Being a janitor isn’t always easy, especially at a middle school. Most of the time they get the dirty work but Otis, a janitor at Palm Desert Charter Middle School, does every task with a smile on his face. NBC Palm Springs shadowed the beloved worker on Wednesday as he got ready for the first […]
Two schools within the Coachella Valley are in full celebration mode after ‘Teachers of the Year’ were announced. In fact, the Riverside County Office of Education recognized four out of 16,000 teachers, within the county, as teachers of the year; of the four, two are Desert Sands Unified School District teachers. Jodi Fercera, a teacher […]
It was billed as a casual coffee meeting between parents, teachers, and the superintendent of the Desert Sands Unified School District. In reality, it turned out to be much more than that as concerned parents sounded off about the fate of their children’s school. Parent Jana Johnson says, “It’s been on my mind almost everyday since […]
