Police seized two handguns and a replica assault weapon from three Desert Hot Springs High School students who were arrested for allegedly threatening violence against the school on social media, authorities said Monday. Two boys and girl, all 14 years old, were arrested Sunday after a staff member from a nearby middle school reported the […]
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Juanita Rodgers, known lovingly as the lunch lady, has been serving children lunch at the Palm Springs Unified School District for 21 years and she doesn’t take a break during the summer “I just love it, I love serving the kids,” says Rodgers adding with tears in her eyes, “they just bring joy to my […]
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A father is fuming after he said his daughter was viciously attacked on a school bus. Terance Trulock claims the incident was not handled properly by the school or the bus driver. Cell phone video shows his daughter, a middle-schooler at Desert Springs Middle School, being attacked by two other girls. Throughout the video, the […]
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For the first time, California had to comply with federal law to identify low performing schools that receive federal funds, 781 made the list, 44 of those schools are in Riverside County. Cynthia Glover Woods, the chief academic officer with the Riverside Department of Education says their goal is for all students to succeed, “Anytime we […]
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We continue our series highlighting nominees for Palm Springs Unified School District’s teacher of the year. In this segment, we present five outstanding educators who are making a difference in our valley’s youth.
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There have been at least four suicide deaths by Southern California high-school aged students since August of this year. All of those students started the school year in a Rancho Cucamonga school district and attended different schools. Mental health experts say the number is alarming and becoming more prevalent in our youth. “Well, it’s growing, it’s […]
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The Palm Springs Unified School District announces an amendment to its policy for serving meals to students under the National School Lunch/School Breakfast Programs for the 2018-2019 school year. All PSUSD enrolled students will be served lunch and breakfast at no charge at all district school sites for at least the next four years. The Community Eligibility Provision […]
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The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre on Valentine’s Day was one of the worst school shootings in our nation’s history, and as schools continue to be the target for mass shootings, school districts in the Coachella Valley are having to re-think student safety. Layla Henderson is a second-grade student at Cathedral City Elementary School, […]
