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Empty desks are a sign of a growing truancy problem in classrooms throughout East County.<br><i>Photo by Ruth Roberts</i> Truant kids might spell j-a-i-l for parents
So you signed the kids out for a midweek trip to Disneyland. What’s the big deal if your middle schooler takes a mental health day or skips class for some quality time with grandma? Occasionally t...
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The Liberty Union High School District is reconsidering its plan to build a fourth comprehensive high school at the corner of Sellers Avenue and Delta Road.<i>Press file photo</i> Plan for fourth LUHSD high school to be reconsidered
The plan to build a 2,200-student high school in a rural area near Knightsen at Sellers Avenue and Delta Road became not quite as certain after the Liberty Union High School District Board postpon...
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Brentwood Union School District students are ready to run – or walk – to raise money for their schools during the inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds, scheduled for Sept. 11.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Janna Stonebarger</i> Ready to Run For Fun’ds
Kids don’t normally associate running with fun, but next week students in the Brentwood Union School District will be lacing up their shoes for a good cause. The inaugural Brentwood Run For Fun’ds...
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Roy Wells, left, discharges an 18th-century British Brown Bess for students at Edna Hill Middle School. <br><I>Photo by Samie Hartley</i> Having a blast with American history
“I’m about to make some noise,” declared historian Roy Wells as students at Edna Hill Middle School let out a collective OMG gasp. It’s not every day a man comes to campus with a gun and isn’t t...
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LUHSD gets $237K grant
The Liberty Union High School District has been notified that it will receive $237,138 over three years to provide a Tobacco Use Prevention and Education ( TUPE ) Program that will reach every stu...
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<i>Photo courtesy of Samantha Berkich</i> Happy headgear
Kayla Pakulski, Katelin Mathews and the rest of the third-grade classes at Timber Point Elementary recently doffed their favorite headgear in celebration of Lucky Hat Day. The campus event was in...
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Heritage High School junior Hannah Dillman, 16, will spend the fall semester in Washington D.C. as a participant in the U.S. House of Representatives Page Program.<br><i>Photo courtesy of Hope Groya</i> Discovery Bay teen headed for Capitol Hill
While most high school students in Brentwood have hit a rhythm with their school routines, Hannah Dillman is about to shake things up. Next week Hannah, a junior at Heritage High, leaves for Washi...
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<i>Photo courtesy of Marine Corps League Post 1155</I> League honors youth
Jarred Schubert was recognized by Brentwood’s Marine Corps League/Delta Diablo Detachment Post 1155 with several awards on Aug.19. Jarred was presented with the league’s Distinguished Citizen med...
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Parents pony up for school library
Discovery Bay Elementary Principal Allan Petersdorf knows that a school library is more than a place to check out books and conduct online research ­– it’s also an important part of a school’s ca...
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Honored at Excelsior
Discovery Bay student Demi Neal recently received a $500 grant from the Bay Area chapter of the Barnum Awards for her work with the Gay Straight Alliance club at Excelsior Middle School in Byron. ...
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