Live Oak School District’s superintendent announced his resignation effective June 30 as the school board approved nearly 11 staff reductions — including six teachers and a mental health clinician — to address a structural budget deficit driven by declining enrollment and rising costs.
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Santa Cruz County Youth Civics Summit aims to reinforce civic learning and election engagement
About 200 students from all high schools in Santa Cruz County will attend the Santa Cruz County Youth Civics Summit on Friday at Cabrillo College.
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United Way to absorb Your Future Is Our Business programs
United Way of Santa Cruz County will take over the programs of Your Future Is Our Business beginning July 1, marking the end of the 34-year-old nonprofit that has connected local students with internships and mentorship opportunities.
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Modern parenting means apps for sports, school and more. Where is the data going?
California is a national leader in data privacy, yet state law has gaps that allow companies to collect and sell students’ data. A new bill from Assemblymember Dawn Addis aims to add protections.
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Pajaro Valley Unified school board approves stay-away letter for trustee Gabe Medina in disorderly meeting
In a contentious meeting marked by repeated disruptions, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board voted to issue a two-week stay-away letter barring Trustee Gabe Medina from Pajaro Valley High School after he confronted the principal during a student walkout last month.
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What’s going on with the Davenport cement plant? Pacific Elementary superintendent has a big idea
Pacific Elementary Superintendent Eric Gross is pitching an ambitious plan to purchase and redevelop the long-shuttered 172-acre Davenport cement plant into a new school campus with workforce housing and public safety facilities, backed by an anonymous local philanthropist willing to fund the acquisition and cleanup.
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School board to discuss issuing letter barring district trustee Gabe Medina from Pajaro Valley High
Pajaro Valley Unified School District board members will decide at Wednesday night’s meeting whether to restrict fellow trustee Gabe Medina from the Pajaro Valley High School campus after he had an argument with the principal late last month.
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Pajaro Valley Unified to eliminate assistant principal positions in elementary schools
Pajaro Valley Unified School District administrators are proposing to eliminate 17 assistant principal positions at elementary schools next academic year, a move that has alarmed teachers already reeling from roughly 160 recent layoffs.
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Watsonville teacher placed on leave after making pro-ICE comment on social media
Lookout spoke with Sarai Jimenez, the teacher who in January posted a pro-ICE comment on social media, prompting a flurry of angry posts on Watsonville internet groups. Pajaro Valley Unified administrators declined to comment, but parents at the school where she taught until last month say they’re shocked and unsettled.
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Here’s how Newsom proposes to revamp California’s education department
Gov. Gavin Newsom has put forth his plan to shift responsibility for the California Department of Education from the state superintendent to the governor and state board of ed. Rarely has a proposal to transform a bureaucracy moved so quickly from academia to legislation.