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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.

Oct 03, 2024

The generators have so far sucked up nearly $3.5 million of district money since February 2023, according to the district. Each month they run adds just under $160,000 in maintenance and fuel costs.

Oct 03, 2024

The pact would provide a flat $4,000 per educator plus a 4% salary increase for the current year, retroactive to July 1. In 2025-26, there would be a 4.5% increase, and a 5% increase in 2026-27.

Oct 03, 2024

San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s team tasked with stabilizing The City’s public-school district is facing its first tall order: helping the San Francisco Unified School District hire over 250 special-education positions or risk lawsuits for not filling the federally mandated roles.

Oct 03, 2024

West Contra Costa Unified School District’s (WCCUSD) associate superintendent of business services will serve as interim superintendent in December after Chris Hurst’s retirement.

Oct 03, 2024

Younger Black and Latino teachers are some of the most passionate educators in the Los Angeles Unified School District — and they are also at the highest risk of leaving the profession, according to a new report.

Oct 03, 2024

The Berkeley Unified School District has agreed to pay $13.5 million to nine women who say they were sexually abused and harassed for years by a high school science teacher.

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