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Sep 03, 2025
Pope Valley Elementary — the tiniest school district in Napa County — opened for the new academic year last month with just 30 students, a 35% drop from last fall, and an entirely new team of teachers.
Sep 03, 2025
The Prestwood Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization is collaborating with a group of parents to oppose the Sonoma Valley Unified School District’s Board of Trustees’ tentative plan to close the school at the end of the 2025-26 academic year.
Sep 03, 2025
Last year, SLO County, Monterey County and Santa Barbara County each landed among the five counties with the highest percentages of enrolled homeless students, according to data reporting from education news outlet EdSource.
Sep 03, 2025
Despite a massive budget shortfall and stringent belt tightening, San Francisco city officials have pushed hiring crossing guards to the top of their priority after parents complained about the absence of many stop sign-wielding workers at dangerous intersections this school year.
Sep 03, 2025
Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools opened in Sacramento in 2014 with high ideals — to help adult students, many formerly incarcerated or new immigrants, to earn a diploma, improve English language skills, or learn a trade.
Sep 03, 2025
California lawmakers have passed a bill requiring schools to alert families and teachers when immigration enforcement authorities are on campuses as the Trump administration continues its aggressive mass deportation campaign.
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