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KHSD adopts Local Control Accountability Plan after hearing suggestions from community members
The Kern High School District unanimously adopted its Local Control and Accountability Plan Monday night, after hearing for months suggestions from community members.
Some of the biggest requests for the LCAP — a plan that outlines the goals, actions, services, and expenditures to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities — from the community were related to racial inequities within the district.
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COLUMN: Community wants to see results from Kern High School District’s teacher diversity initiatives
BY ANTHONY FUENTES
Years ago a student asked me why there was so much pressure on students to go to the high school in their neighborhood while the teachers in that school were, by and large, not from and certainly did not live in the neighborhood.
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Bakersfield City School District makes no decision on how to fill vacant board seat
After calling a special meeting in response to a board member submitting a resignation letter, the Bakersfield City School District Board of Trustees did not decide how it plans to fill a vacant seat at a meeting Monday.
COMMENTARY: Free speech or white supremacy? Students concerned about safety after group vandalizes BC campus
A white supremacy group made their presence known at the tail end of the spring semester on the Bakersfield College campus, and following the bold statement, along came apologists from the school’s own staff.
Bakersfield College unveils new timeline for Arvin campus; construction to begin in August 2021, officials say
After Bakersfield College promised Arvin residents it would open a campus in 2021, BC officials told the community Tuesday it won’t finish the project for another few years.
Q&A: Ridgeview High student works towards raising awareness of Sikh community and giving students more opportunity
Ridgeview High senior Harvin Kaur has been elected President of the Sikh Honors and Service Society and the class Vice President.