JAMS — Three juveniles were arrested on a felony charge of armed robbery Wednesday evening after allegedly threatening a younger child with a knife and taking his cell phone and some petty cash.
SMC — After more than 20 years of talk, City Hall and Santa Monica College are finally taking action. The SMC Board of Trustees on Tuesday entered into an agreement with city officials to build a $12.
VIRGINIA AVENUE PARK — School officials praised hard-working teachers, dedicated parents and a “unique” relationship with City Hall for the continued success of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District despite budgetary pressures from the state and other outside forces.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Web developers and school district staff are begging parents and teachers’ patience with a web-based application meant to provide easy access to student information that has resulted in missing grades and faulty transcripts.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Parents have the right to review records detailing a Santa Monica High School teacher’s violation of the school district’s sexual harassment policy, an appeals court ruled this week.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The Board of Education formally accepted a controversial policy Thursday that reduces the amount of punishment levied on a student for violating school rules on alcohol and drug use.
SAMOHI — Officials from Santa Monica High School, the school district and police department took heat from parents Tuesday night who gathered to hear what was being done to keep their children safe in the wake of fights that broke out on and off campus in preceding weeks.
SAMOHI — A popular program promoting dialogue between racial groups will return to Santa Monica High School after a year-long hiatus, and, for the first time, with direct school district funding.
GRANT ELEMENTARY — “It would be good to get a photographer down here as soon as possible.” That can be an ominous statement, but coming from Alan Friedenberg, it was welcome news.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Renovations at the Greek Theatre and a brand new gym planned for Santa Monica High School may be put on hold until City Hall officials determine whether or not hundreds of millions of dollars in redevelopment money is safe from a state grab, school officials say.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California faces a smaller budget deficit in the coming fiscal year but will require nearly $5 billion in cuts to public education if voters reject Gov.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The committee that will shape a controversial fundraising policy for the school district will get started on its work this month amidst concerns that its unwieldy size and difficult subject matter will disrupt plans to enact the policy by 2013.
