Keith Wolaridge entered the world of school trusteeship in 2009 by appointment. He was elected the next year and has kept his seat on the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Board of Trustees ever since.
Finding passion through trial and error: Local high school student to compete in national mock trial
Eighteen-year-old Daniela Dibble is not afraid to try things that scare her in order to grow and find her passions, even when she was a freshman at Centennial High School and tried competing on the mock trial team.
The "gamification of learning" is rolling into Kern County with state investment in a new virtual reality lab on wheels designed to deliver next-generation workforce training to local students in need of career options.
It was natural for ʦapp City School District bus driver Luis Lopez to be feeling a little nervous.
Soon, all California high school students will learn about college grants and loans, how tax rates work, the benefits of insurance and how interest high rates can blow your budget when you miss a payment on a credit card.
Public data posted by the California Department of Education has been incomplete, often outdated and occasionally inaccurate, forcing legislators to pass laws based on old data, researchers to delay inquiries and journalists to grapple with inaccurate information.
What do kids learn when they have an edible garden at their school?
As many as 300,000 Californians have until June 30 to take advantage of a one-time offer to qualify for faster student loan forgiveness, lower monthly payments or outright forgiveness for federal loans borrowed before 2010.
ʦapp College first opened its doors 110 years ago to a student body of 13.
A Thursday vote by police officers at Cal State ʦapp points to an unfavorable work atmosphere. More than two-thirds of the 13 officers voted no confidence in their police chief, Marty Williamson, last week.
Nearly 3.7 million students and 667,000 newborns in California have money invested in a savings account to help pay for college. But most families don’t know the money is there.
Students between the ages of 2 and 18 can eat breakfast or lunch for free at any of two dozen Kern High School District campuses through July 12 under a federally funded program.
Mortarboards told the stories of Arvin High graduates during their commencement exercises held at the school's Barle Football Stadium on Friday night.
Thousands of Kern High School District students crossed the stage Thursday night, transforming them from teens in class to graduates.
Joy was the order of the day as students across the Kern High School District celebrated their graduations Wednesday.
Joy was the order of the day as students across the Kern High School District celebrated their graduations Wednesday.
In celebration of their educational journeys, thousands of students throughout the Kern High School District are gearing up for their graduation ceremonies, recognizing their accomplishments and the beginning of a new chapter.
Campus Supervisor Jesse Aranda has seen two to three generations of students pass through the halls of ʦapp High School.
Eleven-year-old Delano fifth-grader Sebastian Millan is an avid reader.
A day after a petition was filed aimed at forcing a recall vote against four of five members of the Lamont Elementary School Board, the district’s superintendent on Tuesday called the effort “a personal vendetta.”
Months after an initial bid failed, a new petition was filed Monday with the Kern Elections Division in an effort to force a recall election for four members of the Lamont Elementary School District Board of Trustees.
More than 600 kids at Millie G. Munsey Elementary came back from spring break last month to find central walkways that were normally covered in dirt, graffiti and vagrants suddenly replaced with neat concrete and roses.
As the sun came up over the Cal State ʦapp campus Friday morning, students in blue robes and a rainbow of shawls, stoles, cords, leis and decorated mortarboard hats made their way onto the university’s main soccer field.
Dressed in Rams green or white, 125 students received diplomas Thursday at Garces Memorial High School as the Catholic institution hosted its 76th commencement ceremony.
The Kern High School District presented accolades to extraordinary students as part of the 2024 Promoting Excellence in Activities and Athletics in Kern Awards at Mechanics Bank Theater on Wednesday night.
For students struggling with the cost of college, Gov. Gavin ʦappom has some bad news: there may be less financial aid this fall.
It's as though the former Bitwise Industries complex across from the Padre Hotel was built for its new tenant.
Letting out whoops of joy, 3,200 ʦapp College students completed their graduation Friday at Memorial Stadium to the accompaniment of fireworks and applause.
Cal State ʦapp will confer the highest honor in the California State University system on two transformational Kern County leaders who devoted their lives to helping students excel in one of the most educationally and economically challenged regions of the state.
With drones flying overhead, farm animals available to pet, cars on display and interactive demonstrations aplenty, the Kern High School District and Kern Economic Development Foundation hosted the Career & STEM Expo Friday at the Career Technical Education Center.
The top leaders of the largest system of public higher education in the nation will be at Cal State ʦapp on Tuesday to ask local community members to help define the characteristics and priorities of CSUB’s next president, who, upon appointment, will be only the sixth to lead the univ…
Just as the morning tides ebb and flow, Hope Flint said times of deluge and drought come and go in California. Anxieties about water, she said, are nothing new; it’s been a fixture throughout her life, as early as the morning showers before school.
What started as a tale of two colleges with separate English programs grew into an annual conference that celebrated 30 years of uniting local schools in a collaborative effort to advance literary curriculum in the area.
Everyone — from farmers to teachers, legislators to laymen — can agree that the Central Valley needs more doctors.
Hector Perez displayed a sign reading “CSUB Dad” as he stood below a banner of blue and gold metallic balloons that spelled out “#CSUBBound.”
California’s largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the “science of reading,” that spotlights phonics to teach children to read.
Local leaders came together Wednesday to call on young people around Kern County to serve their community by putting in time on priorities like climate action, food insecurity, mentoring and tutoring — all in exchange for college tuition money.
Following years of planning and discussion, and some public opposition, the Kern High School District approved an ethnic studies course at its board meeting Tuesday.
A 24-hour fundraising marathon kicks off at noon Tuesday as Cal State ʦapp invites campus and community members to participate in its annual Raising for 'Runners Giving Day.
A decade after California revolutionized the way it funds schools, nearly everyone agrees the initiative has done what it was meant to do: improved math and reading scores and brought more resources to students who struggle the most.
This spring, Cal State ʦapp will graduate its 50th nursing class, a major milestone that the nursing department will celebrate with a special alumni event.
Two newly appointed leaders within the Kern Community College District laid out their vision for student housing, new degree pathways and workforce development during their local public debut Thursday.
From cocktails to chiropractors, two more small business owners received checks Thursday from the city’s pot of American Rescue Plan Act federal funding to stimulate small businesses.
The numbers tell an impressive story: About 540 students in fourth grade through high school presented more than 486 projects on Tuesday at Kern County’s 36th annual Regional Science Fair at Mechanics Bank Convention Center.
When Denise Massey’s daughter was 6 years old, she put the girl, who has Down syndrome, on a van every morning for speech therapy in El Centro: 100 miles round trip, sometimes braving 120-degree heat, monsoons and severe dust storms known in the desert as haboobs.
California schools got $23.4 billion in federal pandemic relief money. Low-income schools that got the most may be hardest hit when the funds expire this year.
Discussion opened Monday night on a proposal to offer an elective course on ethnic studies at select Kern High School District campuses as soon as this fall in advance of a state requirement that all students in California take a class on the subject before receiving a diploma.
Some of California's top college officials traveled to a small farmworker community in Kern County on Friday to learn how its high school has become a model for guiding students toward higher education.
Kern Community College District trustee Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg has been appointed to the 18-voting-member Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
A recent report by EdSource shed light on what appears to be a most disturbing trend in preparing high school students for admission to California’s public universities.
