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Despite community outcry, KHSD has no immediate plans to build high school in Lamont
By Veronica Morley
Lamont residents packed the Kern High School District board chambers Monday in a standing-room only meeting as they pled for trustees to approve the construction of a high school in their town.
Expulsions and transfer rates down amid a gradual transition to PBIS at the Kern High School District
By Dean Welliver
Following pressure after it settled a lawsuit alleging it engaged in discriminatory disciplinary practices, Kern High School District cut its number of expulsions in half between 2016 and 2017, district officials reported late last month.
Report Identifies Students’ College Pathway Challenges
Dean Welliver, South Kern Sol, News Report
Look around a typical high school classroom of about 20 students — it’s likely that just six will graduate from college.
Thousands Take to the Streets For Women’s March Kern County
Article by Marilu Cisneros, South Kern Sol
Photos by Marisol Sanchez Verdin
Hundreds of women descended upon downtown Bakersfield Saturday, marching, chanting and sharing inspirational stories of female empowerment during Kern County’s first Women’s March.
Gurrola to critics: proposed oil regulations not a ban
South Kern Sol, News Report, Veronica Morley
Weathering criticism of a proposed ordinance that would regulate the oil and gas industry, Arvin Mayor Jose Gurrola insisted this week that policy changes are being misunderstood and would not amount to a citywide ban.
‘I know how victims feel’: West High to combat bullying with needed assemblies
By Chyna Patz, South Kern Sol
West High School has a bullying problem.
Walk around West High any school day and you can find somebody on campus who has been personally affected by bullying, or knows a student who has.