands schools early this month in support of immigrants, they were dealt an unexpected consequence: a temporary suspension of school privileges as administrators enforced rules that forbid them from leaving a classroom without permission.

Feb 17, 2026

More than 3,200 Los Angeles Unified School District employees would receive a notice of a possible layoff under a proposal to be considered at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, while union leaders call to pause the decision until the state revenue forecast becomes clearer.

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