Vallejo City Unified School District

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  Apr 23, 2026

Governor’s proposed budget could force cuts to Vallejo, Benicia school districts

The budget would withhold $5.6 billion in payments to public schools statewide starting in June....

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  Apr 08, 2026

Vallejo’s school district and its biggest union trade accusations of not bargaining

VCUSD submitted a request to the California Public Employment Relations Board declaring an impasse in its negotiations with the California School Employees Association Vallejo Chapter 199....

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  Apr 02, 2026

Vallejo school district faces ‘sad and mad’ community while reaffirming decision to close three schools

The district revoted on the school closures after allegations that the original vote violated state open meeting law....

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  Mar 31, 2026

Vallejo school district ousts contractor who said he’d make students ‘champions for Christ’

The contracts with Eryck "Boomer" Bennett’s organization JF University/Luv Our Youth totaled over $600,000....

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  Mar 25, 2026

Vallejo school board to re-vote on school closures following allegation of open meeting violations

Vallejo’s school board had voted unanimously to close three elementary schools in December....

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  Mar 11, 2026

Union rallies against planned layoffs at Vallejo school district meeting

In February, the school board agreed to cut roughly 130 full-time California School Employees Association positions....

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  Mar 09, 2026

Vallejo school district mulls tax extension to modernize schools

The district is seeking to bring Vallejo elementary schools that were largely built in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s up to 2026 standards....

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  Feb 17, 2026

Vallejo school district appears to violate open meeting law in school closure decision

Text messages show Superintendent Rubén Aurelio and board Trustee Glenn Amboy agree to discuss school closures during a closed session meeting ahead of a public vote....

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  Jan 31, 2026

Vallejo High School students walk out to protest ICE

The walk out was done in solidarity with a national strike campaign started by Minnesotan students....

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  Jan 28, 2026

Cave Language Academy teacher wins Vallejo’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award

The Vallejo City Unified School District named fourth grade teacher Sarah Ruiz for the honor....

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  Jan 22, 2026

Deceased Vallejo teacher was ‘serial sexual predator,’ lawsuits allege

Two lawsuits allege that English teacher Larry Hom sexually abused at least two students in the 1960s and the 1980s....

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  Dec 18, 2025

Vallejo school board votes to close 3 schools, cut 120 staff positions

Highland, Pennycook, and Lincoln elementary schools will close at the end of this school year....

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