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Advocates encourage public to participate in LCAP hearings to make school more inclusive for students
For the first three years of high school, Chyna Patz didn’t feel safe at school. She was bullied for the way she looked, the way she dressed and her sexual orientation.
Teachers association advocates for increase in teacher pay at KHSD board meeting
Newly elected Kern High School District trustees Cynthia Brakeman and Janice Graves — both retired teachers — were sworn in at Monday’s board meeting — the same meeting the president of the Kern High School Teachers Association advocated for an increase in teachers’ pay.
BC and CSUB food pantries to close for winter break; students still in need of food during time off
With winter break just weeks away, the food pantry at Bakersfield College and Cal State Bakersfield are preparing to close for winter break, but that doesn’t mean student hunger takes a break.
Q&A: Common inspires students in Kern to keep advocating for a better community
Academy Award-winning actor and three-time Grammy recipient Common visited Bakersfield in October for a youth town hall.
State officials recommend new rules for controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos
In an effort to protect “human health and the environment,” state officials issued temporary recommendations this month for growers in California regulating a pesticide commonly used in Kern County — chlorpyrifos.
Two former teachers to join KHSD board and have big plans for the district
For the first time in two decades, two women will serve as Kern High School District trustees, helping to steer the direction of the one of the state’s largest districts.