Monterey County Education Articles

SAN LUCAS — Teachers in San Ardo and San Lucas schools are getting a boost for their classrooms through impact grants provided by Aera Energy. Teachers applied for the grants to fund the purchase of such items as science activity …

KING CITY — King City High School was among many schools in the area that passed out free, take-home rapid Covid-19 tests for students earlier this month. The high school hosted a drive-thru distribution for the tests on Jan. 6 …

Many workplaces are short-staffed due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, spurred by the highly infectious omicron variant. Among those workplaces are schools, which are striving to remain open for in-person learning, but facing teacher and staff absences related to…

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College invites new and returning students to enroll for the Spring 2022 semester during registration fairs to be held Jan. 11-14 at four campus sites and will provide them up to $550 for textbooks, supplies and …

Tonight, Jan. 11, the board is set to add another new appointment to the revolving door of Hartnell College leadership: They will consider a six-month appointment to the position of interim superintendent/president from Jan. 17 through June 30.

There were cupcakes and cheerful thank you’s at an in-person meeting of the Hartnell Community College District Governing Board on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The cupcakes were to celebrate the college’s winning soccer and track & field teams. The thank you’s…

You’ve seen the “Help Wanted” signs everywhere, and schools are no different: A teacher shortage continues to impact school districts in Monterey County and across the nation. It was an issue pre-pandemic, but Covid-19 has impacted people’s interest in teaching.…

It was no secret that Hartnell Interim Superintendent/President Raúl Rodríguez was casting about for another job elsewhere, despite his contract in Salinas set through June 2022. He recently was a finalist for a job with the Accrediting Commission for Community…

It's been nearly three months since students and parents, overwhelmed in the wake of revelations around racist treatment of a baby Black doll by Salinas High School students, flooded a board meeting of the Salinas Union High School District to…

GONZALES — City of Gonzales has announced that 13 students from Gonzales High School have been selected to serve on the 2021-22 Gonzales Youth Council. Youth Commissioners Autumn Escobedo and Sherlyn Flores-Magadan, both juniors, are returning for another year, alongside …

KING CITY — King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Manager Janet Bessemer recently announced that Jocelyn Ramires won the Chamber’s poster contest for its 22nd Annual Lighted Christmas Parade. Ramires, a fourth grader at Santa Lucia Elementary School in …

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell Community College District on Nov. 19 launched a nationwide search for a permanent superintendent/president to be appointed this spring and start work in July. Members of the district’s Governing Board voted unanimously at their regular meeting …

Negotiations are underway between the Monterey Peninsula Community College District Governing Board and its choice for interim superintendent/president, Mark J. Zacovic. The board members voted to hire Zacovic on Friday, Dec. 3, after interviewing him and two other candidates to…

Three Monterey County Free Libraries branches have a new device, a video magnifier to help elderly and visually impaired clients. The video magnifiers can help people to read not just books and materials in the library, but documents like bank…

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College has informed current students that they will need to show proof of full vaccination for Covid-19 by Dec. 10 in order to remain enrolled for the Spring 2022 semester.  After that date, students will have …

SAN LUCAS — Students and teachers celebrated the opening of a new makerspace on Nov. 5 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at San Lucas School, representing a renewed start after a challenging year of distance and in-person learning during the pandemic. …

The Monterey County Office of Education board of trustees unanimously appointed Annette Yee Steck to a vacant board seat, representing New Monterey, Pacific Grove, Del Monte Forest, Carmel, Carmel Valley and Big Sur.

El Sausal Middle School athletic field will be named after Joe Kapp, a former NFL quarterback and college football coach, who grew up in Salinas.

The 7th annual Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s “State of the Region” conference covered a wide range of topics from child care, to the COVID pandemic, to folding houses.