Red Tier Impact On School Openings
PLEASANT HILL, Calif., September 29, 2020 – Contra Costa County has moved into the Red (Substantial) Tier under the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy, which allows schools to consider reopening after two weeks if certain conditions are met. If Contra Costa County remains in the Red Tier for 14 consecutive days, schools in the county have the option to return to in-person…
Free And Reduced-Price School Meals Available To Qualifying AUHSD Families
Acalanes Union High School District, including Acalanes High School, Campolindo High School, Las Lomas High School and Miramonte High School, announces its policy to serve nutritious meals every school dayunder the National School Lunch Program. Effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, children are eligible for free or reduced-price meals if the household income…
Contra Costa Joins Bay Area Counties In Extending Distance Learning Through End Of School Year
From the Contra Costa County Office of Education: Pleasant Hill, CA– The public health officers and county superintendents in six Bay Area counties have announced they will extend the suspension of in-class instruction through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Francisco County Superintendents in collaboration…
Bay Area School Districts Extend Closures Through May 1
San Jose, CA – Seven Bay Area County Health Officers, in collaboration with their six County Superintendents of Schools have made a unified, regional decision to extend school closures and student dismissals from regular school attendance through May 1, 2020, to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible. The safety and wellness…
San Ramon Valley Unified Settles Curry Family Drowning Suit For $8 Million
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District has agreed to pay the parents of 15-year-old Benjamin Curry $8 million to settle a lawsuit filed after the Danville teen drowned during his high school PE class. Curry died May 8, 2018 in the pool at San Ramon Valley High School when his physical education class was…
Walnut Creek’s Las Lomas High Locked Down After Student Found With Gun On Campus Thursday
Officials at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek placed the school in lockdown mode Thursday after receiving a tip about a student with a gun on campus. In notes and texts from students and parents, the school was placed in lockdown at about 11:20 a.m. after receiving a report that a student with a…
Suspected Drunk Driver Rams Multiple Cars In DVC Parking Lot Wednesday
Our Flash Subscribers got word of this one as it was happening at around 3:15 Wednesday but photos and breathless descriptions of yesterday’s “Monster Truck Rally” rampage in a parking lot at Diablo Valley College still has folks talking. Witnesses – some of them students, some parents waiting for their children – noted a man…
San Ramon’s Iron Horse Middle School Under Lockdown After Graffiti Threat
A scrawled threat of gun violence at the school has prompted a lockdown at Iron Horse Middle School in San Ramon. Police on scene… NO imminent threat found. Message from the school’s principal: Dear Iron Horse Middle School Staff and Parents/Guardians, We want to inform you that Iron Horse Middle School is currently on lockdown.…
California High School Student Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexually Assaulting Other Students
Following weeks of speculation about an ongoing sexual assault investigation at California High School, San Ramon Valley school district officials confirmed that a student was arrested last month and jailed on suspicion of sexually assaulting three other students. District officials said they contacted the San Ramon Police Department as soon as they learned of the…
New Threatening Graffiti At Cal High; Extra Police Presence On Campus
School Principal Christopher George issued the attached advisory after more graffiti was discovered at the school.