The Santa Monica-Malibu Education Foundation (SMMEF) raised $643,336 during a five-week matching challenge from SMMEF Corporate Partner Dun & Bradstreet. Inspired by Dun & Bradstreet’s $70,000 matching
During the recession, Chancy Jones saw the impact of state budget cuts on employee workflow at Santa Monica High School. The campus security officer said staffing reductions led to longer
The Santa Monica and Malibu factions of the school district’s separation committee are like teenage lovers: They’re back together to talk about breaking up.
The two sides have
Santa Monica High School is probably going to look very different in the coming decades.
Officials are working on long-term plans for the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s flagship campus,
The Santa Monica-Malibu school district's budget appears relatively secure, at least for now.
Although Gov. Jerry Brown has highlighted the risk of another economic downturn, local officials said
Lori Whitesell was troubled by the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s system for calculating grade-point averages, finding it unfair to students who retake classes to get better marks.
And when
A misinterpretation of enrollment in discounted school lunch programs led to an error in the Santa Monica-Malibu school district's bookkeeping.
The error was discovered in an audit of
Is the Santa Monica-Malibu school district's staff diverse enough?
Board of Education members said during their meeting Thursday that more can be done to make the demographic makeup
Paula Lytz was confirmed Thursday as the new principal of John Muir Elementary School during the Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education meeting last week.
Lytz, a bilingual educator who arrives
It started as a routine agenda item as the Santa Monica-Malibu Board of Education prepared to hear from district advisory committee representatives about their goals for the school year.
But
This past May, after a springtime festival at Will Rogers Elementary School downplayed its Cinco de Mayo roots, parents were outraged.
They flocked to an ensuing Santa Monica-Malibu school board
One of Santa Monica High School's two outgoing valedictorians, Nicholas Charchut, is scheduled to start classes soon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The other, David Lin, is