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Jul 14, 2026

Covina-Valley Unified School District has refinanced a portion of its general obligation bonds, a successful action that officials said Monday secures lower interest rates that will generate more than $1.6 million in total debt service savings.

Jul 14, 2026

The Placer Union High School District has denied a June 5 California Public Records Act request from the Auburn Journal and Gold Mountain California News Media seeking the independent investigation into Trustee Tom Duncan’s involvement with the Del Oro High School girls basketball program, citing attorney-client privilege and other legal exemptions.

Jul 14, 2026

The Trump administration’s cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strain California’s universal school meals program and affect millions of students, according to a new report.

Jul 14, 2026

California’s latest budget includes $116 million over three years to help schools identify and support students experiencing homelessness — the first time the state has dedicated funding specifically for this purpose.

Jul 13, 2026

The measure drew a 66.01% majority in favor in the June 2 election, but it needed 66.7% to pass. As a result, the district will lose out on $4.1 million a year in revenue. The district has passed a resolution to cut $6.5 million in spending, trustee Julie Jacobson said in a social media post this week.

Jul 13, 2026

Inglewood Unified School District is closer than ever to ending the state’s longest running receivership and returning control of the district to its school board for the first time in 14 years, according to state and county officials.

Jul 13, 2026

It was at a high school named for the father of environmental preservation, John Muir, that activists chained themselves to trees after their screams did not stop the chainsaws.

Jul 13, 2026

Meta, Google, TikTok and other social media companies could soon be compelled to fund student mental health services and redesign features alleged to encourage compulsive use if school districts prevail in a growing wave of lawsuits.

Jul 10, 2026

A Northern California school district is moving to maintain a high school team nickname and mascot as a new state law goes into effect banning the use of derogatory terms depicting Indigenous Americans.

Jul 10, 2026

California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction will no longer oversee the Department of Education. That’s per a new law legislators passed last week.

Jul 10, 2026

Bed bugs continue to be a problem for employees at the California Department of Education (CDE) who say the building at 1430 N St. in Sacramento has been infested.

Jul 10, 2026

Chula Vista and Sweetwater Union High School District officials signed a 15-year lease Tuesday bringing the district’s Launch Virtual Academy to the city-owned Millenia Library, formalizing an agreement the City Council approved unanimously May 5.

Jul 10, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday that includes a $2.4 billion increase for special education programs in California schools, calling the budget a step toward improving services for students across the state.

Jul 10, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District faces “severe” indications that it will be insolvent by November 2027 — falling $231 million into the red and unable to make payroll — county analysts have concluded, setting up a 45-day deadline for the school board to amend its budget or face losing significant future authority over spending decisions.

Jul 10, 2026

Hamstrung by a state charter school law and frustrated by its lack of clarity, the State Board of Education on Wednesday voted to take no action on Aspire Public Schools’ appeal of the nonrenewal of an Oakland charter school.

Jul 10, 2026

An Alameda County Superior Court judge denied a temporary injunction Wednesday that would have barred the state from distributing voter-approved state construction funding for school renovations.

Jul 09, 2026

Through an unprecedented restructuring that included the closure of six schools, nearly 150 layoffs in two years and controversial cuts to site-based counselors, the district staved off the dire threat of state takeover.

Jul 09, 2026

A Marin County Superior Court judge has set a trial date for a school cafeteria worker accused of sexually abusing a student. Francisco Javier Herrera Cortez, 28, of San Rafael has pleaded not guilty to six charges, including unlawful intercourse with a minor and sexual assault by force.

Jul 09, 2026

The Pasadena Unified School District said on Wednesday that community and city pushback over the district’s efforts to remove trees on ground contaminated by toxins from the Eaton fire could delay ‘critical timelines’ to fully restore campuses by the start of the school year.

Jul 09, 2026

California lawmakers secured billions of dollars for public schools, community colleges, special education students and more in the 2026-2027 state budget. In all, the budget included $128 billion of the $350 billion budget package for a myriad of education priorities statewide.

Jul 09, 2026

On Tuesday, July 7, the Perris Union school board voted 5-0 to put a general obligation bond before voters. It would pay for repairs to aging facilities and build new schools to address crowding, among other facilities-related expenses.

Jul 09, 2026

The Los Angeles County Office of Education has placed the Los Angeles Unified School District under heightened fiscal oversight after determining the nation’s second-largest school district may be unable to meet its financial obligations in the 2027-28 and 2028-29 fiscal years, citing the cost of recently approved labor agreements, ongoing structural deficits and declining enrollment.

Jul 09, 2026

State schools chief candidate Sonja Shaw in a Fox News interview accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of making the “biggest power grab” in the state’s history after Newsom stripped oversight of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent to a new governor-appointed education commissioner.

Jul 08, 2026

But the last day of the school year, June 22, also marked the final day of instruction at Kashia Elementary, at least in its present form. The one-school district of the same name is set to dissolve this summer under a state policy that shutters school districts where the average daily attendance drops enrollment to below six students.

Jul 08, 2026

Local advocates say more than 70 trees at PUSD sites have been cut down in the first month of what is a summer-long plan to remove trees. Removals are part of the district’s effort to remediate soil contaminated by the Eaton fire.

Jul 08, 2026

A complaint alleging violations of a federal law barring sex-based discrimination has been filed against the Jurupa school district, a San Diego County school district and the state’s governing body for high school sports.

Jul 08, 2026

The first openly transgender person elected to a California school board is sitting in a booth at Bartel’s Giant Burger — a 1970s-era roadside joint a few miles from downtown Redding in Shasta County.

Jul 08, 2026

In a final attempt to avert closing, a nearly two-decade-old Oakland charter school will ask the State Board of Education on Wednesday to overturn two levels of denial of its charter renewal.

Jul 07, 2026

The Petaluma City Schools district has filled a number of leadership roles ahead of the 2026-27 school year, most notably that of Superintendent Davina Goldwasser, whose hiring was announced in May to replace outgoing Superintendent Matthew Harris.

Jul 07, 2026

“Our district is facing a number of critical facility needs from leaky roofs, failing pipes and portable classrooms that can no longer be used for students because of mold and other problems caused by their advanced age,” said Shelby Pasarell Tsai, the school board president.

Jul 07, 2026

Proponents of Senate Bill 1067, including state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, say the goal is to identify students who are falling behind in math early so they can get help.

Jul 07, 2026

When Taletha Washburn and the staff at Plumas Charter School first heard that California wanted to help schools treat more kids struggling with mental health, it felt like a well-timed remedy for a rural community where families struggle to find care.

Jul 07, 2026

California’s audacious goal of having half of all K-12 students enrolled in bilingual education programs by 2030 has encountered one big stumbling block — there aren’t enough qualified bilingual teachers.

Jul 06, 2026

"We have a total of 8,000 meal kits, and if we give away all of them, that's 160,000 meals, including breakfast and lunch."

Jul 06, 2026

Schools are out for the summer, but the batteries in more than 200 electric school buses are helping some people in the United States find relief when temperatures soar.

Jul 06, 2026

In an interview, Thurmond said he exchanged “a few messages” with Newsom’s staff but heard few details until the Legislature narrowly passed a related bill as part of its budget package on Monday.

Jul 02, 2026

Cesar Chavez Elementary School in the Bakersfield City School District and Cesar E. Chavez High School in the Delano Joint Union High School District each have new names.

Jul 02, 2026

Parents, therapists and others who work with immigrant families said they’ve already encountered preschoolers with speech delays, elementary school children who talk of suicide and teenagers too anxious to leave the house.

Jul 02, 2026

California tasked leaders of its schools with adopting policies limiting or banning students’ smartphone use. Now, that deadline is here — and right as lawmakers pursue a stricter smartphone policy that would impact students statewide.

Jul 02, 2026

The district trustees voted 4-0 on Monday to retain Valerie Pitts on a contract basis through the Marin County Office of Education. Pitts was the superintendent at the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District for about 12 years before retiring in 2017.

Jul 01, 2026

The Ventura County Board of Education plans to talk at its next meeting about putting a measure on the November ballot that would change the county superintendent from an elected job to appointed, starting in 2030.

Jul 01, 2026

San Luis Coastal Unified School District parents Jenn Smith, Vanessa Salas and Katie Pozzi launched a Change.org petition on June 16, urging school district administrators to place stricter limits on screen time.

Jul 01, 2026

The San Francisco Unified School District narrowly approved a budget last week that district leaders say will improve its outlook and standing in the eyes of the state of California.

Jul 01, 2026

For the second year in a row, the issue of transgender student-athletes competing in the state track and field championships came directly to Clovis — and the leading candidate in the State Superintendent of Public Instruction race was there pledging to take a stand.

Jul 01, 2026

A Heritage High School educator has filed a lawsuit against the local school district and the city, blaming both entities for serious injuries she sustained when she fell on an allegedly loose red carpet during a 2025 staff gala.

Jul 01, 2026

The just-approved state budget strips authority from the elected state superintendent of public instruction, transferring power in January to an appointee of the governor, dramatically changing the oversight and management of a public school system serving more than 6 million students from preschool through 12th grade.

Jul 01, 2026

The ruling by the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday that permits states to place competition restrictions on transgender athletes isn’t expected to have an immediate impact on high school sports in California.

Jul 01, 2026

When California students return after the summer break, their schools must have at least one gender-neutral bathroom and cellphone policies that limit their use during school hours.

Jul 01, 2026

In his eighth and final budget, the tax gods continued to smile upon Gov. Gavin Newsom, enabling him to cement funding for signature programs he started while salving grumbling districts that are wincing over the financial impacts of declining enrollment.

Jun 30, 2026

A plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom to strip the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of much of its power and fold it into the executive branch moved one step closer on Monday to becoming reality.

Jun 30, 2026

California librarians were stunned when a last-minute budget change stripped K-12 schools of a trove of research materials, potentially leaving thousands of students without resources to do reports, projects or homework assignments.

Jun 30, 2026

Gregori High School shut down drinking fountains and started providing water bottles to students after lead was found in bathroom sink faucets in early June.

Jun 30, 2026

A school supervision and liability expert states in new court papers that the Los Angeles Unified School District failed to protect a woman who says she was sexually molested by a biology teacher at an East LA high school more than a decade ago.

Jun 30, 2026

Each month, about 20 Los Angeles Unified students gather on Zoom to discuss some of the district’s toughest issues — from school finance to mental health — and give recommendations to help shape policy.

Jun 29, 2026

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education voted Thursday, June 25, 2026, to consider proposals and enter negotiations to develop property at the former Linda Vista Elementary School site amid a chorus of concern to save the site’s park space.

Jun 29, 2026

The Ventura County Office of Education spent nearly $700,000 in the last three years on tens of thousands of pens, pencils, tumblers, tote bags, picnic blankets, umbrellas, notebooks and other branded items, according to purchasing records recently released by the office.

Jun 29, 2026

California lawmakers are hoping to significantly boost funding over the next few years for a program aimed at supporting students and their families who are new to the U.S.

Jun 29, 2026

Before L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho resigned, the Board of Education warned him in a confidential letter that it had potential grounds to dismiss him, citing several allegations, including that he allowed a district contractor currently under federal investigation to pay for his travel to Washington, D.C.

Jun 29, 2026

Saturday’s Fourth of July holiday marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and while California wouldn’t become a state until 1850, the signers of the nation’s founding document have dozens of schools across the state named in their honor.

Jun 29, 2026

Despite six years of state investments to improve literacy instruction, California ranks among the bottom dozen states in preparing future educators to teach reading, according to a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Jun 29, 2026

The next state superintendent of public instruction won’t be managing the California Department of Education anymore. The department’s control will shift in January to a new director of education, who will report to the governor.

Jun 26, 2026

When Los Angeles Unified board members elevated Andrés Chait to superintendent without launching a national search, they chose the leader already running the district, a decision that reflected a preference for continuity as LAUSD navigates financial pressures and months of leadership uncertainty.

Jun 26, 2026

Over the past three years, VCOE spent between 5% and 7% of its materials and supplies budget on the branded giveaway items. In each year, the office spent more on swag than it did on textbooks.

Jun 26, 2026

Leaders of the city’s public schools have approved a new $1.2 billion budget with a surprising revenue surplus, despite earlier warnings by Alameda County’s top education official that the district’s finances are more precarious than they appear.

Jun 26, 2026

A South Bay school district is pondering the possible purchase of a long-empty San Jose residential tower to create a place where hundreds of the educational system’s workers could live.

Jun 26, 2026

Just three days after Alberto Carvalho resigned, the Los Angeles Unified school board avoided a lengthy national search and, instead, turned to a familiar face in longtime district administrator Andrés Chait.

Jun 25, 2026

The Vallejo City Unified School District’s largest employee union filed a lawsuit against the district for allegedly violating a state open meeting law by rejecting a union agreement in a private meeting.

Jun 25, 2026

Latest testing results show that 70% of Fresno Unified’s kindergarteners — 3,074 students out of 4,364 — have achieved mastery in foundational literacy skills measured by a grade-level assessment, exceeding the 62.5% target the district set for June 2026.

Jun 25, 2026

San Diego Unified became the latest school district to place greater restrictions on screens in classrooms, as screens and educational technology have faced mounting scrutiny across the country.

Jun 25, 2026

In a twist to the ongoing dysfunction within the Oakland school district, the superintendent’s chief of staff, a former city councilwoman, mysteriously stopped showing up for work several weeks ago and on Wednesday morning submitted her resignation after six months on the job.

Jun 25, 2026

The Sylvan Union School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to put a $70 million bond measure on the Nov. 3 ballot. The last time the district passed a bond measure was 20 years ago for $40 million.

Jun 25, 2026

The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban classroom screen time before second grade and has enacted limited use for older students, under a pioneering policy approved Tuesday by the school board that reflects growing backlash from parents and educators who are concerned about an over-reliance on computers and technology in K-12 learning.

Jun 25, 2026

Andrés Chait has been named superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District three days after the resignation of Alberto Carvalho in a lightning-speed transition that elevates a well-liked insider to the top of the nation’s second-largest school system.

Jun 25, 2026

Before Michaella Huck graduated from high school in 2018, she struggled with depression and anxiety and didn’t know where to get help. She’d hear stories of students who died on “suicide hill” in her Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro.

Jun 24, 2026

Kern High School District teachers now have access to a free ChapGPT account made to help educators, thanks to an agreement with the chatbot’s creator, OpenAI.

Jun 24, 2026

The Modesto City Schools Board of Education approved the second reading of a bylaw allowing a 292% increase in trustees’ monthly stipend, from $765 to $3,000.

Jun 24, 2026

Attorneys for a woman who alleged she was sexually abused as a minor special needs student by a Los Angeles Unified teacher’s assistant are asking a judge to approve a $300,000 settlement on the plaintiff’s behalf with the district.

Jun 24, 2026

Two days after the resignation of Supt. Alberto Carvalho, the Los Angeles school board unanimously approved a $20.6 billion budget that includes more than 1,000 layoffs and a four-year strategic plan with precise goals for student achievement.

Jun 24, 2026

The Sunnyvale School District, which serves nearly 6,000 students, was sued Monday by two Christian parents who claim the district failed to allow them to opt their elementary-age children out of LGBTQ+ instruction they say conflicts with their faith.

Jun 24, 2026

Graduating high school students in California have set a record for the most completed financial aid applications, according to the California Student Aid Commission.

Jun 24, 2026

California has invested heavily in career technical education, earmarking $300 million annually since 2021 to help schools prepare students for jobs in fields such as healthcare, public safety and engineering.

Jun 24, 2026

The fate of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to shift control of the California Department of Education from the state superintendent of public instruction to a new education commissioner answering to future governors and the State Board of Education will become clearer within the next week.

Jun 23, 2026

Former Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigned Sunday, amid an ongoing federal and FBI investigation into a controversial multimillion dollar contract awarded to a failed education technology company.

Jun 23, 2026

The criminal case against Cheryl Griffiths, the former superintendent of Sonora Elementary School District, is expected to be dismissed later this year after she completes 25 hours of community service and pays a $100 fine.

Jun 23, 2026

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees directed staff members to further explore two options at its meeting on Thursday, June 18, as it considers revising flag practices on campuses.

Jun 23, 2026

Clovis Unified plans to issue a bond in 2028 that would pay for the construction of new school facilities to accommodate the growing student population, including construction of a 37th elementary school at a location yet to be selected.

Jun 23, 2026

Alberto Carvalho’s resignation as superintendent closes a turbulent chapter for Los Angeles Unified schools, but it does not necessarily mean the nation’s second-largest school district is about to change course.

Jun 23, 2026

Schools in California are more divided between rich and poor than in 40 other states in the country, according to a new report. That segregation is occurring both between school districts and within them. Nationally, it’s worse than it was three decades ago.

Jun 23, 2026

California’s effort to shield the decisions of transgender students in public schools from the eyes of prying parents remains on hold this week after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found a state law designed to protect them was likely unconstitutional.

Jun 23, 2026

At first glance, the preschool classroom in Paso Robles looks like any other: young students sing “Wheels on the Bus,” listen to stories and learn colors and shapes through play.

Jun 23, 2026

With Alberto Carvalho’s resignation now official, Los Angeles Unified faces a new challenge: finding a superintendent to lead the nation’s second-largest school district through mounting budget deficits, declining enrollment and political uncertainty.

Jun 22, 2026

Hundreds of students feel unsafe and have engaged in fights in Santa Barbara County public schools, according to a new report issued by the Santa Barbara County Civil Grand Jury.

Jun 22, 2026

Black students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District say racial slurs have recently increased in use across campuses.

Jun 22, 2026

Advocates for Novato schools say the apparent failure of Measure G, the parcel tax on the June 2 ballot, has not ended their quest for more financial support.

Jun 22, 2026

After years of planning, a major renovation project is underway at Mill Valley Middle School.

Jun 22, 2026

A policy revision by San Rafael City Schools means teachers who have an interdistrict transfer request approved for their children will not have to apply for a renewal every year.

Jun 22, 2026

Accusations of inappropriate comments, a discriminatory and hostile environment, falsifying records and Brown Act infringements led the Oroville City Elementary School District to approve a notice of violation to STREAM Charter School on Wednesday.

Jun 22, 2026

The day before Sonja Shaw came in first place in the June 2 primary race for state superintendent of public instruction, a national political group debuted a website that accuses the conservative Chino Valley school board — which Shaw presides over as president — of being extremist and authoritarian.

Jun 22, 2026

While Johnny Alvarado was running for the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, he was being investigated by Parlier Unified over allegations he used district resources for his campaign, The Bee has learned.

Jun 22, 2026

Sacramento City Unified School District is considering asking voters to approve a parcel tax, as district officials search for new local revenue to support student programs and services amid an unprecedented budget crisis.

Jun 22, 2026

A lawsuit alleges that a nonverbal 13-year-old student with autism was locked in a Menifee school restroom for 5 1/2 hours, mocked and denied food.

Jun 22, 2026

For three generations, members of the Palomino family have lived just yards from Rosita Elementary, a school they helped desegregate; and in a recent decision by the Garden Grove Unified School District, the school will now bear the names of the Palomino family’s ancestors.

Jun 22, 2026

The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School Board on Tuesday finalized a three-year contract for a new superintendent after the abrupt departure of former Superintendent Torie Gibson earlier this year.

Jun 22, 2026

California’s public schools have been shrinking for nearly a decade, and new research suggests the decline is in large part fueled by a drop in the number of multilingual students in the state’s schools — but the Bay Area appears to be an exception.

Jun 22, 2026

Los Angeles Unified schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho, who has been under FBI investigation for four months, resigned Sunday night as leader of the nation’s second-largest school system, bringing a breathtaking end to one of the district’s most consequential and high-profile tenures.

Jun 18, 2026

Araceli Peñate’s daughter first scored a 4 on the English Language Proficiency Assessment of California while in sixth grade, meaning her English was “well developed” by state standards.

Jun 18, 2026

Attorneys representing the family of Daniel Padilla Jr., the 14-year-old who died after collapsing at Fresno High earlier this year, are accusing the district of not properly responding to a records request regarding emergency response procedures.

Jun 18, 2026

At Pinedale Elementary in Fresno, there’s almost no classroom aides, after-school tutors or behavioral counselors. Literacy activities and parent workshops are scarce. Field trips? Almost non-existent.

Jun 17, 2026

Fresno Unified School District replaced the mascots at three schools to comply with new state laws that restrict the use of Native American-related mascots, team names, and nicknames in California public schools.

Jun 17, 2026

Twin Rivers Unified School District is expected to approve a new superintendent on June 23, as the district looks to address fiscal oversight concerns involving Highlands Community Charter and the district’s historic enrollment decline.

Jun 17, 2026

San Francisco won’t be joining the growing list of California school districts banning student cell phone use on campuses, at least not yet.

Jun 17, 2026

The Modesto City Schools Board of Trustees approved the first reading of a new bylaw compensating trustees with a $3,000 monthly stipend. Previously, the allotted monthly stipend was $765.

Jun 17, 2026

In a dramatic turn, a county board has rejected an effort by the Los Angeles Unified School District to retake control of Locke High charter school in Watts, allowing an outside nonprofit to continue to run the campus based on the “best interest” of students.

Jun 17, 2026

When one of Yolanda Thomas’ 4-year-old students left her family daycare for California’s transitional kindergarten program, she lost more than a child in her classroom. She also now had an open space that she would need to figure out how to fill.

Jun 16, 2026

Following outcry from parents, the Santa Barbara Unified School District has officially banned YouTube at junior highs and high schools.

Jun 16, 2026

The Lucia Mar school board rejected an effort to ban a prize-winning author’s book from the Arroyo Grande High School library at a meeting on Thursday.

Jun 16, 2026

The criminal case against Cheryl Griffiths, the former superintendent of Sonora Elementary School District, is expected to be dismissed later this year after she completes 25 hours of community service and pays a $100 fine.

Jun 16, 2026

On Tuesday, the fate of a groundbreaking school reform effort will go before the Los Angeles County Board of Education and the decision of whether to shut down the Locke High charter school in Watts will hinge on two different interpretations of academic progress.

Jun 16, 2026

When Pecolia Manigo’s eldest daughter lost out on a $20,000 scholarship after a breakdown over a grade dispute, Manigo heard more than one family’s frustration with a school system.

Jun 16, 2026

Two children at a Redlands elementary school faced racial harassment, discrimination and teasing for months, resulting in them being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, their mother alleged in a lawsuit filed against the school district.

Jun 16, 2026

Marking the start of two weeks of intensive negotiations, the Legislature passed a state budget Monday with higher revenue projections than those proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, providing several billion dollars in additional spending for TK-12 and community colleges in 2026-27.

Jun 15, 2026

Ellwood School just became the latest from Goleta Union to go solar.

Jun 15, 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 15, 2026

Again and again, the world’s leading social media companies have targeted students, even as complaints have mounted that they are hurting teenagers’ mental health and academic performance, according to a New York Times review of internal documents that lay bare for the first time these tactics to hook young users.

Jun 15, 2026

Two Santa Paula Unified School District students were expelled for taking photos and creating sexually-explicit images of female classmates using artificial intelligence.

Jun 15, 2026

The mother of two Redlands Unified students alleges in a lawsuit that district officials failed to protect her sons from months of racial harassment despite repeated complaints, substantiated investigations and community concerns about racism in district schools.

Jun 15, 2026

Successes and challenges went hand in hand during her first year as Modesto City Schools superintendent, Vanessa Buitrago told The Bee during a broad-ranging interview.

Jun 15, 2026

As California seeks to leave fewer financial aid dollars on the table for high school graduates, schools in San Diego County are combining persistence with persuasion to get more students to apply for aid.

Jun 15, 2026

A superintendent from a tiny school district in Kern County, working with only a dozen volunteers over three months, garnered at least 670,000 votes in her bid for California superintendent of public instruction, despite taking no campaign contributions.

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.

Jun 11, 2026

The building’s owner and employer of the hostages, Kern County Superintendent of Schools, has declined to comment on the five people who successfully remained hidden not far from Searles-Harris on the second floor.

Jun 11, 2026

The San Luis Coastal Unified School District recently listed the property for sale, with an appraised value of $6 million, according to the Los Osos Community Services District.

Jun 11, 2026

According to Feeding America, an estimated one in five children in the country face uncertainty about where their next meal will come from. The summer months can be especially challenging as students lose access to the free and reduced meals they receive during the school year, organizers said.

Jun 11, 2026

Three minutes later, another student walked off the bus, a 5-year-old girl. She was in tears. The driver hadn’t known she was there and had left her on the bus, with the key in the ignition, according to a letter of reprimand filed months later against the driver by the Rio School District.

Jun 11, 2026

As neighbors ramp up their criticism of a Petaluma City Schools plan to cut multiple trees in Cherry Valley Park, the district has posted a detailed response intended to give a “clear and complete picture” of the project.

Jun 11, 2026

The contract calls for a 3% increase in salaries, effective July 1, for the 26 members of the Sausalito District Teachers Association. Other details include a one-time payment of $1,500 for each union member and increases in some stipends and extra duty work.

Jun 11, 2026

A state audit found that the Riverside school district’s use of bond money to build new schools — including a once-planned STEM academy — was legal but its communication to the public lacked transparency, which “contributed to community concern.”

Jun 11, 2026

A major education experiment lasting a generation is on the brink of a controversial ending as Los Angeles school district officials intend to shut down Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy and take back the Watts campus from its private operators.

Jun 11, 2026

A bizarre act of vandalism at a California high school has left students, teachers, and police searching for answers. Nearly 200 doors across campus at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego were glued shut last month during finals week.

Jun 11, 2026

Republicans unleashed attacks on what they characterized as radical gender and anti-parent approaches in school districts during a highly charged, partisan-divided congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Jun 10, 2026

After serving Oxnard Union High School District as superintendent for the past six years, Tom McCoy will begin a new role as superintendent of Burbank Unified School District next month.

Jun 10, 2026

The outlook was less rosy for the Novato Unified School District, where the Measure G parcel tax had a 62.9% approval vote on Monday. While that marked an increase from 61.7% last week, the measure remains well short of the two-thirds threshold to pass.

Jun 10, 2026

A district-commissioned investigation concluded that Placer Union High School District Trustee tom Duncan overstepped governance boundaries in matters involving the Del Oro High School girls basketball program, but officials have declined to say exactly what he did.

Jun 10, 2026

A former Sacramento City Unified kindergarten teacher has filed a lawsuit against the district, alleging she was racially discriminated against, denied disability accommodations and later wrongfully terminated.

Jun 10, 2026

The immediate future of Pasadena Unified School District athletics after a year of cutbacks headlines the Board of Education’s Thursday, June 11, special meeting.

Jun 10, 2026

Four California school districts are under federal “compliance review” of policies and instructional materials related to gender identity and sexual orientation, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Jun 10, 2026

A mother with two daughters, a father with two sons, both board presidents of high-performing school districts — at first glance, Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera seem to have a lot in common.

Jun 09, 2026

Santa Rosa City Schools, along with a current employee and a former one, are being sued by a Piner High School graduate who says a wrestling coach groomed her while she was a minor and staff failed to report sexual activity as required by law.

Jun 09, 2026

As a former Fresno Unified football coach’s defamation case against the district and a trustee resumes, new court documents reveal a text message in which Don Arax used derogatory language to describe the woman he is suing.

Jun 09, 2026

Frustration mounted Thursday evening as Sacramento City Unified School District trustees questioned district staff about the reliability of its shifting budget numbers.

Jun 09, 2026

Sacramento City Unified School District staff recommended that St. Hope Public Schools and Sol Aureus College Preparatory remain under corrective-action monitoring, with Sol Aureus receiving a formal notice to correct by Sept. 15.

Jun 09, 2026

Following a public survey to collect community input for the new name of Cesar Chavez Junior High, the Ceres Unified School District has narrowed the list of new names to Louie Arrollo Junior High School, José M. Hernández Junior High School and Eastgate Junior High School.

Jun 08, 2026

The district has previously said Gantner Elementary will have a capacity of 650 students in a TK-6 configuration and up to 850 students if expanded to serve TK-8. Class sizes are expected to average about 24 students in preschool through third grade and 30 students in grades four through six.

Jun 08, 2026

Mill Valley School District Superintendent Elizabeth Kaufman told members of the City Council that the district has successfully coordinated with nine state and local environmental agencies to provide oversight on the $95 million renovation project.

Jun 08, 2026

Redlands Unified School District has substantially complied with nearly all the requirements of a court-ordered judgment aimed at improving its response to sexual misconduct complaints, according to the California Attorney General’s Office.

Jun 08, 2026

Three years after Grossmont Union High School District ended its work with a mental health services provider over the organization’s support of LGBTQ+ youths, a new report by a watchdog group says the decision was at odds with district plans and was harmful to students.

Jun 08, 2026

An experiment involving preschool children is unfolding in South Los Angeles, one that aims to solve a persistent problem in the region’s stressed day-care industry: the lack of workers.

Jun 08, 2026

The November race for California’s highest-profile K-12 education job is coming down to the leaders of two school boards — San Diego and Chino Valley — who are essentially political opposites.

Jun 08, 2026

On a recent Friday morning, Fresno Unified high school students learned about the rise and fall of major companies in the stock market — from Walmart’s longevity to Apple’s surge past oil companies and Amazon’s emergence as a $1 trillion company.

Jun 05, 2026

Steele Lane Elementary School students zipped up their backpacks Thursday for the last time at the 76-year-old campus, which is closing as part of Santa Rosa City Schools’ budget-driven restructuring.

Jun 05, 2026

Clara Adams, a championship high school track athlete originally from Salinas who rose to national attention last year after being stripped of her gold medal at the state finals for spritzing her shoes with a fire extinguisher to celebrate her win, has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the California Interscholastic Federation.

Jun 05, 2026

Central Marin police arrested a school cafeteria worker on allegations he had sex with a student. Courtney Goode, superintendent of the Tamalpais Union High School District, announced the arrest Thursday afternoon.

Jun 05, 2026

The removal of the progressive pride flag at Sonoma Valley High School in January triggered immediate outrage by many students, teachers, staff and community members, resulting in its quick restoration.

Jun 05, 2026

“Generally speaking, school district governing boards have authority to take actions that do not conflict with state or federal law or the broad purposes of public education. As a general matter, school districts can decide what flags the district and its schools will fly.”

Jun 05, 2026

Fresno Unified School District plans to make the largest budget cut in recent history for the 2026-27 fiscal year, amounting to $39.8 million and a cut of about 450 positions.

Jun 05, 2026

Responding to revelations that sparked a national reassessment of Cesar Chavez’s legacy, the Davis Joint Unified School District board voted Thursday to rename Cesar Chavez Elementary School.

Jun 05, 2026

For the third time in as many years, Sonoma County’s largest school district has named a new superintendent, this time choosing a career educator and administrator with more than 20 years of experience in the Oakland school district.

Jun 04, 2026

While the situation played out in a building owned and partly occupied by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, and employees of the agency were held hostage, Blakemore said it does not appear Searles-Harris was targeting KCSOS.

Jun 04, 2026

A shining night for Sem Yeto High seniors took a tragic turn Wednesday with a deadly shooting at Fairfield High School. One person was killed, and three others were injured in the shooting, which took place in the Schafer Stadium parking lot about an hour after the graduation ceremony began.

Jun 04, 2026

In Wednesday morning’s report from the County of Monterey Elections Department, Burns had 57% of the 42,894 votes counted, with all precincts reported, in the race for the Monterey County Superintendent of Schools. Ralph Porras, the deputy superintendent, was 14 percentage points behind.

Jun 04, 2026

The Paso Robles school district announced on Saturday that, after receiving complaints from the community, it was reviewing how the photos displaying profanity were allowed to be published in the school yearbook.

Jun 04, 2026

Despite indications the time was right for voters to approve a Novato Unified School District parcel tax increase, Measure G appears to be going down in flames. The measure, which proposed a supplemental tax of $249 per parcel annually for eight years — with no annual increase — was seen by many observers and supporters as a moderate request.

Jun 04, 2026

The San Francisco Unified School District and the San Francisco County Office of Education will expand special education services in the next academic year with a new program serving students in the fifth through 12th grades who have extensive support needs.

Jun 04, 2026

Oceanside Unified has decided to change the name of Cesar Chavez Middle School to Senda Middle School, months after the late labor leader for whom it was named was accused of sexual abuse.

Jun 03, 2026

Dan Burns, the former Superintendent for the Salinas Union High School District, the largest in Monterey County, has held onto his significant lead over challenger Monterey County Superintendent Ralph Porras in the contest to become the next Monterey County Superintendent of Schools.

Jun 03, 2026

In the Ventura County Superintendent of Schools race, school board member Karen Sher took an early lead in the June 2 primary, earning significantly more votes than incumbent César Morales. In early results released as of before 2 a.m. on June 3, Sher had 39.47%, or 45,845 of the votes counted so far, while educator Maggie Marschner had 33.57%, or 38,993 of the votes. Morales had 26.96%, or 31,315, of the votes.

Jun 03, 2026

With all precincts reporting, 3.411, or 70.37%, of voters backed Measure E, which would set an annual parcel tax of $1,754. The measure, which would raise $14.9 million and has a 5% annual escalator, requires two-thirds or 67.7% support to pass.

Jun 03, 2026

Measure H is the district’s second attempt for a parcel tax renewal and increase after the first try in May 2025 failed to win two-thirds approval. Graff said a “big part” of the apparent change in dynamics so far from last year’s race could be the switch from a per-square-foot parcel tax last year back to the standard flat-rate parcel tax system.

Jun 03, 2026

The tax would generate $5.9 million a year to maintain core academic programs such as math, science, reading and writing. It also would go toward attracting and retaining exceptional teachers and preventing class size increases, said Raquel Rose, the district superintendent.

Jun 03, 2026

Measure I, a $12.5 million bond measure in the Sausalito Marin City School District, was heading toward passage in preliminary returns on election night. With all precincts reporting, the measure had 775 yes votes, or 65.79% approval, compared to 403 no votes, or 34.21%.

Jun 03, 2026

Early returns in California’s primary election showed California Republican Party-endorsed Sonja Shaw and California Teachers Association-endorsed Richard Barrera leading the race to make it onto the November general election ballot for the position of state superintendent of schools.

Jun 03, 2026

Early returns Tuesday night showed a majority of the more than $688 million in school bonds and tax measures on Bay Area ballots trailing the threshold needed to pass.

Jun 02, 2026

The school closure is one of six over the span of two years in the Santa Rosa City School District and is part of a sweeping slate of cuts, closures and reconfigurations happening as district officials contend with the greatest financial crisis in the district’s more than 100-year history.

Jun 02, 2026

A San Rafael High School teacher accused of a relationship with a minor pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge. Kevin Eric Allen, 35, of San Rafael entered the plea on Friday to a misdemeanor count of annoying or molesting a child under age 18.

Jun 02, 2026

The SLO County Behavioral Health Department’s “Pathways to Student Wellness” grant initiative will disperse $300,000 to help SLO County high schools expand their on-campus wellness centers, according to a Monday news release.

Jun 02, 2026

When it comes to campaign finance filings by candidates for the state superintendent of public instruction, the big movement in recent weeks has been in independent expenditures.

Jun 02, 2026

California’s next governor will inherit school district budget shortfalls, declining school enrollment and pressure to preserve education programs championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Jun 01, 2026

Don Arax, the former Bullard High School football coach, filed a lawsuit against the district and Trustee Keshia Thomas in 2022, alleging Thomas defamed him in an interview. During an interview on the GV Wire “Unfiltered” program, Thomas said the coach used the N-word against her son at a practice.

Jun 01, 2026

A teen girl who was repeatedly stabbed in class at San Ysidro High School last year is suing the school district and her ex-boyfriend — a fellow student who she accuses of stabbing her— and reveals new details of the attack, including that the assailant’s face was apparently wrapped in bandages.

Jun 01, 2026

With the school year ending, the Pasadena Unified School District is embarking on a major toxic-soil-removal project over the summer, which will include removing nearly 200 trees, district officials announced Friday.

Jun 01, 2026

Lillian Ansari’s daughter, Atrina, endured two years of hourslong commutes from Oakland to Marin to attend her nonpublic school.

Increasingly organized groups of parents advocating for an immediate return to class are emerging as a potent political counterweight to teachers unions.

The teachers union in Sacramento City Unified School District released its framework for reopening for in-person learning on Tuesday, and the plan prioritizes offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all of its 4,500 district employees.

Experts have found that remote instruction falls far short of classroom learning. But surveys have shown that a majority of Black and Latino parents in Los Angeles are still hesitant about sending their children back into schools.

Some teachers are reluctant to return to classroom settings as Orange County students resume at least some in-person learning. So substitute teachers might be in demand more than ever before.

Santa Clara County schools have the green light starting Wednesday to usher in a phased return to real face-to-face lessons. But the vast majority are opting instead to stay the course through the rest of the semester.

At Lucerne Valley Elementary in Southern California’s high desert, hundreds of students have returned to in-person learning and a dramatically different school day.

Pleasanton is the latest city to take a hard look at the role of police in the community and schools — and how to respond to mental health calls. The city agreed to revise its police use of force policies and possibly remove school resource officers.

Rescue Union School District, home to 3,700 students at its five elementary schools and two middle schools, is able to open since the county has remained off of the state’s monitoring list and complied with the long list of requirements to reopen.

Masks will be required at every level. In elementary schools, half of students will end their day at lunchtime, before the other half arrives. Middle and high school kids will trade off and spend two days a week on campus.

At the June 23 Oceanside Unified School Board meeting, Trustee Mike Blessing asked staff to present an option for “100 percent return” in the fall, District Communications Director Matthew Jennings said.