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Jan 24, 2025
After two meetings full of passionate debate, there are currently no plans to place copies of the Ten Commandments in some Kern County schools, but officials say it's possible the issue could be discussed further.
Jan 24, 2025
Nearly five years after Santa Rosa City Schools trustees suspended the district’s school resource officer program, board members are bringing it back to the forefront.
Jan 24, 2025
Leffingwell Continuation High School in Cambria is is suspending operations due to dramatically declining enrollment, rather than closing permanently, as had been rumored in the district.
Jan 24, 2025
The Tamalpais Union High School District board has given preliminary approval to $1.37 million in staffing cuts, mostly to offset the loss of expired COVID-19 relief grants.
Jan 24, 2025
The San Bernardino City Unified School District will reinvestigate the alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl in a restroom stall at Cesar E. Chavez Middle School at the request of an advocate for the alleged victim and her mother.
Jan 24, 2025
Sacramento and Yolo County Offices of Education have both affirmed their commitment to keeping federal immigration authorities off of school campuses in response to new directives from President Donald Trump’s administration.
Jan 24, 2025
A San Juan Unified School District substitute teacher who worked with elementary school students and at a district after-school program was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually assaulting children, police said.
Jan 24, 2025
It turns out conflicts like these are occurring in communities nationwide and cost school districts billions of dollars per year in security, litigation and staff time, researchers with UC Riverside and UCLA reported in a recent study.
Jan 24, 2025
Pali officials have said that they hope to soon find a temporary in-person location. But, in the meantime, students and teachers have returned to distance learning — which, for many, evoked a kind of dreadful déjà vu.
Jan 24, 2025
In all, 10 district schools and programs welcomed back more than 3,400 students on Thursday as part of an initial phase of openings.
Jan 24, 2025
Fresno Unified’s school board has huge expectations for its next full-time superintendent, who will be charged with nearly doubling the district’s early literacy rates.
Jan 24, 2025
Modesto City Schools Superintendent Sara Noguchi announced at Tuesday’s school board meeting that she is retiring.
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