Editor’s Note: To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Kern Sol News is highlighting notable Hispanic leaders in Kern County who are working to create positive change in their community.
Every year during the spring semester all schools around Kern County take assessments to determine whether a student is meeting their reading standards or not.
As students have made their way back to the classroom and met their new teachers this school year, Kern County faces an important issue — its lack of teachers.
The Bakersfield City School District voted NO on the Central for Arts and Technology (CAAT) petition to build a charter school on Tuesday night.
Bakersfield community members attended the Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) meeting Tuesday night to oppose the Central Academy for Arts and Technology (CAAT) petition to build a charter school in downtown Bakersfield.
All 22 libraries in the Kern County Library system are beginning to wrap up their annual Summer Reading Challenge that kicked off early summer, with many receiving prizes and awards.
“To us it’s a historic moment.” Those are the words of Fredi Castrejon, the founding president of the newly established Arvin-Lamont Kiwanis Club chapter.
Alex Fan is passionate about history, social justice, and dance. While the three seem like they’d take him down three different paths, especially dance, he perfectly mixed the three.
Organizations in Kern County are in the process of applying for the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF).
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools held a press conference to discuss the $18 million Workforce grant they received.