Santa Cruz County Local News: Education

Two state legislators who represent Santa Cruz say they want the University of California to fix problems at UC-owned Hilltop Apartments in Santa Cruz.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees rejected a move to censure Trustee Gabriel Medina during a clamorous public board meeting Wednesday night that included public outcry and arguments among board members.

Facing a projected $5.5 million budget deficit in its roughly $89 million budget, Cabrillo College is looking to trim expenses for the second straight fiscal year without laying off faculty and staff. Fewer classes are expected to be offered next school year.

“From the Streets,” is a new Talk of the Bay series, hosted by Omar Dieguez.  His guests for this show were Professor Christine Hong of UC Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee, Gabriel Medina. They discuss the dedicated community work that recently led to the reinstatement of ethnic studies in the Pajaro Valley school district.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday will consider a proposal to censure Trustee Gabe Medina.

Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah joined two young people at the flag pole at the Office of Education headquarters on Encinal Street in Santa Cruz Friday morning, where they attached a Pride flag that will fly with the U.S. and the California flags through the month of May.

Almost every local music-lover has been inspired and touched by Cheryl Anderson, leading lady of the Cabrillo College Music Program, who is now about to lift off into retirement.

Teams from schools around the Monterey Bay, Central Valley and San Francisco Bay area tested their skills in engineering, robotics and electronics—as well as their business acumen—at Watsonville High School on April 26.

The definition of a poem is, “A piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical, usually metaphorical, and often exhibits such formal elements as meter, rhyme, and stanzaic structure.”

Santa Cruz Downtown Toastmasters is celebrating a series of exciting achievements following the recent Toastmasters Division A Speech Contests—alongside a major club milestone: 70 years of helping local residents become confident speakers and leaders.

The Times of Israel and the Anti Defamation League have labeled as antisemitic comments made on April 16 by two Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board trustees. In addition, Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah has denounced the comments.

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A local farm is being modified to serve as a learning center for young students about progressive farming methods.