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Oct 15, 2026
Vandals who shattered windows, destroyed televisions and ransacked classrooms caused an estimated $200,000 in damages at the shuttered Brook Hill Elementary School in Santa Rosa, police said, and six teenagers have been arrested in connection with the break-in.
Oct 15, 2026
Four years after voters in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District voted for Measure C-22’s $359 million bond to upgrade a bevy of schools across the district, Baywood Elementary School in Los Osos is officially slated for demolition and replacement.
Oct 15, 2026
San Francisco school officials knew there was no way to make everyone happy with whichever student assignment system they picked.
Oct 15, 2026
This year’s state test scores provided a mixed send-off for the education legacy of Gov. Gavin Newsom, with incremental gains in English and math, but results that continue to fall short of prepandemic achievement levels.
Oct 15, 2026
California’s graduation rates reached a decade high last school year, while chronic absenteeism and suspensions continued to decline, according to the California School Dashboard released Thursday.
Oct 15, 2026
California students’ proficiency in math and English language arts follows the same trend in 2026 as the past few years: incremental improvement from the year prior, with the majority of students below grade-level standards.
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