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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Youth housed at the Juvenile Treatment Center (JTC) in South Lake Tahoe were recently treated to a unique experience.

CCPS Board Approves New Administrator Position to Address Student Barriers

The Opelousas Board of Aldermen last week approved and delayed six requests for amending citywide zoning ordinances to allow proposed property development. Code Enforcement Director Margaret Doucet told the board that each of the zoning amendments had been discussed and approved by members of an appointed city Planning Commission. Retail office space on Wallior Street The board delayed action on the request by Fakouri Enterprises for office space on property located on Wallior between East Grol...

Can summer school classes help close achievement gap for students created by COVID? Lindsey Mastis/ABC7 Replay Video UP NEXT Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is considering signing a bill that would require safe, in-person learning options for students as soon as this summer. Although it wouldnt be required, parents wonder whether getting kids back into classrooms will help close the achievement gap created by the pandemic. Dara Dugger, director of the Prince William County Publ...

Members of the Christian County school board heard an update on the Racial Educational Equity Plan during the Thursday night workshop meeting. Before the plan

Members of the Christian County school board heard an update on the Racial Educational Equity Plan during the Thursday night workshop meeting. Before the plan was presented, Jada Poindexter, an 11th grader at Hopkinsville High School, declared February as Black History Month for the school district. Superintendent Chris Bentzel said the committee formed and went to work over the summer to create the plan. Kim Stevenson, Director of Alternative Programs, shared the plan and explained why the com...

Transitional Age Youth Unit Launched in 2009 our Adult Probation Department maintains a special unit for 18- to 25-year-old probationers call the Transitional Age Youth (TAY) Unit. With staff trained in young adult development and trauma-informed approaches, the TAY Unit: Works with clients to develop individualized treatment and rehabilitation plans (ITRP) based on the risks, needs, and emotional development of each client Regularly reviews and adjusts plans Connects clients with developmental...

Leadership reached out to the family to inform them and to share information on alternative programs. did they explain the eligibility requirements before? >> they did not. the last time i talked to them was that day when he mentioned that he could no longer be in the boy scouts. and that was on the phone. that was the last time. >> what were the alternatives? >> they didnt. >> they didnt say anything? >> no. >> no? >> huh-uh. not at all. the conversation on the phone, no. >> not at all? >> no. ...

>> let me just say again i am not one of those hardliners who think that the answer is arrest to everything. i think the superintendent raises a valid point and i commend him and those in the district for developing alternative programs. my child is the victim of a theft of 295, my child is assaulted and doesnt raise to the bar that you arbitrarily set, its interesting to me that the police department and the school district have arbitrarily refined what is and isnt law. and whats the consequenc...