Education Archives

Superintendent issues final update on racist doll incident investigation

November 22, 2021 12:41 PM Melody Waintal

The SUHSD Superintendent Dan Burns announced the final report from the third party investigation of the racist doll incident at Salinas High…

Bradley Elementary library floods after years of maintenance issues

November 10, 2021 11:15 AM Lisa Principi

After years of dealing with issues in the building — the library at Bradley Elementary School has reached its breaking point. The library was shut…

School honors COVID-19 deaths with an altar for Dia De Los Muertos

October 29, 2021 6:45 PM Jonathan Sarabia

Fremont Elementary remembers and celebrates their loved ones lost due to COVID-19 for Dia De Los…

Measure A: Increasing cannabis tax funds toward early childhood education in Santa Cruz

October 28, 2021 11:08 AM Lisa Principi

Voters in the City of Santa Cruz only have one thing to decide on Tuesday’s election — whether or not to increase the portion of the city’s…

Central Coast prepares to vaccinate children for COVID-19

October 20, 2021 11:14 AM Jonathan Sarabia

The COVID-19 vaccine will soon be made available for children ages 5 to…

Central Coast school districts suffer from national supply chain crisis

October 18, 2021 2:17 PM Edgar Olivares, Melody Waintal, Stephanie Aceves

The Pajaro Valley School District told parents that the U.S. supply chain crisis is affecting food programs for…

CSUMB President to retire after 10 years

October 18, 2021 1:35 PM Melody Waintal

CSUMB President Eduardo Ochoa announced he will be retiring at the end of the school…

Santa Cruz County preparing to vaccinate kids aged 5-11 pending FDA approval

October 15, 2021 11:14 AM Lisa Principi

Children aged 5 to 11, could get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as next month if it gets authorization from the FDA, and Santa Cruz County is already…

New Hartnell College Softball Coach carries on family legacy

October 14, 2021 12:03 PM Jonathan Sarabia

Hartnell College recruits, Salinas native, Casey Watt as the new Head Softball…

Hartnell College reveals new Soledad Education Center

October 14, 2021 12:00 PM Melody Waintal

Hartnell College is opening their new education center next Saturday in Soledad and the community is invited to the family festival with free hot…

Watsonville High teachers push back on school resource officer decision

October 13, 2021 11:59 AM Lisa Principi

Watsonville High School teachers have expressed their concerns about the district’s decision to bring back school resource officers.…

Special Report: Staffing shortages affect Monterey County schools

October 7, 2021 10:09 AM Lisa Principi

Local schools are seeing a shortage of classified staff to keep schools running. Districts in Monterey County are actively recruiting food service…

Governor Newsom signs early childhood legislation

October 5, 2021 11:18 AM Lisa Principi

Days after California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all students in California, he is set to sign legislation…

Central Coast schools prepare for state vaccine mandate for students

October 1, 2021 11:54 AM Lisa Principi

Dr. Deneen Guss, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools, said the county is preparing to host vaccine clinics for students in preparation for the…

Gov. Gavin Newsom announces COVID-19 vaccine mandate for in-person school

October 1, 2021 10:49 AM Melody Waintal

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced there will be a state mandate requiring students and staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend in-person instruction.…

High school students in Santa Cruz build Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles for Ocean Experiments

September 24, 2021 6:12 PM Melody Waintal

Mount Madonna School Engineering Club students built an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to explore the ocean floors of Catalina…

Salinas High School cancels football game after players test positive for COVID-19

September 22, 2021 2:46 PM Melody Waintal

Salina’s High School cancelled their football game against Alisal High School after several players on the team tested positive for COVID-19.…

Hartnell College to require students, employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19

September 22, 2021 10:57 AM Lisa Principi

After a board vote on Tuesday night, Hartnell Community College will now require students and employees to be vaccinated for…

UCSC students arrive ahead of first-ever “Downtown Day”

September 21, 2021 12:03 PM Victor Guzman

Thousands of UC-Santa Cruz students are slowly pouring into the university on the first real move-in days since the beginning of the…

Salinas library unveils bookmobile program for residents

September 20, 2021 1:47 PM Victor Guzman

Salinas councilmembers are set to take a tour of a new bookmobile that has been unveiled by the Salinas Public Library…

Central Coast schools see shortage in COVID-19 tests as Biden calls for increased testing

September 9, 2021 5:53 PM Lisa Principi

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) President Biden is calling for increased access to COVID-19 testing in schools, announcing today he is invoking the…

Loaded firearm found and retrieved from Washington Middle School student’s backpack

September 8, 2021 1:29 PM Jonathan Sarabia

A weapon has been found for the second time since the start of the new academic school year, in a Salinas Union High School District campus.…

School district provides free fitness classes to employees

September 6, 2021 11:54 AM Jonathan Sarabia

Greenfield Unified School District will be providing free fitness classes for all interested employees, starting tomorrow.…

Students return to Aptos High School after deadly stabbing on campus

September 3, 2021 12:03 PM Lisa Principi

APTOS, Calif. (KION) — A growing memorial outside Aptos High School marks the somber mood as students returned to campus Friday for the first time…

NAACP and LULAC demand answers from Salinas High School District

August 26, 2021 11:51 AM Edgar Olivares, Jonathan Sarabia

Two civil rights organizations on the Central Coast demand Salinas Union High School District (SUHSD) to respond after students posted photos and…

Sources say three Salinas High students suspended over a racist incident involving a Black doll

August 26, 2021 6:26 PM Melody Waintal

A source confirmed that three students were suspended in connection to the racist incidents at Salinas High School involving a Black doll.…

CSUMB students arrive on campus for fall semester amid pandemic

August 20, 2021 5:07 PM Stephanie Magallon, Avery Johnson

Thousands of college students are arriving on the Central Coast this weekend for CSUMB’s move-in day, but this time, it is in the middle of a…

Schools face teacher shortage as students return for in-person learning

August 19, 2021 12:03 PM Jonathan Sarabia

Schools across the Central Coast are seeing a need for teachers and substitute teachers as students return to in-person instruction.…

Sheriff’s Office: Aptos school threat appears to be unfounded

August 19, 2021 10:40 AM Avery Johnson

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said it investigated a potential threat against Aptos Junior High School Wednesday…

Local school districts see COVID-19 exposures a week into in-person classes

August 13, 2021 11:57 AM Josh Kristianto

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) In Monterey County, 18 out of the 24 school districts there have been re-opened for in-person learning. Each school district…

Santa Cruz goes back to school as California announces new vaccine mandate for teachers

August 11, 2021 1:59 PM Lisa Principi

Wednesday was the first day back in the classroom for students across Santa Cruz, and now California Governor Gavin Newsom is saying that teachers…

School supply costs create barriers for students

August 9, 2021 12:02 PM Jonathan Sarabia

Students across the Central Coast started their new school year and returning to in-person…

Hartnell College to hold registration fairs in Soledad, King City

August 9, 2021 4:32 PM Avery Johnson

Hartnell College announced that it will be holding two-part registration fairs for prospective students at its new center in Soledad and its newly…

iHeart Media is helping give away backpacks to Santa Cruz County schools

August 6, 2021 5:41 PM Melody Waintal

Goodwill Central Coast is giving away 200 backpacks filled with school supplies to celebrate the start of the school year and iHeart Media is…

FDA approves coronavirus vaccine authorization

Two Monterey High School students test positive for COVID-19

August 5, 2021 12:34 PM Avery Johnson

The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District issued a statement Thursday confirming that two students at Monterey High School tested positive for…

MPUSD, SUHSD begin first day of in-person instruction with COVID modifications

August 4, 2021 11:56 AM Josh Kristianto

California’s new COVID-19 guidance includes guidance for a “modified quarantine” to allow students to continue with in-person education, even if they…

Central Coast schools prepare to welcome students back

August 3, 2021 10:55 AM Jonathan Sarabia

Schools across the Central Coast are getting ready to welcome their students back for the new school…

Governor’s office asks CSU campuses, including CSUMB, to conserve energy Friday

July 30, 2021 2:17 PM Avery Johnson

alifornia State University, Monterey Bay, said in a social media post that the Governor’s Office has requested all CSU schools to implement power…

Monterey County opens a new virtual academy

July 29, 2021 8:01 PM Jonathan Sarabia

The Salinas City Elementary School district had a grand opening for its new Virtual Academy that will offer online instruction to students and…

Schools get ready to start in the fall, what are classrooms going to look like?

July 28, 2021 12:02 PM Dominoe Ibarra

As parents are getting ready to send their kids back to school, school districts and sharing their plans to keep their students and staff safe from…

CSU system to require faculty, staff and students to be vaccinated for Fall 2021

July 27, 2021 11:07 AM Victor Guzman

The California State University system says they will require faculty, staff and students accessing campus facilities at any location to be…

SPECIAL REPORT: Local experts weigh in on what Critical Race Theory is — and isn’t

July 22, 2021 10:26 AM Josh Kristianto

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION) In a KION Targeted Special Report, we explore a hot button uses that involves race, education and the future of what it…

UC Board of Regents approves tuition hike for fall 2022

July 22, 2021 10:55 AM The Associated Press, Josh Kristianto

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) University of California students across the state will now see tuition and fees increase at all 10 campuses starting next…

Salinas City Virtual Academy to host grand opening before school year starts

July 20, 2021 1:52 PM Avery Johnson

The Salinas City Elementary School District is opening a new virtual academy, and the school is planning to hold a grand opening ceremony next…

MPUSD seeks to hire three teachers for Digital Academy

July 20, 2021 12:37 PM Avery Johnson

The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District will start a Digital Academy this upcoming school year after families expressed interest, and now the…

Central Coast counties recommend masks indoors

July 19, 2021 11:56 AM Jonathan Sarabia

Central Coast counties are now recommending the use of masks indoors as extra protection against the highly contagious Delta Variant. …

Ethnic studies debate continues in the Salinas Unified High School Board Meeting

July 13, 2021 11:37 PM Melody Waintal

Families filled the Salinas School Board Meeting on Tuesday evening as the district discusses adding ethnic studies as a high school graduation…

Santa Cruz graduates work together to end homelessness among students

July 13, 2021 11:34 AM Jonathan Sarabia

Graduate students at UC Santa Cruz create a shelter to help students experiencing homelessness during their studies.…

180 grads receive diplomas at Salinas Union High School District summer graduation ceremony

July 9, 2021 3:12 PM Avery Johnson

On Friday, the Salinas Union High School District held its 20th annual summer graduation ceremony for about 180 grads who finished their requirements…

New book program makes healthy living accessible for local families

July 9, 2021 11:45 AM Courtney Aitken

Residents of family medicine filled a room at Natividad Medical Center just this morning to listen as Doctor Joshua Deutsch unveiled the new Justice…