Santa Cruz County Local News: Education


All Local Education News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: More than one in 20 California students attend school in Santa Cruz County.
Santa Cruz County’s School System, Explained

Santa Cruz County has more than 40,000 students enrolled in its 10 school districts, about 6 percent of all students in the state. Here’s how the school system works, and how it’s grown since its earliest days.

Image caption: California's sprawling public education system encompasses approximately 10,500 schools.
California’s Education System: How the Bureaucracy Works

How California's extensive public school system is organized and managed, explained.

Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

Image caption: View of the architectural detail on the Palomar Hotel.
Santa Cruz Online County Historical Resources

History, writ both small and large, has been made in Santa Cruz County.
Use these online resources to learn more.

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05/14/2024
In its May 13 meeting, the Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-1 to approve a controversial medical marijuana dispensary on Mission and Laurel Streets.

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05/14/2024
In the May 14 City Council meeting, the economic development department shared updated renderings of the library/housing/parking project at Cedar and Lincoln Streets, with construction to begin in early 2025.

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05/13/2024
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A local group is calling on the nation’s largest berry grower to cease the use of pesticides on farm fields located near schools.

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05/10/2024
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More than 150 people have been part of a Gaza solidarity camp with at least 40 tents at UC Santa Cruz’s Quarry Plaza. Demonstrators have asked University of California leaders to divest from weapons manufacturers and made other demands.

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05/10/2024
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After a late spring rain storm hit the area over the weekend, UC Santa Cruz students continued their protest of the Israel-Gaza war, occupying the University’s Quarry Plaza in an action meant to pressure the school into divesting from companies tied to Israel and U.S. weapons manufacturers.

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05/07/2024
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After 133 people died in Santa Cruz County in 2023 after overdosing on Fentanyl, the Sheriff’s Office has launched a new way to address the problem, with a special focus on the people who deal the dangerous drug.

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05/07/2024
An introduction to new Pajaro Valley Unified School District Superintendent Heather Contreras.

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05/02/2024
The Scotts Valley Unified School District is looking into a bond measure on the November ballot to fund upgrades and improvements to classrooms and facilities.

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05/01/2024
Hundreds of UCSC students and faculty participated in a peaceful march to the Quarry where several dozen protestors set up tents.

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04/26/2024
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New data show which schools in south Santa Cruz County were exposed most often to pesticide use in recent years.

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04/25/2024
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A bill from a member of the Legislature’s happiness committee would require schools to come up with homework policies that consider the strain on students.

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04/25/2024
Nine counties located more than an hour away from universities with teacher preparation programs face particular difficulties.

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04/24/2024
Santa Cruz City Schools is exploring the development and building below-market rate housing for teachers and other staff priced out of the county rental market.

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04/18/2024
Member Pal Garcia resigned from the Live Oak School District governing board.

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04/17/2024
Heiress Paris Hilton is on a mission to shine a light on the "troubled teen industry," a largely unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that is gaining public scrutiny for alleged abuse of vulnerable youths.

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04/15/2024
An update of meetings held between UCSC staff and Camper Park residents.

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04/12/2024
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A bill to mandate use of the method will not advance in the Legislature this year in the face of teachers union opposition.

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04/06/2024
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The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History has some tips on what to see in the blossoming new season, from wildflowers to migrating shorebirds to humpback whales.

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04/04/2024
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Art instructors from 16 schools in Pajaro Valley Unified School District hung more than 400 pieces of student artwork in the Civic Plaza Building March 28 as part of the Annual PVUSD Student Art Exhibit.

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04/04/2024
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As TEDxSantaCruz 2024 gets closer, the team has announced the performers and vendors who will be rounding out the daylong event on Saturday, April 13, at the Crocker Theater on the Cabrillo College campus.

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