Foster kids often miss out on Little League or music lessons. That’s one of the consequences of changing homes, or living with a family on a tight budget. Now California has a new plan to give them opportunities for the kinds of extracurricular activities that can build character and community. It’s included in a proposed […]
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Rio Dell Schools Reopening Tuesday
Rio Dell School District schools, which include Eagle Prairie Elementary and Monument Middle School, are set to reopen Tuesday, Jan. 10, after the schools were forced to close due to damage sustained during the Dec. 20 earthquake and Jan. 1 aftershock. On Monday, Jan. 9, RDSD will be holding an in-service day for its staff […]
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Power Outages, School Closure in Gusty Storm’s Wake
Hundreds of Humboldt County residents remain without power this morning after a storm carrying strong winds blew through the region last night. One of the largest outages, according to the PG&E outage map, is in the Dow’s Prairie neighborhoods behind the airport in McKinleyville, where residents are slated to see their lights turn back on […]
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Young Children Can Receive COVID Vaccines Soon. Here’s What You Need to Know
California will begin vaccinating young children as soon as today, with the state expecting to receive more than a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the first week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 for emergency use. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control […]
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Student COVID Vaccinations: California Becomes First State to Require Them for Kids in Schools
In another aggressive effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and ensure schools remain open, Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced a vaccine mandate for students ages 12 and older, making California the first state in the nation to require students to be fully vaccinated for in-person instruction. The mandate would add the COVID-19 vaccine to […]
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Students with Disabilities Across California Stuck in Limbo
The school year at Duarte Unified School District, 20 miles east of Los Angeles, started a month ago, but Brady, Ellie and Jack Fitzgibbons have yet to receive any instruction from their teachers. The 13-year-old triplets are on the autism spectrum, and their mother Julie Fitzgibbons didn’t feel safe sending them to school because she […]
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Schools Across Humboldt Serving Free Meals to Students, No Application Needed
Schools across Humboldt County are serving free breakfasts and lunches to students at no charge this year. No applications are required to qualify for the meals, which are extentions of the Seamless Summer Feeding Option program. For more specific information, parents or guardians can contact individual campuses, according to a news release from the Humboldt […]
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Why Millions of California Students Lack Broadband Access
About twice a week, the $9.99 per month internet connection falters. It’s often as Mario Ramírez finally wrangles his kids into their seats — the fourth-grader studies in the bedroom he shares with his 12 year-old sister, who studied in her parents bedroom — in time for virtual class. The screens freeze — sometimes during online […]
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HSU Possibly Designated Third Calpoly University
Humboldt State University may become the state’s third polytechnic university (and the only one in Northern California) after the California State University system asked the school to undertake a self-study toward becoming a designated polytechnic university. Polytechnic institutions usually feature hands-on and career-focused programs, an emphasis in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) studies, applied […]
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Fortuna Union High School District Will Continue In-Person Classes
The Fortuna Union High School District decided to continue to offer three learning options, distance learning, in-person and independent study, for its students at a board of trustees meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. “The board would like to keep these options open for our students and clearly stated that it was the community’s responsibility to […]
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Several Students Enrolled in the Southern Humboldt Unified School District Test Positive for COVID-19
Humboldt County Public Health notified the Southern Humboldt Unified School District that students enrolled in the district tested positive for COVID-19. According to the release, all the students and families involved have been identified and they had no direct contact with anyone at the school as schools are distance learning. We encourage students, staff, and […]
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Fortuna School District, Teacher Union Talks to Continue Sunday as Monday Opening Looms, T-S Reports
The Times-Standard is reporting that Fortuna Union High School Teachers Association and the Fortuna Union High School District Board of Trustees will return to negotiations in hopes of seeking an agreement of the union’s still-to-be met demands: A three-week postponement of the school year and a move to virtual instruction, the report states. Read the full story […]