Unelected incumbent candidate Keith Coleman, who has sat on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education since January 2021, announced on Friday afternoon that he would be
Many Santa Monica students returning to class today for the first day of the 2022-23 school year may see some unfamiliar faces — or unfamiliar surroundings. That’s because the Water
Marae Cruce may not be a household name — at least not yet — but the math teacher-turned-administrator has earned her place at the helm of Samohi beginning when classes resume next
BACK TO SCHOOL: Young students preparing to begin kindergarten this fall get a boost from Santa Monica Library’s Countdown to Kindergarten activity series, running from Monday through Thursday this week. The hour-long event includes coloring, counting, reading, play and more. Visit www.smpl.org/kids
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) is preparing to allocate $1 million toward renting a building on the Santa Monica College (SMC) campus, the latest expense attached to the
Craig Foster, who for the past eight years has served as Malibu’s only representative on the seven-member Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education, announced on Friday, Aug.
An investiture ceremony last Friday formally inducting Gilbert Rodriguez into his role as a Superior Court judge for the County of Los Angeles was a full-circle moment for the lifelong
It was with great fanfare the local school district announced the opening of Samohi’s latest campus project — known as the Discovery Building — last fall and now, close to one
With high rates of inflation making headlines this summer — recent data shows the June 2021 to June 2022 inflation rate hit a staggering 9.1% — Santa Monica school staff have
School Board hearings in Santa Monica are often protracted, with key discussion items and major actions sometimes undertaken close to midnight amid four-, five- and sometimes nearly six-hour-long meetings.
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One month remains before “moving day” at John Muir Elementary School in Ocean Park, when classrooms will be packed up to prepare for invasive remediation to begin on the water
Citing its large, difficult-to-secure exurban campuses and slow law enforcement response times, the City of Malibu is considering new plans to potentially add armed security guards to its four public
