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Aug 15, 2025
The case of the highly contagious, airborne disease involves McKevett Elementary Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, Ventura County public health officials said Aug. 14.
Aug 15, 2025
The board OK’d an updated safe haven policy, but it was not enough for immigrant parents who sought stronger protections.
Aug 15, 2025
About 28,000 square feet of vacant land in Larkspur will be transformed into gardens through a $300,000 state grant awarded to a second-grade teacher. The grant for Dana Swisher, an elementary school teacher in the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, was announced Thursday at Hall Middle School.
Aug 15, 2025
An Elk Grove high school student tested positive for active tuberculosis, according to a Thursday news release from Sacramento County health officials and Elk Grove Unified School District.
Aug 15, 2025
A proposed Mandarin immersion K-8 charter school was dealt a major blow this week after San Francisco Unified School District staff criticized the parent-led plan and recommended the school board reject it.
Aug 15, 2025
The wildfires in early January disrupted education for more than 725,000 students and destroyed or damaged at least a dozen schools. Several school districts, including Alhambra Unified, Pasadena Unified, San Marino Unified and Glendale Unified, closed within the first few days of the fires.
Aug 15, 2025
Four days after a 15-year-old with a disability was mistakenly detained and handcuffed by immigration agents outside of Arleta High School, the first day of the new school year in the Los Angeles Unified School District seemed normal.
Aug 15, 2025
The first day of school in Los Angeles unfolded as no other — with safety zones set up around campuses to protect students and their immigrant families from agents of the federal government.
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