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CHICO, Calif., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A lawsuit was filed in Butte County Superior Court by Jane Doe against Chico Unified School District alleging years of childhood sexual assault and abuse by her former teacher at Bidwell Junior High School, Jennifer Lynn Smith.
According to the complaint filed by attorney Mary Alexander, Jane Doe (a name used to protect the survivor s identity) was sexually assaulted, molested, and abused beginning around 2009, when Jane Doe, age 13, was an eighth-grade student in Smith s Spanish class at Bidwell Junior High School. After Jane Doe confided in a school counselor and in Smith about the difficulties of her home life, Smith pretended to take an interest in her situation. Smith began grooming Jane Doe with the intent to manipulate Jane Doe s emotions so that she could ultimately sexually abuse her. Smith even used Jane Doe s difficult upbringing to her advantage by calling Jane Doe her adopte
Inspire School of Arts & Sciences raising funds for new campus
Inspire School of Arts and Sciences Development Director Celeste Cramer joined Linda Watkins-Bennett to provide details on how the school is raising funds for a new campus.
Posted: Mar 16, 2021 12:44 PM
Posted By: Deb Anderaos
CHICO, Calif. – Inspire School of Arts and Sciences has been sharing campuses with Chico High School since it started. Now, work is underway to raise enough money to build a new, state-of-the-art campus to call their own.
Thanks to a $1 million grant from Chico Unified School District, a $10 million grant from the state, and hundreds of contributions from the community, the school has raised 66% of the funds needed to construct a new campus.
Parents in Chico react to school board s decision to keep split schedule
Action News Now spoke with parents, teachers and board members after the Chico Unified School District voted to continue the current split schedule for the remainder of the school year.
Posted: Feb 4, 2021 5:26 PM
Updated: Feb 4, 2021 8:47 PM
Posted By: Kristian Lopez
CHICO, Calif. - Students in the Chico Unified School District will continue learning in the a.m./ p.m. model for the rest of the school year after a 4-to-1 vote by school board members.
The decision to continue the a.m./ p.m. model came on Wednesday night during the Board of Education meeting.
CUSD votes to continue AM/PM model for spring semester
Students in the Chico Unified School District will remain in the AM/PM in-person model for the remainder of the school year.
Posted: Feb 3, 2021 12:08 AM
Updated: Feb 4, 2021 9:51 AM
Posted By: Carmela Karcher and Brandon Downs
UPDATE 9:14 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 - Students in the Chico Unified School District will remain in the AM/PM in-person model for the remainder of the school year.
Protestors gathered Wednesday afternoon before the 4-to-1 vote from the school board.
Some protestors were in-support of the full-time, in-person model. Other parents and teachers though saying the AM/PM model has been working best for them.