Minority expulsions high in Kern County, new data confirms
Bobak Ha'Eri/Wikimedia CommonsAt Bakersfield High School, black students make up 15 percent of the population but 29 percent of expulsions.The new information dovetails with the findings of an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity in December, which showed that showed that Kern County, an oil and farming region in the Central Valley, is California’s expulsion capital.
In 2010-11, Kern County’s schools had four times the state average for expulsions and more than seven times the last known national average in 2006. The raw number of students expelled in sparsely populated Kern was even greater than the number expelled in Los Angeles County, which has about nine times the student body.
Parents in Kern complained about high rates of removal for children and about the process for challenging decisions, and some black parents told the Center for Public Integrity that they believed schools were too quick
Public universities plow ahead with construction despite tight budgets
Crissy Pascual/California WatchAn addition to the Rady School of Management is one of the new buildings under construction at UC San Diego.There’s a new engineering building under construction, and a new addition to the school of management. A new office building is now open, along with a new parking garage, biomedical research and marine labs, cardiovascular center, $400 million student apartment and dining complex, and $55 million music center. New