SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó Deliberation over a $385 million school bond measure that could appear on the November ballot revealed deep divisions within the Board of Education and community as each struggled to balance much-needed school repairs with a desperate shortage in funding.
SAMOHI ¬ó District officials inked a deal with the Village Nation organization last week to bring its program to empower African-American youth to Santa Monica High School.
Noblesse oblige ¬ó the concept that to whom much has been given, much is expected. We expect that a person of high bearing or reputation should conduct themselves in accordance with their background or the respect they have earned.
CITYWIDE — Candidates, start your engines. Campaign season is upon us. While the presidential candidates have been duking it out publicly for months, Monday is the first day for Santa Monica’s political hopefuls to pull papers for the local elections, and candidates are already lining up for their
“Chain Reaction” was designated a Santa Monica landmark last Monday night by the Landmarks Commission. It joins a long list of dubious landmarks approved by the politically appointed (by City Council) citizens group.
WASHINGTON AVE ¬óJerry Sandusky and Bernie Fine are but two of the recent cases of sexual abuse in an athletic organization. These highly publicized cases show that bullying, sexual harassment and abuse are still occurring in the athletic world today.
MALIBU ¬ó The multipurpose room at City Hall last Sunday was filled with locals (mostly Democrats) interested in getting the latest Washington update from longtime U.
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) is looking for someone to sit on the Personnel Commission and help with the hiring and retention of employees working outside of the classroom.
Recently I stepped into a Grimm’s fairy tale akin to ¬ìThe Sleeping Beauty.¬î Remember how she lay hidden for years in an overgrown forest near the decaying palace which was her home? The beautiful illustrations by Arthur Rackham from my childhood books came to mind as I explored the island of Cuba.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬ó Santa Monica High School officials are building an ethnic studies program at the school as part of an ongoing attempt to improve relations between the racial groups on campus and achievement rates amongst minority students.
Ninety-five students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District were recognized for their proficiency in multiple languages on June 14. More than 10,000 high school students across California earned the first state recognition in the nation for achieving proficiency in multiple languages, St
Los Angeles County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Michael Antonovich on Monday introduced a new transit pass program intended to benefit young people previously in the foster care system.
