Park Charter News Today

The Ripon Area School District (RASD) Board approved the consolidation of Barlow Park Elementary School and Journey Charter School at its regular monthly meeting Monday.

Barlow Park/Journal Principal Shawn Gartzke held a meeting last week Wednesday to discuss with parents of students at the two charter schools about combining the two schools into one school.

Due to the bitter cold and the hazardous driving conditions brought on by the Arctic blast, the majority of school districts and college campuses in the Greater Houston area will be closed on Tuesday....

Originally published Jan. 3 on IdahoEdNews.org.

The Ripon, Green Lake, Rosendale-Brandon and Markesan school districts recently were rated by the state of Wisconsin and earned a “Meets Expectations” rating (three stars).

A fire, a mental health day, a giant boulder and more kept kids out of class.

Fund balances — or savings — have reached record amounts and increased by an average of 17% over the past three years.

This week in community briefs, Santa Clara County parks are free to all on July 30, The Village at San Antonio Center presents free live music every first Thursday and the National Night Out event comes to Mountain View Aug. 2.