Education Headlines

• No change in Frontier High teacher’s administrative leave, credential status

  The Kern High School District said Salazar is still on paid administrative leave after in January students discovered pornographic online videos she was featured in, according to multiple sources.

  February 15, 2019

• Salinas City Elementary is third district to reject school resource officers, why?

  A third Salinas school district rejected the controversial proposal to have school resource officers on campuses during a packed school board meeting Monday night.

  February 15, 2019

• Sausalito-Marin City school board to unveil vision for Bayside MLK

  Amid protests, debate and threats of litigation, the Sausalito Marin City School District on Thursday will unveil a far-reaching “vision plan” for its Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City.

  February 15, 2019

• Staff shortage forces special needs students in Fresno Unified to get speech lessons by video

  Brian Beck, FUSD assistant superintendent for special education, said the first and best option would be to have district speech language pathologists and assistants in the classroom with students, but staffing shortages have made that impossible.

  February 15, 2019

• Expert for California school’s legal team says 12-year-old special needs student was willing participant in sexual abuse

  Lawyers for an Ontario-Montclair School District special education student who was sexually assaulted by a teacher’s aide are pushing back against an expert witness who says the then-12-year-old boy was a willing participant.

  February 15, 2019

• Second lawsuit alleges school district played down sex assaults of students by San Jose music teacher

  A second lawsuit was filed Wednesday against a South San Jose school district, alleging administrators initially downplayed sexual misconduct by a music teacher at Dartmouth Middle School, who was later charged with sexually assaulting two female students at the school.

  February 15, 2019