Feb 23, 2026

ICE agents were near the high school Friday morning, Ed Zuchelli, a spokesman for the Santa Barbara Unified School District said. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the district put a “hold” on students, he said.

Feb 23, 2026

Carpinteria Family School will permanently close in June, the Carpinteria Unified School Board confirmed last week.

Feb 23, 2026

After months of controversy, trustees of the Sausalito Marin City School District have approved a two-year contract extension for the superintendent.

Feb 23, 2026

The Larkspur-Corte Madera School District has approved two-year contracts with both of its major labor unions.

Feb 23, 2026

Hundreds of contracted workers, alongside 54 classified employees, will be laid off from their Long Beach Unified School District jobs after the Board of Education OK’d the action during its Wednesday meeting.

Feb 23, 2026

Trial is scheduled to begin Friday in a lawsuit alleging that California School for the Deaf-Riverside failed for more than two years to protect a “profoundly vulnerable” former student from sexual assaults by several classmates.

Feb 23, 2026

Redwood High School senior students in Visalia want the “homophobic slur” photo incident behind them, while other students said they worry that the incident shows that LGBTQ+ students are not treated with respect in the community and don’t feel safe.

Feb 23, 2026

A Placer Union High School District trustee is under investigation by an independent third party following allegations of overreach into the Del Oro High School girls basketball team, the district said in a statement.

Feb 23, 2026

With costs mounting for alleged sexual misconduct cases, the Los Angeles school board has approved $250 million in bonds — on top of $500 million already authorized less than a year ago — to fund payouts to victims.

Feb 23, 2026

The Antioch school district has agreed to pay $1.25 million to the family of a 16-year-old student killed in a campus shooting, after officials had raised repeated concerns about safety at Deer Valley High School.

Feb 23, 2026

The Trump administration is suing California over a law preventing new oil and gas wells from being located too close to schools, homes and other sensitive sites.

Feb 23, 2026

At a recent meeting of California’s high school sports governing board, two seniors from Arroyo Grande High School spoke out against a transgender peer competing on their track and field team and allegedly “watching” them in the girls’ locker room.

Feb 23, 2026

California has a number of laws aimed at protecting children’s data privacy, but those laws have exceptions that allow many tech companies to continue packaging and selling students’ personal information.

Feb 23, 2026

With the ink barely dry on a $183 million agreement that ended the historic San Francisco teachers strike this month, the district will ask the school board to approve preliminary layoff notices for 42 educators and other staff.

Feb 23, 2026

Oakland teachers could go on strike as early as next week if union leaders call for one, marking the last step in an adversarial bargaining process that has dragged on for nearly a year.