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Jun 11, 2026
The building’s owner and employer of the hostages, Kern County Superintendent of Schools, has declined to comment on the five people who successfully remained hidden not far from Searles-Harris on the second floor.
Jun 11, 2026
The San Luis Coastal Unified School District recently listed the property for sale, with an appraised value of $6 million, according to the Los Osos Community Services District.
Jun 11, 2026
According to Feeding America, an estimated one in five children in the country face uncertainty about where their next meal will come from. The summer months can be especially challenging as students lose access to the free and reduced meals they receive during the school year, organizers said.
Jun 11, 2026
Three minutes later, another student walked off the bus, a 5-year-old girl. She was in tears. The driver hadn’t known she was there and had left her on the bus, with the key in the ignition, according to a letter of reprimand filed months later against the driver by the Rio School District.
Jun 11, 2026
As neighbors ramp up their criticism of a Petaluma City Schools plan to cut multiple trees in Cherry Valley Park, the district has posted a detailed response intended to give a “clear and complete picture” of the project.
Jun 11, 2026
The contract calls for a 3% increase in salaries, effective July 1, for the 26 members of the Sausalito District Teachers Association. Other details include a one-time payment of $1,500 for each union member and increases in some stipends and extra duty work.
Jun 11, 2026
A state audit found that the Riverside school district’s use of bond money to build new schools — including a once-planned STEM academy — was legal but its communication to the public lacked transparency, which “contributed to community concern.”
Jun 11, 2026
A major education experiment lasting a generation is on the brink of a controversial ending as Los Angeles school district officials intend to shut down Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy and take back the Watts campus from its private operators.
Jun 11, 2026
A bizarre act of vandalism at a California high school has left students, teachers, and police searching for answers. Nearly 200 doors across campus at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego were glued shut last month during finals week.
Jun 11, 2026
Republicans unleashed attacks on what they characterized as radical gender and anti-parent approaches in school districts during a highly charged, partisan-divided congressional hearing on Wednesday.
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