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Feb 13, 2026
Vista Continuation High School in central Bakersfield moved closer to demolition and expanded reconstruction this month after the project’s draft environmental review cleared a key regulatory hurdle.
Feb 13, 2026
Multilingual learners and students with disabilities are usually the ones who get the short end of the stick — they get saddled with extra requirements, such as supplemental English classes, which leave no room for electives.
Feb 13, 2026
San Luis Obispo County teacher Jehan Mirzaei did something at a Feb. 3 school board meeting that virtually no one expected — he quit.
Feb 13, 2026
The Novato Unified School District plans to issue preliminary layoff or reduced hours warning notices to more than four dozen teachers and other staff for the 2026-27 school year.
Feb 13, 2026
Pleasant Valley High School students lined the streets at the intersection of East and Ceanothus avenues after walking out of their classes Thursday to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Feb 13, 2026
Cheryl Griffiths’ tenure as superintendent of the Sonora Elementary School District came to an abrupt end Wednesday, less than two weeks after she was charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly failing to report suspected child abuse at the school last year.
Feb 13, 2026
Community members and parents who attended Tuesday’s student walkout in Clovis said they played no role in organizing the protest and saw adult counterprotesters aggressively confront and hurl insults at student protesters.
Feb 13, 2026
Union and district officials agreed to a $183 million deal early Friday, increasing educators salaries and health care benefits in a two-year contract that required compromise from each side and could mean imminent pink slips and additional budget cuts in the upcoming year.
Feb 13, 2026
For almost six years, the school district provided every student with a device, part of a nationwide push to give students equal access to technology during the coronavirus pandemic, which closed schools and initially sent students online for learning.
Feb 13, 2026
In a contentious meeting, the West Contra Costa Unified School District board unanimously approved on Wednesday a sweeping fiscal solvency plan that will cut $42 million from its approximately $500 million budget for the 2026-27 school year.
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