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Published on September 2nd, 2020
OUSD approved new multi-purpose room at front of Sleepy Hollow
The existing multi-purpose room at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School will be demolished and a new one built at the entrance to the school. Having adopted a plan to have all students and staff shelter in the multi-purpose room in the event of a wildfire, and installing a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on August 19th, 2020
AUHSD Board adopts new policy on racial equity, interdistrict transfers still contentious
In the wake of the tragic death of George Floyd and the resulting conscious awakening of racial inequity and biases, parents and students demanded that the Acalanes Union High School District revise its equity policy. A group including students, parents and teachers, ...By Sophie Braccini
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Published on August 5th, 2020
Stanley student undeterred in anti-racism effort
For one Lafayette boy who simply wanted to highlight Black Lives Matter with a rock garden along the trail near Stanley Middle School, his work has been turned into one of persistence and determination. That's because, despite finding his work vandalized on an almost ...By Pippa Fisher
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Published on July 22nd, 2020
Lamorinda School Bus program suspended
On top of the many stresses and unc ...By Pippa Fisher
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Published on July 22nd, 2020
Schools to reopen online; different hybrid models may follow
The recent spike of COVID-19 cases in Contra ...By Sophie Braccini
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Published on July 8th, 2020
AUHSD and racial equity: How to repair the broken trust
During a mid-June Acalanes Union High School District board meeting staff acknowledged that trust had been broken with the district's families of color. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and with the release of a video showing teenagers from the district ...By Sophie Braccini
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Published on July 8th, 2020
State throws last-minute lifeline to Lamorinda school districts
All four Lamorinda school districts enter ...By Nick Marnell
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Published on July 8th, 2020
Del Rey teacher of the year up for county award
For the first time ever, according to Orinda Union School District Superintendent Carolyn Seaton, an Orinda teacher has been selected to compete for the Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year award and a chance to compete at the state level. Katie Sahm is a ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Published on July 8th, 2020
Campo Parents Club on Diversity & Inclusion helmed by one of Moraga's newest residents
Hoping to replicate Oregon's physical dynamics, but with a touch more sunshine, Ellide Smith and her family moved to Moraga six months ago, focusing on its educational reputation, hills and parks.
 By Vera Kochan
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Published on June 24th, 2020
Moving into the likely reopening of schools
The current general thinking about the ...By Sophie Braccini
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Published on June 10th, 2020
What will colleges look like in the fall?
When asked about the impacts of COVID-19 on college campuses, University of Virginia's President, Jim Ryan, nailed it in a recent Face the Nation interview: "College campuses are difficult and challenging places for contagious viruses." Soon after, as if to verify this ...
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA