SACRAMENTO — A change is coming to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, one meant to broaden the scope of history to include a traditionally marginalized group — the homosexual and transgendered community.
SAMOHI — The California Interscholastic Federation recently approved a rule change for high school football that is aimed at stopping blowouts before they get even uglier.
SAMOHI — Philadelphia Eagles’ wide receiver DeSean Jackson made a surprise appearance Saturday at Santa Monica High School’s orientation for incoming freshmen football players in the wake of a recent racial bullying incident involving a pair of wrestlers.
Najee Ali, director of Project Islamic HOPE, has filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Santa Monica High School wrestling coach Mark Black and the two white student-wrestlers accused of racially bullying a black teammate on May 4.
Q-Line The SMMUSD Board of Education last week promised changes in curriculum and training in the wake of an alleged racially-motivated incident at Santa Monica High School.
SAMOHI — Laurel Fretz, a veteran teacher and administrator in various California school districts, will be taking over the reins as principal of Santa Monica High School for the coming school year.
SAMOHI — A Los Angeles-based civil rights group filed a complaint with the Department of Justice Wednesday against a Santa Monica wrestling coach and two student athletes allegedly involved in a racial incident against a black student on the Santa Monica High School campus.
SAMOHI — The season is still more than a month away, but footballs are about to be flying. Santa Monica High School’s football team opens summer training camp on Monday and gets its first taste of competition the next day during a passing game against St.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — California state government seems intent on getting its own fiscal house in order while making a mess of everyone else’s. In a rushed budget session, which was confined to a 38-minute window so that it could be approved by the June 30 deadline, school district officials approved a $1
A racial bullying incident at Santa Monica High School in May became a major regional news story last week. The racially-tinged event was finally reported to the Santa Monica Police Department, which has opened an investigation.
SAMOHI — Consuelo Perez looked every inch the consummate professional that she is when she approached the podium to deliver her report on the English Learners’ Advisory Committee (ELAC) to the Board of Education.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Members of the Board of Education promised substantive changes in curriculum and training as well as a progress report within two months in response to a racial incident that officials acknowledge took place at Santa Monica High School in May.