More than a third of students in the Merced City School District are learning English as a second language and the district’s superintendent says schools are making good progress in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police say threats to Merced schools not credible
Merced police said Monday afternoon they were investigating threats made via social media against Merced city schools that they said “have not been deemed credible.” The school sent an automated … Click to Continue »
Read More »New pesticide regulations around schools will make process more complex, Merced County farmers say
Merced County farmers say a proposal to tightly regulate the use of pesticides on farmland near schools and day care centers would create a new layer of burdens for growers. … Click to Continue »
Read More »California creates pesticide buffer zones around schools and day cares
Crop dusting and many other forms of pesticide spraying will be banned within a quarter of a mile of schools and child day care centers during the bulk of daylight … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced schools deal with breast pumping on case-by-case basis
When Jeanette Hukill needed to pump breast milk after becoming a new mother, the teacher locked the door of her classroom, closed the blinds and hid behind her computer where … Click to Continue »
Read More »First wave of county schools begin new school year
Bryson Dixon started his first day of preschool on Wednesday in Le Grand, joining many classmates he’ll likely be with until he graduates from high school. The 4-year-old walked up … Click to Continue »
Read More »New leadership taking charge at Merced area high schools
Lance Morrow will take the lead as new principal at Buhach Colony High School as one of many new administrators in the Merced Union High School District. … Click to Continue »
Read More »New leadership taking charge at Merced area high schools
Merced Union High School District is set to start the new school year next week with a roster of principals that includes some new faces. One of the new additions … Click to Continue »
Read More »Spending on jails outpaced spending on schools by three times over the last 30 years
Spending on jails and prisons increased by 324 percent Texas hiked incarceration spending by 850 percent More than two thirds of state prison inmates are high school dropouts … Click to Continue »
Read More »Green Valley Charter Schools CEO resigns
Tisha Blackwood-Freitas said she has resigned as the CEO of Foundation Public Schools Green Valley Charter. Blackwood-Freitas, who is a founder of Foundation Public Schools, told the Enterprise Tuesday that … Click to Continue »
Read More »Westside schools have Merced County’s highest rates of absences
One in four Los Banos students missed more than 15 days of school in 2013-14 Merced County schools missed out on $ 15 million in 2014-15 because of absences Atwater Elementary, Merced River Union Elementary have zero percent of students chronically absent … Click to Continue »
Read More »Summer construction projects underway at Merced schools
Work paid for by Measure M, which passed in 2014 Chenoweth and Burbank schools to get improved parking Rivera Elementary adding a preschool … Click to Continue »
Read More »As charters grow, public schools see sharp enrollment drop
Standing before the Los Angeles Unified School Board, Susan Zoller delivered a startling assessment: More than 100,000 students in the nation’s second-largest district were now enrolled in charters, draining more than $ 500 million from the budget in a single academic year. … Click to Continue »
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