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A new variant of COVID, omicron, made the first week of school following the winter break more than a little challenging.

Goodbye, 2021 -- the strange year when we tentatively rejoined the world, cautiously stepping out from our quarantining and still wearing masks. Hopefully as we look back at January to June 2021, we see progress made in our cities...

Months after students, parents and staff weighed in about Pleasanton Unified School Districts long-running school resource officer program, a recently updated draft MOU with the city is up for a Board of Trustees vote on Thursday.

More than a year later after first being nominated, Foothill Highs Josh Hill will finally be presented with an Alameda County Teacher of the Year award during a special ceremony honoring more than a dozen Bay Area educators next week.

Alameda County — Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a new mandate adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of vaccinations required for children to attend school.

New clothes. New backpacks. New lunch boxes. Notebooks and markers. The signs had been there for days. Then it arrived: The new school year began for my grandchildren, experiencing the thrill of the new school year and all it entails.

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PUSDs pre-K through second grade came back on March 4 and students in grades 3 to 5 followed on Monday. Middle and high schools were on track to reopen this Thursday after the state moved Alameda County into the red tier.

PLEASANTON, Calif. (KGO) -- Middle and high school students in Pleasanton returned to the classroom Thursday for the first time in a year. The school district is the first in Alameda County to open up schools to older kids. Pleasanton elementary schools opened last week. "I think its not about being first, its about being there for kids and we were able to get our ducks in a row, so to speak," said Superintendent David Haglund. Haglund is now getting calls from school districts across the stat...