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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.
May 01, 2026
Voters in La Verne and San Dimas will decide on Measure A, which would add $59 per $100,000 of assessed value of properties to tax bills. For the bond to pass, 55% of voters would have to be in favor.
May 01, 2026
A water polo coach with the Redlands Unified School District who is suspected of sexual crimes with a 15-year-old student was arrested Wednesday, April 29, Redlands police and school district officials said.
May 01, 2026
A 26-year-old school employee has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation and possession of child pornography, the Bakersfield Police Department reported Thursday.
May 01, 2026
The Napa Valley Unified School District isn’t seeing the rapid pace of enrollment drop-off it saw in prior years, and a recent report predicts those declines will continue at a slower pace.
May 01, 2026
A Napa County judge this week rejected claims the Napa Valley Unified School District made in a 2024 lawsuit that sought to effectively close a downtown Napa charter school.
May 01, 2026
Longtime Sacramento City Unified School District employee Cancy McArn was named the district’s permanent superintendent following a unanimous vote Thursday evening.
May 01, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $30.5 million to 19 more students who said they were victims of Mark Berndt, a convicted serial child molester, bringing the amount the district has paid out in connection with his crimes to more than $200 million, attorneys said Thursday.
May 01, 2026
San Francisco schools will revamp its loathed student assignment lottery system and consider closures by fall 2030 under a new plan to address two of the district’s most contentious issues.
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