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Jun 12, 2026
After the Chico Unified School District approved a controversial $2 million contract to integrate 691 AI-powered security cameras at a Dec. 17 board meeting, the cameras will soon be implemented across the district.
Jun 12, 2026
The Ventura County Board of Education will spend about $350,000 in the coming year to investigate its own office’s finances, in the wake of admissions by Superintendent of Schools César Morales that he paid himself an unauthorized bonus and gave his top deputies unauthorized benefits.
Jun 12, 2026
The Lucia Mar Unified School District board of trustees approved pay raises for the district superintendent, assistant superintendents and other management positions Tuesday night despite objections from some staff who argued the raises weren’t fair.
Jun 12, 2026
A defamation lawsuit between two opponents in one of San Diego County’s fiercest school board races has drawn to a close, at least for now — more than 18 months after the unusually expensive election was decided.
Jun 12, 2026
Sonjhia Lowery, an educator with over 31 years of experience, will be the next Pittsburg Unified School District superintendent. Lowery, who has held various leadership roles in education, will be taking over for Superintendent Janet Schulze starting July 1.
Jun 12, 2026
The first sign was the empty desks that slowly started to appear. Then there were fewer kindergartners in San Francisco. Shrinking graduating classes in San Jose. An Oakland elementary school that lost so many students it was forced to close.
Jun 12, 2026
In coming days, school districts will find out whether their pressure campaign worked to persuade Gov. Gavin Newsom to turn over the $3.9 billion he planned to withhold, for now, from next year’s state funding for schools and community colleges.
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