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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.
How California's extensive public school system is organized and managed, explained.
California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.
History, writ both small and large, has been made in Santa Cruz County.Use these online resources to learn more.
From California Local...
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.
From Lookout Local...
From California Healthline...
From City on a Hill...
A bill to mandate use of the method will not advance in the Legislature this year in the face of teachers union opposition.
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.
From The Pajaronian...
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.
From Press Banner...
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.
From EdSource...
From Santa Cruz Sentinel...
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will revisit a decision from last September not to renew a contract with an organization that helps teachers deliver ethnic studies curriculum, which now used in the district’s three comprehensive high schools.
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved a three-year contract for its new superintendent.
From CalMatters...
From Santa Cruz Local...
In the wake of layoff notices for more than two dozen employees of Live Oak School District and the abrupt departures of its superintendent and two assistant superintendents, details emerged this week on where the district’s money went and how its management compares with other school districts in Santa Cruz County.
From Hilltromper Santa Cruz...
Local students find Jefferson’s ground sloth fossil in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the first fossil evidence for this species reported in Santa Cruz county history.
More frequent outdoor breaks can improve student attention, reduce behavior problems.
From Good Times...
Live Oak School District Superintendent Daisy Morales announced her resignation in an email to staff and parents last Friday afternoon. She will stay on until June 30, 2024, the end of her current term.
Pajaro Valley Unified School District on Friday named its new superintendent.
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