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FCMAT provides links to California TK-12 news stories as a service to the industry. Some stories may require a newspaper subscription.

Sep 15, 2025

Thompson Middle School, 24040 Hayes Ave., and nearby Murrieta Canyon Academy will be closed, and no school or district services will be available, the district said in a message to families.

Sep 15, 2025

The project, which is partially funded by the Community Schools Grant, came about after upgrades to Hamilton Elementary’s fields left extra space on the south side of the campus.

Sep 15, 2025

Student use of artificial intelligence has become so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

Sep 15, 2025

After hearing impassioned pleas from teachers, parents and other community members at Thursday night’s meeting, most of the members of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees said they now do not support a tentative plan to close Prestwood Elementary School at the end of the 2025-26 school year.

Sep 15, 2025

After five years of planning and two contentious bond campaigns, the Tamalpais Union High School District will break ground on its first major project from a $289 million Measure B bond approved by voters last fall.

Sep 15, 2025

Parents in the Mill Valley School District reacted with anger, disgust and disbelief this week to a draft environmental impact report that listed two “viable” site alternatives for a new middle school.

Sep 15, 2025

The Wellness Hub is among the mental health programs at Marin County schools that are affected by the U.S. Department of Education’s cancellation of $14.5 million in federal grants this year.

Sep 15, 2025

A Sept. 2 letter to San Juan Unified School District Trustee Nick Bloise shows that the board member engaged in “inappropriate and excessive” personal disclosures during school site visits, including references to past romantic relationships, parenting aspirations and personal identity, which made school staff uncomfortable.

Sep 15, 2025

Nearly a third of the juniors in the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District felt “so sad or hopeless” last year that it hindered their normal activities. Fourteen percent said they had seriously considered suicide.

Sep 15, 2025

A bill to reduce antisemitism in California’s classrooms by creating a new, statewide Office of Civil Rights is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after a 35-0 vote by the state Senate late Friday, the last day of the legislative session.

Sep 15, 2025

One bill aims to raise lagging reading skills among California children by mandating how schools teach this critical subject. Another seeks to overhaul cafeteria meals by eliminating highly processed foods. A third aims to protect students from being derailed by discrimination.

Sep 15, 2025

Lawmakers waited until the final hours of the final day of the legislative session to resolve two of the most contentious TK-12 education issues: confronting rising antisemitism in schools and clamping down on charter school fraud.

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