KHSD Board approves Plan 3 to move forward in Redistricting process

May 25, 2018 / By South Kern Sol and Dean Welliver
Tags: education, featured, kern high school district, khsd, Redistricting, South Kern

Dean Welliver, News Report

On Monday evening the Kern High School District Board of Trustees unanimously voted to present the Plan 3 trustee area redistricting map to the Kern County Committee on School District Organization this Thursday May 24.

KHSD Board Trustee Jeff Flores Talks about the KHSD redistricting on In the 661!

April 11, 2018 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: Bakersfield, Building Healthy Communities, Dolores Huerta Foundation, education, featured, Health, In The 661, Jeff Flores, Kern County, kern high school district, khsd, South Kern, South Kern Sol, Youth Journalism, youth voice

By: In the 661!

Jeff Flores talks about the Kern High School District’s decision to redistrict and more– all here in this latest segment of In the 661.

Gerald Cantu explains the LCAP process and discusses KHSD redistricting on In the 661

April 9, 2018 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: Dolores Huerta Foundation, Kern County, kern high school district, khsd, LCAP, LCFF, MALDEF lawsuit, Redistricting, school budget

Gerald Cantu the Educational Policy Director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation talks about the school budget process known as the Local Control Funding Formula/Local Control Accountability Plan and the Kern High School District’s decision to redistrict it’s trustee areas in light of the ruling that found the Kern County Board of Supervisors guilty of gerrymandering Latinos after a second majority district.

Gina Guzman discusses the Lamont High School Campaign on In the 661

April 9, 2018 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: education, Kern County, kern high school district, khsd, lamont, Lamont High School, South Kern

Gina Guzman a parent-leader in the campaign to establish a Lamont High School within the Kern High School District discusses the need for the high school, the response from the Kern High School District Board of Trustees, and what is next for the campaign.

Lyndsi Andreas talks about KHSD school discipline lawsuit settlement on In the 661

April 9, 2018 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: Bakersfield, education, featured, In The 661, kern high school district, khsd, school to prison pipeline

Lyndsi Andreas from Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance talks about the disproportionate suspensions, involuntary transfers, and expulsions of African American and Latino students within the Kern High School District, the school-to-prison pipeline, and the restorative justice disciplinary frameworks being implemented in the KHSD now.

KHSD Trustee Jeff Flores discusses redistricting and concerns of his district on In the 661

April 9, 2018 / By South Kern Sol
Tags: education, featured, In The 661, kern high school district, khsd, Lamont High School, Politics, Redistricting

Jeff Flores talks about the Kern High School District’s decision to redistrict and the district’s possible solutions to the overcrowding at Arvin High School.