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Election outcomes hold steady in Santa Cruz County

By Santa Cruz Local|2024-08-13T17:02:14-07:00March 8, 2024|Tags: cannabis, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, County of Santa Cruz, education, Featured, health, Live Oak, March 5 2024 election, transportation, West Cliff|

Newsletter briefs for the week of March 10

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Live Oak School Board approves layoffs in new plan

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T17:02:21-07:00March 7, 2024|Tags: education, Featured, Jesse Kathan, Live Oak, Live Oak School District|

Parents, teachers call for budget transparency

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Live Oak teacher layoffs proposed to avoid state takeover of school district

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T17:04:08-07:00February 23, 2024|Tags: education, Featured, Jesse Kathan, Kristin Pfotenhauer, Live Oak School District, schools|

Low reserves, declining enrollment blamed for $2.9 million deficit

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Election Guide, Nov. 8, 2022: Measures K and L for Santa Cruz City Schools

By Grace Stetson and Stephen Baxter|2024-01-26T14:07:21-08:00August 19, 2022|Tags: bond measures, City of Santa Cruz, education, Elections 2022, Government, Santa Cruz City Schools|

Measures L and K include plans for $371 million in building upgrades, workforce housing

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Teacher shortage continues at Watsonville High School

By Jesse Kathan|2022-05-24T18:02:40-07:00May 24, 2022|Tags: City of Watsonville, education, Pajaro Valley Unified School District|

Student group laments online courses, lack of counselors, police presence

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Pesticide use near schools prompts calls for more transparency in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2024-04-22T15:44:13-07:00January 28, 2022|Tags: Agriculture, City of Watsonville, education, environment, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Watsonville City Council|

Delay in state alert system risks children’s health, advocates say

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Santa Cruz County classrooms expected to stay open amid COVID surge

By Allison Gasparini|2022-01-24T12:18:19-08:00January 21, 2022|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, education, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Santa Cruz health covid-19 covid coronavirus|

About 25% of students stayed home this week, county schools superintendent said

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Podcast: Student mental health and stress in Santa Cruz County, part 2

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:44:40-07:00March 26, 2021|Tags: Distance Learning series, education, health, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz County Office of Education|

Distance Learning Series: Michael Paynter on virtual mentoring

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Podcast: Student mental health and stress in Santa Cruz County, part 1

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:44:47-07:00March 23, 2021|Tags: Aptos, Aptos High, City of Watsonville, Distance Learning series, education, Freedom, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Pajaro Valley Unified School District|

Santa Cruz Local’s Distance Learning Series

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Santa Cruz County schools grapple with mix of online and in-person learning

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:21:50-07:00March 18, 2021|Tags: Coronavirus, education, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz County Office of Education|

Desk spacing limits classroom capacity

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UC Santa Cruz Long Range Development Plan draws critics

By Stephen Baxter|2024-11-27T13:56:55-08:00February 6, 2021|Tags: Andy Schiffrin, City of Santa Cruz, development, economy, education, environment, housing, Justin Cummings, Ryan Coonerty, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Water Department, UCSC, water|

Housing promises, water use questioned with growth

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Podcast: Public education money, COVID and the power of Santa Cruz County school boards

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:44:50-07:00January 31, 2021|Tags: Coronavirus, Distance Learning series, education, John Laird, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Season 2|

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