More than 40 local law enforcement and fire departments wrapped up eight days of training this week at Scotts Valley High School that saw more than 500 personnel and dozens of community volunteers prepare for active shooter situations. Here’s what Lookout’s Kevin Painchaud saw and heard.
K-12 Education
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‘What does it mean to be an American?’: Book To Action uses immigrant story ‘Dear America’ to spark discourse
The Santa Cruz Public Libraries and the Watsonville Public Library are combining forces this year to promote a deep dive into “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” by journalist and activist Jose Antonio Vargas.
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Long at just SCHS, Black Grad event grows to include all Santa Cruz County’s Black students
“These events allow our students to have moments where they really shine and to thank the people who’ve helped them come to that moment,” one educator said of the Black Grad event, set for Friday in front of Santa Cruz City Hall.
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Misconduct probe still ongoing, SLV school district taps new superintendent from within its own ranks
San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District selected Chris Schiermeyer, the district’s deputy superintendent of business services, as its incoming superintendent.
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‘Each one has a story’: Sixth-generation Santa Cruzan documents 2020’s unique class of high school grads
What started with Nick Morris taking “a couple snapshots” of an unreal COVID happening has morphed into an exhibit at the Santa Cruz Art League encompassing portraits, oral histories and artwork featuring the students who lived it.
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Trustee mounts first recall defense: Acosta labels campaign a ‘witch hunt,’ discloses cancer treatment
Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Georgia Acosta issued her first public response to the campaign to recall her from office in a filing citing support from a Santa Cruz County supervisor and a Watsonville city council member.
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Nearly half the county’s school district chiefs are retiring — what we know about that unusual shakeup
New district chiefs are stepping in at the San Lorenzo Valley Unified, Live Oak, Mountain Elementary and Happy Valley Union Elementary school districts this summer — four of the 10 public school districts in Santa Cruz County. The County Office of Education is offering extra support to ease the transition.
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UCSC grad student’s video game makes ‘speech magic’ for children with cleft palate
Jared Duval and the team behind SpokeIt are harnessing language software to provide speech therapy for children with cleft lip or cleft palate with an accessible game coming soon to Apple devices.
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Holy Cross School gets stolen property back, suspect in custody after ransacking
A Santa Cruz resident arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglarizing the private Catholic school was wanted on seven outstanding warrants.
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‘This group is extremely special’: Meet Santa Cruz County’s educators of the year in a not-so-normal year
Four Santa Cruz County educators — a teacher, classified employee, administrator and counselor — were selected out of a group of 74 nominees and honored as part of an annual tradition that carried added significance after a year of so much challenge and change.
