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Lucia Mar shuffles school board seats

Written on 3 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The Lucia Mar school board has approved a plan to more evenly distribute trustee seats among electoral areas. The board voted to move one trustee seat from the Arroyo Grande area to the Nipomo area, with the change taking effect... (Continue reading)

AG offers water school in place of fines

Written on 20 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

In the spirit of traffic school, Arroyo Grande gave its first water school class that allows residents to waive a $50 water waster fine. [Tribune] In May, the Arroyo Grande City Council agreed to fine customers who fail to meet... (Continue reading)

Missile test freaks out Southern Californians

Written on 9 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A bright white light shot through Southern California skies Saturday night as the United States Navy conducted a ballistic missile test. Shortly after, law enforcement officials received panicked calls, and some residents posted videos on social media accompanied by theories... (Continue reading)

California tests scores among worst in U.S.

Written on 30 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 27 comments

California K-12 students have some of the worst math and reading skills in the United States, according to new national test results. [Mercury News] The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) tests the math and reading abilities of a sampling... (Continue reading)

Sex ed to be mandatory in California high schools

Written on 2 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

California Gov.Jerry Brown signed a pair of bills Thursday that will require high school students in the state to take sex education courses and to learn that “yes means yes.” [Sac Bee] Most California school districts currently offer sexual education... (Continue reading)

Mission Prep bedeviled by lawsuit, Reagan trip sexual misconduct

Written on 23 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By KAREN VELIE Officials at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo announced last week there will not be a junior varsity football team when the season begins next week, leaving many to question why. This fall, Mission Prep will be... (Continue reading)

Mission Prep football lawsuit moving forward

Written on 13 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A lawsuit alleging Mission Prep High School is responsible for one of its former football players suffering brain damage and cruel bullying has cleared an initial hurdle. In the case, the former player, a minor, is suing the school and... (Continue reading)

Disabled child spends school day abandoned on the bus

Written on 14 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A driver for the Goleta school district left a 4-year-old boy with brain damage sitting on a parked school bus for four hours last week. [KCOY] On the morning of July 6, the driver was transporting four children to summer... (Continue reading)

SLO Laureate School shuttered, no warning to parents

Written on 1 Jul, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 40 comments

By KAREN VELIE Parents attempting to drop their children off on Wednesday morning at the Laureate School in San Luis Obispo were informed the owners of the school had been evicted and the school was closed. The Laureate School is... (Continue reading)

Cuesta College closes small pool because of leaks

Written on 17 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Cuesta College announced Wednesday it is closing its small 60,000 gallon pool to make emergency safety repairs to the pool lining. The small pool will be closed indefinitely, Cuesta College officials said in a press release. The unplanned repairs have... (Continue reading)