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An active shooter has been reported at Golden Valley High School, according to police, though the validity of the reports has not been confirmed. Police are blocking streets in the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Brooke Ashjian Won’t Run Again For FUSD School Board
One of the most controversial and influential leaders of the Fresno Unified School District Board of Trustees has announced he won’t be running for reelection. Fresno Unified Board trustee Brooke Ashjian made the announcement outside of the district’s headquarters. “So today, I announce that I won’t be running for school …
Read More »School bus driver dropped off kids. Then he used bus to deliver heroin, Connecticut cops say
He wasn’t just shuttling kids around in his bus, according to local police. Garfield Howell, a 29-year-old school bus driver in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was arrested Thursday on four counts of … Click to Continue »
Read More »This Atwater school was named a ‘Distinguished School’ by the state
Elmer Wood Elementary is the only school in Merced County honored as one of the state’s “Distinguished Schools” this year for using data-driven instruction and intervention techniques to improve student … Click to Continue »
Read More »California school builds ‘buddy bench’ for lonely kids, who ‘have really taken to it’
When Dorothea Lange Elementary School students are feeling lonely, they’ve got a new way to make friends: a buddy bench. The school in Nipomo, San Luis Obispo County, California, installed … Click to Continue »
Read More »These Merced middle schoolers just won a high school dominated competition
The annual Quiz Bowl at the California Scholarship Federation/California Junior Scholarship Federation spring conference was originally started in 1995 as a high school competition. Last year, the competition was opened … Click to Continue »
Read More »This Merced County school district is offering free health care services for students
One local school district in Merced County has started offering in-school healthcare services free of charge to students and parents who opt-in, according to school officials.. The new service is … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced High School hosts unified basketball exhibition game
Players from Merced County schools compete in a unified basketball exhibition game at Merced High School in Merced, Calif., on Friday, March 16, 2018. According to Buhach Colony High School teacher John Hall, the Special Olympics event consists of challenged students and mainstream students competing alongside each other from Merced …
Read More »Is walking out of school protected by the First Amendment?
It’s now been nearly a month since Nikolas Cruz opened fire in a Parkland, Fla., high school, killing 17 people and wounding another 15. For a while, it was just … Click to Continue »
Read More »Second Chowchilla student arrested in 3 days for threats against school
A Chowchilla Middle School student was arrested Thursday for making threats against the school and other students, police said. The school’s resource officer was notified in the morning that the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Social media chatter of threats is untrue, Merced police and school leaders urge
Merced school leaders and police issued a joint statement late Wednesday in an effort to ensure parents that children are safe at school despite recent social media chatter that has … Click to Continue »
Read More »Le Grand student arrested after school shooting threat, Sheriff says
Students at Le Grand Elementary School were having discussions Friday about participating in the National Schools Walkout event focused on school shootings and safety when the topic shifted to the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Winton man posted a video online threatening to shoot up a school, sheriff says.
A 29-year-old Winton man with a lengthy arrest history landed behind bars in recent weeks after deputies said he threatened to open fire at a school. Carlos Garcia Aguilar, who … Click to Continue »
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