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Apr 15, 2026
The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, April 14 said the shooting was an act of self-defense during an attempted robbery. The DA’s office said two people who were not students at Natomas High went onto campus looking for a specific student.
Apr 15, 2026
“If we have less students attending, then we have less funds to support our schools, which has implications for staffing stability and program offerings and long-term stability and, unfortunately, our declining enrollment has recently resulted in the closure of two schools,” Davies-Hughes said.
Apr 15, 2026
Ayala-Quintero said the challenge showed the board’s hypocrisy because it ignored previous recommendations from a committee that suggested keeping other books. Yet Tuesday night, the board followed that committee’s suggestion by allowing the Bible to remain.
Apr 15, 2026
Measure H would renew the current tax rate of $742 per parcel, and add a $540 increase, resulting in a $1,282 per parcel tax per year for 10 years. The tax, which would generate about $8.6 million annually, would have a 3% annual cost-of-living increase.
Apr 15, 2026
Santa Rosa City Schools will pay $6.25 million to settle lawsuits filed by the families of two students involved in a 2023 fatal stabbing at Montgomery High School.
Apr 15, 2026
Three Los Angeles school district unions won major victories with deals that bring hefty raises and prompted celebratory messages about a new chapter in local education progress. But the price of union peace will be nearly $1.2 billion in annual contract costs, and questions remain about whether the district can afford it.
Apr 15, 2026
At the heart of the negotiations was the issue of financial pressures — how much LAUSD employees struggle to make ends meet with increasing costs in the region, and how much the district has, and doesn’t have, to meet salary demands.
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