With California universities more expensive and crowded than ever, high school graduates are increasingly leaving the state to attend college. About 40,000 California high school graduates left the state for … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced high school district holds special meeting on sexual harassment claims
After a marathon closed session at a special meeting of the Merced Union High School District this week, the board announced plans to improve how the district handles sexual harassment … Click to Continue »
Read More »Police searching for men who vandalized Los Banos High School
Three men are believed to have vandalized Los Banos High School Sunday night, police said. Los Banos Police Officer Todd Pricolo responded to calls Monday morning by the school’s staff … Click to Continue »
Read More »Report of shooting at high school in Merced was false, district says
The Merced Union High School District is saying reports of a shooting at Golden Valley High School were false on Friday, April 20, 2018. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Parents react to Golden Valley High School lockdown in Merced
Parents of Golden Valley High School students react after learning the school was placed on lockdown as law enforcement agencies responded to a false report of an active shooter in Merced, Calif., on Friday, April, 20, 2018. … Click to Continue »
Read More »How rumored threats thwarted Turlock High students’ attempt at a world record
Rumors that there would be a school shooting on campus during planned participation in the National School Walkout on Friday led Turlock High’s administration to postpone the final event of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Shooting threat at high school was false, but it still shook Merced students, parents
On a day when high school students walked out of thousands of campuses across the country to advocate for stricter gun control, students at Merced’s Golden Valley High School felt … Click to Continue »
Read More »Boy removed from Atwater High arrested after threatening on Snapchat to ‘return’ with a gun, cops say
A 15-year-old student in Atwater was arrested Thursday for posting a threatening video on social media, according to police. An Atwater Valley Community School student told a school resource officer … Click to Continue »
Read More »It may take months to know if anyone else at Merced High has tuberculosis. Here’s why
It may take months to find out when, where and how a Merced High School student contracted tuberculosis, experts said. And it also may take months to find out if … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced High student diagnosed with tuberculosis. Up to 200 on campus to be tested
A Merced High School student has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, Merced County Health Department officials confirmed Thursday. The risk for other students to contract the disease is “very low,” according … 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 »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 »Merced police say ‘no credible threats’ to any high schools
Merced police say there have been “no credible threats made to any high school campuses in the city of Merced.” Lt. Jay Struble said “incorrect, inaccurate information” was circulated Tuesday … Click to Continue »
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