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Apr 10, 2026
The armory is currently used as a hub for district maintenance and operations, but it is envisioned to house 20-24 large CTE classrooms, each designed for a specific career-track. What exactly those classrooms will hold, however, is up to the community.
Apr 10, 2026
The Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee is set to hold its fifth of seven meetings Monday, April 13, where it will be presented with consolidation scenarios by a third-party consultant.
Apr 10, 2026
A simple yes-or-no survey will determine the fate of a learning center in Rialto named for Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, co-founders of a key farmworkers union, after sexual abuse allegations against Chavez came to light in March.
Apr 10, 2026
A lawsuit against the Ontario-Montclair School District alleges employees were negligent last year when a non-verbal autistic 4-year-old Lincoln Elementary School student nearly drowned.
Apr 10, 2026
A senator’s request for the California State Auditor’s office to review the administration practices of the Orange County Board of Education has been approved by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.
Apr 10, 2026
A strange email was set to hit the inbox of every educator in the San Francisco Unified School District on Thursday, the contents resembling a Nigerian prince scam with an implausible message of free money.
Apr 10, 2026
The looming strike next Tuesday at Los Angeles public schools unites three unlikely allies that, together, plan to bring the nation’s second-largest school system to a standstill and exert formidable pressure to reach a favorable settlement.
Apr 10, 2026
A potential three-union strike – involving roughly 70,000 employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District — scheduled to start Tuesday if there is no settlement, would cause upheaval throughout Los Angeles.
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