When Leticia Garcia Arango started classes at both Santa Rosa Junior College’s campus in 2016, she had little direction. “I didn’t have a major. I didn’t know what I was doing,” the 24-year-old Petaluma resident said. “I wanted to go to a four-year college, but I just didn’t know how it worked.” That all changed… Keep Reading
The Santa Rosa City School Board met in a special meeting Jan. 18 to address a familiar, thorny issue: the proposed unification of its many school districts. After weighing the trio of consolidation choices offered by an independent auditing firm, board members took a surprising step ― voting unanimously to further study the riskiest, most… Keep Reading
Five Sonoma County public schools have been included among the state’s distinguished schools program, which celebrates the California schools that best champion students. Corona Creek, Meadow, West Side, Alexander Valley and Liberty elementary schools were part of the 356 schools across the state named in the 2023 California Distinguished Schools Program, which returned this year… Keep Reading
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District has a 92.8% high school graduation rate, exceeding the state average of 87.4%, yet it was rated “low” on English language and mathematics in 2022, according to California School Dashboard data released this month. This was among the key findings released about the local school district on the dashboard,… Keep Reading
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KRON) – More than 300 educators in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District will strike on Thursday. This comes following months of negotiations with the school district and board to invest in the student and teachers. According to the Rohnert Park Cotati Educators Association, teachers, nurses, and other school employees will participate in the… Keep Reading
When classroom bells echo Monday morning across Sonoma County, educators aren’t certain just how many students and school staffers will be present to hear them. During the first week back in the classroom following winter break, Sonoma County schools experienced some of their most severe staff shortages of the academic year, along with double the… Keep Reading
The Sonoma County Library began the process of slowly reopening for in-person patronage last week. Patrons are encouraged to make a reservation through the library’s online form for one of the library’s hourlong “express service” sessions. Eleven regional libraries will be opening their doors twice a day for one hour each. With the exception will… Keep Reading
