County warns Bullis Charter School over enrollment disparities
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Bullis Charter School, above, isn t enrolling enough students from certain underrepresented groups, county official contend.
Bullis Charter School is failing to adequately enroll certain underrepresented student groups, the Santa Clara County Board of Education warned last week. If the imbalance isn’t addressed, the school’s charter could be at stake, which it requires to operate.
The board voted 6-1 at a May 5 meeting to authorize issuing a notice of concern to BCS, laying out the alleged violations and giving the school a chance to remedy the situation. The school’s charter is due to come before the county board for renewal next school year.
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Jason Carballar, the Los Altos School District’s warehouse coordinator, shows the cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment the district stockpiled in its board room last fall.
As schools reopen for in-person learning, local districts are receiving millions of dollars in one-time state and federal funding to help cover the additional expenses the pandemic has brought on.
From rapidly rolling out distance learning last spring to now making sure campuses comply with health requirements as students and teachers return, the pandemic has led to an array of unexpected costs.
Districts received various sources of money over the past year to offset the new expenses but are now receiving larger sums, thanks to a California law meant to incentivize reopening, plus the $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 relief bill that Congress passed last month.
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Cupertino Union reopens schools over a year after closures
Jennifer Clark works with a fifth-grader at Montclaire Elementary School last week.
Students were back on campus at Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos last week, working at their desks, getting help from teachers and playing outside with friends.
The Cupertino Union School District is reopening campuses for the first time in over a year. The district’s attendance area spans six cities and includes parts of south Los Altos.
Until now, students have been taking classes from home, with the exception of small groups that have returned for in-person support.