Performing Arts Center to break ground at Monte Bella Elementary
Tue, 05 May 2026
District administrators, including Abbasi, Superintendent Monica Anzo and former Superintendent Jim Koenig first presented the idea to the Board of Trustees in June 2023. The project is estimated to cost approximately $8 million, utilizing money from the District’s general funds, construction funds and a music and arts block grant.
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EdSource: California’s education funding level rises compared to other states
Tue, 05 May 2026
It may come as a surprise to Californians who know the state has consistently ranked low in how much it spends on students compared to other states: California’s ranking has soared to the 13th-highest in the nation for how much it funds education per student.
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Charges dismissed against San Ysidro teaching assistant accused of molesting student
Mon, 04 May 2026
Criminal charges filed against a teaching assistant at Sunset Elementary School accused of molesting a 4-year-old girl on the campus were dismissed Thursday due to insufficient evidence, officials said.
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Milpitas school district breaks ground on last phase of Innovation Campus
Mon, 04 May 2026
Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) last month celebrated the groundbreaking for the final phase of its Innovation Campus.
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Sausalito teachers probe released document on superintendent
Mon, 04 May 2026
Sausalito Marin City School District teachers are seeking answers after a draft document surfaced offering the superintendent a new contract in exchange for dropping allegations of a hostile work environment.
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Ventura County superintendent of schools candidates face off in debate
Mon, 04 May 2026
Declining enrollment, standardized test scores and campus safety were the topics of conversation April 30 as the three candidates for Ventura County Superintendent of Schools engaged in their first debate. Incumbent César Morales, appointed in 2021 and elected for his first full term in 2022, faced off educator Maggie Marschner and school board member Karen Sher.
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Superintendent candidates outline visions for Tuolumne County schools
Mon, 04 May 2026
Tuolumne County voters will decide in the June 2 primary election between sticking with incumbent Superintendent of Schools Zack Abernathy for the next four years, or going in a different direction with challenger Gabe Wingo, marking only the second competitive bid for the county’s top education position in recent memory.
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Rohnert Park district strains to meet demand for transitional kindergarten program amid city’s growth
Sun, 03 May 2026
The city has over the past decade been on the leading edge of housing growth, adding 1,800 homes. The addition of many more young families has, however, complicated matters for the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, which is straining to offer transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds who have applied.
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Sonoma County extensive needs program students compete in Olympic-style games
Sat, 02 May 2026
Launched nearly a decade ago, the adapted P.E. competition has been renamed "The Mouse Games" after a beloved former student and was, for the first time, hosted by students at Amarosa Academy.
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Cancy McArn becomes new permanent superintendent of Sacramento City Unified schools
Fri, 01 May 2026
Longtime Sacramento City Unified School District employee Cancy McArn was named the district’s permanent superintendent following a unanimous vote Thursday evening.
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L.A. Unified payouts reach $200 million in Mark Berndt student abuse claims after latest settlement
Fri, 01 May 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $30.5 million to 19 more students who said they were victims of Mark Berndt, a convicted serial child molester, bringing the amount the district has paid out in connection with his crimes to more than $200 million, attorneys said Thursday.
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SFUSD sets new plan: School closures by 2030, fix loathed lottery system next year
Fri, 01 May 2026
San Francisco schools will revamp its loathed student assignment lottery system and consider closures by fall 2030 under a new plan to address two of the district’s most contentious issues.
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Redlands water polo coach accused of sex crimes against student
Fri, 01 May 2026
A water polo coach with the Redlands Unified School District who is suspected of sexual crimes with a 15-year-old student was arrested Wednesday, April 29, Redlands police and school district officials said.
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BPD arrests school employee on suspicion of molestation, child porn
Fri, 01 May 2026
A 26-year-old school employee has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation and possession of child pornography, the Bakersfield Police Department reported Thursday.
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Napa Valley Unified enrollment drops likely to continue at slower pace, report says
Fri, 01 May 2026
The Napa Valley Unified School District isn’t seeing the rapid pace of enrollment drop-off it saw in prior years, and a recent report predicts those declines will continue at a slower pace.
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Napa Valley Unified effort to undo charter school approval denied by judge
Fri, 01 May 2026
A Napa County judge this week rejected claims the Napa Valley Unified School District made in a 2024 lawsuit that sought to effectively close a downtown Napa charter school.
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Students and families hit by sudden closure of Santa Rosa Sylvan Learning Center
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
“I’m just upset about the way it happened,” parent Heather Lovoi said. “Had we had a heads up a month ago, we could’ve quickly used up a lot of hours.”
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School board in Fresno opposes SEDA, says plan puts district on ‘back burner’
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The Central Unified school board voted Tuesday to oppose the Southeast Development Area (SEDA) plan backed by Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, making it the school district in the area to take a public stance on the mega-development plan.
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San Rafael school embezzlement suspect denies charges
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
A Larkspur man accused of embezzling $7,000 from a San Rafael school’s parent-teacher association pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
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Little Lake teachers in southeast L.A. County reach tentative deal after crippling strike
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
The Little Lake school district in southeast Los Angeles County and its teachers union reached a tentative agreement Monday night, ending one of the longest teacher strikes in state history after its 200-member union walked out over significant issues straining districts throughout California.
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Nearly two years after California voters approved billions of dollars in bond money to repair aging schools, demand has outstripped the available funds.
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Education is not a central issue in California’s crowded governor’s race, but the candidates addressing it offer sharply different visions, from expanding school funding and free college, to stricter teacher accountability and restrictions on transgender students in sports.
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Bonita schools ask voters to upgrade campuses with Measure A on June 2 ballot
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Voters in La Verne and San Dimas will decide on Measure A, which would add $59 per $100,000 of assessed value of properties to tax bills. For the bond to pass, 55% of voters would have to be in favor.
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Valley of the Moon teachers OK contract
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Valley of the Moon Teachers Association members have approved a tentative contract agreement with Sonoma Valley Unified School District that would provide certificated employees with a salary increase of 1%, retroactive to July 1, 2025, and an additional 1% increase, retroactive to Jan. 1.
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Ventura County school district could lose connection to drinking water
Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Del Norte Water Company, founded over a century ago, has provided the Mesa Union School District with water since its campus was built in 1939, officials said. While the school was not within Del Norte's service area, it reportedly started providing water to the campus on an emergency basis and later continued to do so.
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San Rafael school embezzlement suspect denies charges
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Valladares, 41, was arrested in March after an investigation by the Marin County Sheriff’s Office. He allegedly entered an office on campus, got the PTA checkbook from a safe and wrote a check to himself for $7,000, sheriff’s Lt. Brennan Collins said.
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To offset the rising costs, the program has been infused with new funds, including additional tax revenue — pending final approval of an expenditure plan — and some buy-in from schools to help maintain the service.
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Public Opinion on Electoral Policy: Evidence from U.S. School Board Elections
Beth E. Schueler , David M. Houston | EdWorkingPapers | Tue, 05 May 2026
Changes to electoral systems are relatively rare in established democracies. Conventional explanations for this stability suggest elected officials and citizens who stand to lose influence under new arrangements will oppose change. We explore the nature of public awareness and opinion regarding an electoral institution that has undergone notable change in recent decades—the timing of local school board elections. Traditionally, most of these races were held “off-cycle”—on a different day than the national elections held in November of even-numbered years—depressing voter turnout and making the electorate less representative of the population. However, many districts have shifted to on-cycle races in recent years. Using survey questions and experiments with a sample of 8,625 respondents, including a nationally representative oversample of K-12 public school teachers, we show majority levels of public support for on-cycle elections but low levels of awareness and interest in election timing. The public is easily swayed by arguments both for and against on-cycle elections, but it appears more difficult to increase public perceptions of the issue’s import. Teachers have even higher levels of support for on-cycle elections than the general public. Overall, the patterns of results are inconsistent with the idea that public opinion on this electoral policy is primarily shaped by political self-interest.
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