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Dec 03, 2025
A Stockton Unified School District student was among the victims killed in a mass shooting Nov. 29, district officials said in a letter sent to families.
Dec 03, 2025
The figure fell from 30,077 students last year to 29,524. John Carroll, the county superintendent of schools, said the dip was part of the regular ebb and flow of student populations.
Dec 03, 2025
The new building consists of four large, interconnected classrooms and replaces a structure that principal Davis Nelson said predated the entire campus.
Dec 03, 2025
As West Contra Costa County educators prepare to begin striking Thursday, district leadership have reacted with a mix of concern for students and support for staff. Picket lines will begin forming outside all West Contra Costa Unified School District campuses Thursday.
Dec 03, 2025
During the first four years of California’s new transitional kindergarten program, 167 community-based preschools in Los Angeles County shut down, unable to financially survive amid enrollment drops or pivot to more costly infant and toddler care, according to new U.C. Berkeley research.
Dec 03, 2025
Grossmont Union High School District will pay a former administrator more than $700,000 — and her lawyers nearly $500,000 — to settle her lawsuit alleging she was demoted and effectively fired because she is a lesbian.
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