The parents of the boy killed on the Aptos High campus took the first legal step Tuesday that is often a precursor to a lawsuit — filing a claim.
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California to expand COVID testing, give kits to students as part of Omicron response
Faced with the spreading Omicron variant, state officials unveiled plans to provide rapid coronavirus tests for K-12 public schools and expand hours at testing sites.
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No credible threat in school-violence ‘challenge,’ but one middle school student is arrested
Santa Cruz officials say there were “no verified or credible threats” identified amid a social media trend that encouraged users to call in shooting or bomb threats to schools Friday. However, a student who allegedly made a threat at a middle school in Watsonville was arrested in the afternoon.
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Sewing, rock erosion and coding: How some elementary students are learning about computer science
For annual Computer Science Education Week, schools across Santa Cruz County focused on how to improve learning and equity in computer science. Lookout sat in on a lesson to get a deeper look into how computer science is being integrated into core curriculum at the elementary level.
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New-look school safety programs off and running: Aptos, Watsonville piloting SRO-mental clinician pairing
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District is moving forward with the implementation of its school policing pilot program, which pairs a mental health clinician with a school resource officer at Watsonville and Aptos high schools. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the district’s board of trustees is slated to discuss what metrics should be recorded and used to measure the program’s success.
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A computer science call to action: National education week kicks off in Santa Cruz County
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education is bringing a week of activities and guest speakers for the region’s educators, students and families in an effort to encourage young people to learn computer science. Educators say they hope it will both spark interest in computer science jobs as well as encourage the innovative and analytical skills that come with the subject.
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‘Horribly understaffed’: PV High teachers’ complaints about staff shortage impacts paint grim picture
Two complaints were submitted to the Pajaro Valley Unified School District last week regarding teacher vacancies at Pajaro Valley High School this semester. Teachers say vacancies are negatively affecting students, and district officials say they’ve been working to fill them.
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‘So much hope, so much participation’: County parents lining up young ones for COVID-19 shots
Since the launch of COVID-19 vaccination clinics in schools across the county last week through the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, 2,858 students ages 5 to 11 have been vaccinated and more than 1,000 are scheduled to receive vaccines in the next few weeks.
