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May 11, 2026
Even with the money saved by layoffs, the board may need to decide on whether or not to enter a receivership or risk 5,000 employees not being paid come next school year.
May 11, 2026
Goodman, who is spearheading the fundraising, said the partnership is seeking to raise $1.675 million to fund the program over the next three years.
May 11, 2026
On Monday, May 11, the Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee will be holding its seventh and final meeting, where it is scheduled to vote on sending school merger recommendations to the Board of Education.
May 11, 2026
Press advocacy groups are calling on the Tamalpais Union High School District to drop inquiries into coverage and cease censorship of the Redwood Bark, Redwood High School’s student newspaper.
May 11, 2026
The program has been contending with the declining availability of grand funding and trying to figure out, with the help of volunteers, a path to sustainability.
May 11, 2026
Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected.
May 11, 2026
The order of new elementary schools built in Folsom will change. On Thursday, the Folsom Cordova Unified School District school board approved shifting the building order of two elementary schools.
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