1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1584+ words) Parents looking to transfer their students out of Santa Rosa City Schools into another district will have a harder time doing so going forward after revised regulations were put in place to govern how the district handles those requests. The…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (511+ words) Housing for families would help save local schools Editor: We are about to lose local control over Santa Rosa's school district due to lack of funding. The district has already closed most middle schools, and several elementary schools are slated…...

3+ day, 23+ min ago   (1903+ words) Getting out into nature is beneficial for body, mind and spirit. Award-winning outdoor education instructor Sue Coulter has created a program to help children access the healing nature of the outdoors along the Mendocino Coast. In turn, they are learning…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1204+ words) The elected leaders of Santa Rosa City Schools heard two starkly divergent messages at the marathon school board meeting Jan. 28. One came from scores of teachers, counselors, parents and students who pleaded with trustees and administrators not to go through…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1029+ words) Sonoma State President Michael Spagna struck an enthusiastic if noncommittal tone in his first press conference 10 days into his tenure leading a university seeking to navigate its way back from the fiscal brink after an unprecedented and unpopular wave of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1569+ words) Santa Rosa City Schools teachers, staff, students and trustees are grappling with what campus life will be like next fall as the district is poised to cut more than 100 jobs, most of them roles tied to student academic support and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (666+ words) There's no place for counselors and social workers to speak with parents privately. Physical education teachers have to meet in a storage shed, seated on child-sized stools, to plan lessons. The art teacher wears earplugs to block out music lessons…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (428+ words) Struggling to make ends meet, one of the few preschools in Calistoga is set to shut at the end of March, leaving parents with only a couple of months to secure alternative child care arrangements. Hearts and Hands Preschool, a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (323+ words) Trump Administration finds that San Jose State violated Title IX over transgender volleyball player'pressdemocrat.com The Trump Administration announced Tuesday that San Jose State University violated Title IX when it allowed a transgender athlete to play on the women's volleyball…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) If West Sonoma County's high schools go "phone-free," it won't be to punish kids. It'll be to protect attention, learning, and mental health. At its Jan. 21 meeting, West Sonoma County Union High School District leaders discussed a bell-to-bell phone-free school…...