Steve Garvey, the Republican contender for California’s U.S. Senate seat in November’s election, criticized USC student encampments as acts of terrorism. Nearly 100 demonstrators were arrested on trespassing charges.
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Santa Cruz County school districts ramp up plans to build teacher, staff housing
As school districts face challenges retaining staff and teachers due to the rising cost of living in Santa Cruz County, they’re also trying to push forward one potential solution: building and renting out their own workforce housing at below-market rates. Santa Cruz City Schools hopes to have workforce move into a development by 2027.
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The Cal Grant expansion for California college students is in jeopardy as the state deficit grows
The Cal Grant fully covers tuition at the University of California and California State University, and legislators planned to offer it to an additional 137,000 students.
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Live Oak School District trustee Paul Garcia resigns amid ongoing turnover
Live Oak School District governing board member Paul Garcia resigned Wednesday, the latest in a string of resignations to hit the struggling school district in recent months. The board hopes to fill the vacancy at its May 8 meeting.
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Live Oak School District parents, teachers concerned by speedy timeline for new superintendent search
Live Oak School District hopes to have a new superintendent on the job by July 1 – less than three months, and just one day after current superintendent Daisy Morales leaves office. Some parents and teachers say the process is being rushed.
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Santa Cruz County affordability woes: How two Scotts Valley teachers decided to move their family to Colorado
Special education teachers Cheryl and Bobby Ruyle love their life in Scotts Valley, but recent cost-of-living increases have reached a boiling point. So, deciding to pick up and move to Colorado with their three children is bittersweet.
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New PVUSD superintendent will ‘listen and learn’ before deciding on ethnic studies contract controversy
Incoming Pajaro Valley Unified School District superintendent Heather Contreras says she plans to do her due diligence on whether the district should reconsider a controversial decision not to renew its contract with a consultant who helped guide the creation of its ethnic studies curriculum. Many students and teachers say the district has taken too long to reconsider that decision.
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Native American students get free tuition to attend the UC. Why it isn’t enough.
The UC Native American Opportunity Plan seeks to make the system a viable option for Native students in California by offering them free tuition. But Native students enrolled at University of California campuses report that strains on their budgets along with insufficient resources and faculty representation have been obstacles to academic success.
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Enrollment decline, budget worries add urgency to consolidation talk across Santa Cruz County’s 10 school districts
The backlash over Live Oak School District’s budget cuts has renewed questions among teachers, parents and even some trustees over whether Live Oak – and other school districts like it – should be folded into neighboring districts to save money. The idea also has its critics.
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Pajaro Valley groups sue state, Monterey ag commissioner over pesticide use near schools
Several Pajaro Valley organizations, including a local teachers union and the Center for Farmworker Families, filed a lawsuit this week challenging the approval of pesticide permits that they say have caused harm to the majority-Latino communities.
