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Two Months That Reframed LAUSD: Budgets, Buses, and a Back-to-School Season in the Shadow of ICE
LOS ANGELES — In the eight weeks between late June and August 20, 2025, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has lived several school years’ worth of storylines. Trustees passed a multibillion-dollar budget on June 24; the district ran one of California’s largest summer-learning operations through mid-July; it rolled out new electric, GPS-equipped school…
Two Months Inside San Diego Unified: Phone-Free Classrooms, an ICE Flashpoint, Summer Meals, and a New Year’s First Bell
By Tommy Thompson SAN DIEGO — Over the last two months, the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) has moved from summer programming into the first week of classes with a flurry of consequential decisions, a new rulebook for cell phones, a high-profile confrontation over immigration enforcement near a campus, and millions of dollars in…
The Last Two Months at SFUSD: A Tumultuous Reset, a New Math Era, and a Mandarin Showdown
SAN FRANCISCO — The two months leading into and through the first days of San Francisco Unified School District’s 2025–26 school year have felt like a stress test and a reset rolled into one. Administrators promised a “boring” year — code for steady, drama-free operations after years of churn — even as they launched a…
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