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.
SMMUSD HDQTRS ¬óAfter over a year and a half in court, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has turned over materials relating to an investigation and punishment of a Santa Monica High School math teacher who sexually harassed a female student in 2008.
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.
RENO, Nev. — Tyler Skaggs may be in the minor leagues, but he’s doing big things. The former Santa Monica High School standout hasn’t even turned 21 yet, but his age hasn’t worked against him as he’s progressed through the minor leagues to the AAA level in just three years.
DOWNTOWN — R.C. Owens may be best known as the creator of the “alley-oop” catch in football, but locally he’ll always be remembered for much more. The football innovator died June 17 in Manteca, Calif.
CITY HALL ¬ó A citizen-led committee voted to recommend that the Board of Education place a $385 million bond on the November ballot after polling results showed that prospective voters in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District were more likely to pass a bond than a parcel tax.
SAMOHI ¬ó It looks like the University of Southern California got its man. After a lengthy recruiting process that attracted some of the most storied football programs in the nation, Santa Monica High School standout wide receiver Sebastian LaRue decided to stay close to home and become a Trojan aft
SAMOHI — The firing of a popular Santa Monica High School coach isn’t going over well with the Viking faithful. Head Coach Sheldon Philip-Guide was informed that the school was going in a different direction last week by Larry Boone, one of the house principals on campus.
PLAYA DEL REY — When Marty Verdugo retired from teaching and coaching this year it wasn’t to take it easy. The former Santa Monica High School girls’ basketball coach decided to give up the life of chasing championships and do something a little different.
SAMOHI ¬ó Santa Monica High School Principal Laurel Fretz said Thursday that she was planning to send phone and e-mail messages to parents informing them that school will be in session today, the last day of school.
CITYWIDE — After reaching the final of the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 playoffs for a second straight year, Santa Monica’s boys’ volleyball team continues to draw attention.
