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Education Headlines
Rio looks to bond measure to improve crowded, aging schools
Voters will be asked to weigh in on a $38.5 million bond measure in November designed to help the Rio School District deal with overcrowding and fix problems at its oldest schools.Disgruntled parent threatens Columbine-like shooting
There will be an increased police presence at Bear Creek High School today after a man threatened to carry out a Columbine-style shooting on campus, police and school officials said.Community leaders want Cajon High teacher accused of racial slur banned from classroom
Local community leaders including the NAACP have asked that the high school teacher accused of using a racial slur during a Sept. 3 class at Cajon High School be permanently removed from the classroom and banned from any teaching assignments.Rialto Unified details plan to re-teach Holocaust: ‘We’re really trying’
Four months after news first broke of a controversial in-class assignment that asked Rialto Unified’s 2,000 eighth-graders last spring whether the Holocaust actually occurred, district officials unveiled a concrete plan on how to rectify the damage and make sure nothing like it will happen again.More than 100,000 LA school repairs backlogged; fire safety at risk in some schools
From burned out light bulbs and cracked concrete to compromised fire safety systems and exposed electrical wiring, Los Angeles Unified schools are waiting on 116,000 maintenance and safety problems reported since January, records show, and officials said they don’t have the staff or money to fix them all.Elk Grove Unified welcomes new superintendent, Christopher Hoffman
The gathering in the Valley High School library Wednesday to welcome Elk Grove Unified’s new superintendent, Christopher Hoffman, had the feel of a homecoming rally.
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