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Oct 16, 2026
The Chico Unified School District board has yet to vote on a $2.5 million proposal aimed at implementing police officers on high school campuses. On Wednesday, the board held a special meeting to hear from community members and the Chico Police Department to gauge public interest and clarify concerns consequent from the previous Sept. 23 board meeting.
Oct 16, 2026
At the district board meeting on Tuesday, a group of parents called on Cynthia Roenisch, the board president, to step down. They faulted her for failing to publicly censure or discipline former trustee Kevin Saavedra for his conduct toward Ina Gotlieb, a resident with a child in the district.
Oct 16, 2026
Every morning right before 9 a.m., Jim Rifle calls about 300 students at Earl Warren Elementary to line up for the classroom. After 29 years at the school, the instructional aide still fills in wherever he’s needed from tech support and one-on-one student learning to yard duty.
Oct 16, 2026
A civil lawsuit alleging an Orange County Board of Education trustee attacked a 20-year-old driver, throwing him to the ground and choking him, has been dismissed after the driver’s lawyers moved to drop the case.
Oct 16, 2026
The California Department of Education this week released the annual California School Dashboard, the state’s multidimensional, multicolored look at student, school and district achievement.
Oct 16, 2026
California schools spent the vast majority of their roughly $1 billion allocation in Proposition 28 funds for the 2023-2024 school year on hiring new visual arts, music, dance and theater teachers and expanding arts programs, according to data obtained by EdSource.
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