Vallejo City Unified School District

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  Oct 18, 2024

Vallejo school board elections increasingly uncompetitive since adopting districts

The school board has found few candidates to run after reforms prompted by a Malibu based attorney....

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  Sep 13, 2024

Vallejo schools celebrate fiscal milestone, but possible school closures loom

The Vallejo school district paid off a $60 million loan to the state. But in the last 20 years, it has lost about half of its enrollment....

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  Aug 30, 2024

Sole candidate for Vallejo school board seat may be ineligible

Dean Hodges is slated to serve as the next representative of Trustee Area 2, as he was the only person who registered to run....

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  Apr 12, 2024

Former St. Helena school district head appointed next schools superintendent for Vallejo

Rubén Aurelio will take over the Vallejo school district effective July 1....

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  Apr 12, 2024

Scholarship to honor beloved Vallejo teacher who died last year

Federal Terrace Elementary School 1st grade teacher Nancy Orpilla died of lung cancer in April 2023....

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  Mar 22, 2024

Vallejo school district, educator union reach pay agreement after impasse

The agreement between gives teachers a 5.5% raise....

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  Mar 13, 2024

As salary negotiations stall, Vallejo school district and educators enter mediation

Vallejo teachers and school staff rallied for higher pay at a Board of Education meeting last week....

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  Dec 29, 2023

Year in review: How the Vallejo police union won in 2023

Vallejo also struggled to contend with homelessness and declining attendance in schools....

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  Dec 04, 2023

Vallejo schools superintendent to retire in June

William Spalding will retire effective June 30, 2024, after nearly four years....

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  Nov 03, 2023

Elite charter schools to recoup $1.16M in settlement with Vallejo school district

Elite Public Schools sued the district in March 2022 alleging that the district incorrectly calculated Elite’s portion of facilities costs....

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  Oct 04, 2023

Vallejo school district settles lawsuit over the death of special needs student for $5M

The lawsuit alleges that 17-year-old Kevon DeLeon wandered away unnoticed by school staff....

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  Sep 07, 2023

Vallejo school district rolls out three-year plan to improve low attendance

Chronic absenteeism rates around 50% could translate to millions of dollars in lost funding for the district....

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