Phil Rodriguez resigned from his seat on the Soquel Union Elementary School District board in September — about two months before the end of his term and in the midst of his reelection campaign. Now that it appears that he’s winning — it was too late to remove his name from the ballot — his opponent, parents and unions wonder if it was a fair election.
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‘I truly never thought I’d make it to this point’: Santa Cruz trans activist talks about challenges and thriving
Reyes Morales Warne says growing up transgender in Santa Cruz County had its positives and its negatives. While finishing up his first quarter at the University of Oregon, he told Lookout about the challenges, how he got through it and his proudest accomplishment.
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Happy Valley Elementary School District candidates on the biggest issues facing students and teachers
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across the county. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at Happy Valley Elementary School District.
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Soquel Union Elementary School District candidates on teacher pay, mental health, declining enrollment and pandemic learning loss
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across the county. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at Soquel Union Elementary School District.
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District candidates on diversity, pandemic learning loss and teacher housing
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across Santa Cruz County. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
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San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District candidates on tolerance, tutors and teacher housing
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across Santa Cruz County. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District.
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Scotts Valley Unified School District candidates on teacher pay, mental health and declining enrollment
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across Santa Cruz County. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them, asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at Scotts Valley Unified School District.
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Measures K and L: $371 million in bonds to Santa Cruz City Schools for repairs, building workforce housing
Voters in the Santa Cruz City Schools high school and elementary school districts will be casting ballots in the November election to decide if the district should issue $371 million in bonds to fund renovating the schools and building workforce housing. If the measures pass, property owners will pay between the equivalent of four cups of coffee per month or one pizza per month, depending on where they live and which of the measures applies to them.
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The five biggest issues confronting public education in Santa Cruz County
As voters head to the polls to decide on school board candidates and school bonds, what are the concerns those in the school system — students, teachers, administrators and parents — have? We talked to more than two dozen of them.
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How one Santa Cruz teacher teaches U.S. history and how she sees her role as a history teacher today
At Lookout, we’re starting a series about how local teachers confront everyday challenges in their classrooms and how they teach their curriculum. For the first installment, Lookout spoke with Kirby School history teacher Eva Schewe about the challenges of teaching U.S. history at a time when states across the country are making attempts to limit how it is being taught.
