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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.
Oct 16, 2025
Despite the fact that most schools haven’t surpassed their pre-COVID scores, SLO County is still out-performing statewide results.
Oct 16, 2025
After confusion and outrage over the future of a playing field in Marin City, school trustees have halted discussion about field use through the end of the year.
Oct 16, 2025
The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to fill the Trustee Area 5 seat by provisional appointment.
Oct 16, 2025
More than 100 teachers, aides and parents of special needs students in the district packed a board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 15, in Whittier.
Oct 16, 2025
The one-minute drill, which is designed to simulate the response to a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake on the southern San Andreas fault, was developed to teach people what to do when a large temblor strikes and ways to prepare for such a disaster.
Oct 16, 2025
A U.S. federal court judge has shut down a move by the Chino Valley school board to allow prayer at its board meetings.
Oct 16, 2025
The change trustees approved Tuesday evening is a scaled-back plan from the district, after community members voiced concerns at a September board meeting.
Oct 16, 2025
A divided Los Angeles school board has voted to shut down a popular charter school to make more space for its own program on the same Echo Park campus, pushing the boundaries of state law and school district authority over charters.
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