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WCCUSD students inspire at Chevron Richmond scholarship ceremony

Education February 27, 2019 0

When Sukari Wright’s mother gave her The Dream Keeper by Langston Hughes, her life changed. The Middle College High senior was 12 years old...

contributed to the expansion of junior colleges

Middle College High named 2019 Distinguished School

Education February 26, 2019 0

Middle College High was one of seven schools in Contra Costa County, and among 162 middle and high schools in the state, to be...

50 local industry professionals help judge WCCUSD STEM Fair

Education February 25, 2019 0

The East Bay is filled with scientists. For scientific proof of this, observe the judging portion of the annual West Contra Costa Unified School...

Summit K2 juniors channel Don Draper to effect change

Education February 22, 2019 0

Mad Men? Almost. Teen students at Summit K2 in El Cerrito recently exercised their inner Don Draper (the professional one, not the martini drinking one)...

4 WCCUSD teachers surprised with Teaching Excellence awards

Education February 21, 2019 0

Four teachers have been announced as the West Contra Costa Public Education Fund’s 2019 Teaching Excellence award winners. They are Nystrom Elementary School Kindergarten teacher Fernanda...

Mister Phillips: voting rights and charter schools

Education February 20, 2019 0

By Mister Phillips The agenda for the Feb. 27, 2019, meeting of the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education is now online....

Oakland A’s, Chevron hit home run for STEM education

Education February 19, 2019 0

The Science of Baseball program presented by Chevron is not only hitting home runs in Bay Area classrooms, but also in the heart of...

West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Superintendent Kenneth C. Hurst Sr. announced in an email that the Stege Elementary School campus will temporarily close for a rebuild and that the school's students and staff will be relocated for the start of the 2024-25 school year. "This will ensure the safety of students and staff, and allow our facilities department to begin the Stege rebuild project ahead of schedule," Hurst said. "WCCUSD will implement a contingency plan until Stege students and staff are able to return to their newly remodeled campus." The announcement comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed against the WCCUSD citing long-running poor building conditions at Stege, as well as ongoing teacher vacancy issues at Stege, Helms Middle, and Kennedy High School. These conditions violate the rights of students to the "basic tools necessary for a quality education," according to Public Advocates, a civil rights law firm that filed the lawsuit with help from pro bono counsel Munger, Tolles & Olson. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of six educators, staff and parents, is the first brought under the Williams v. California settlement. The settlement empowers families, students and teachers to file an administrative complaint with school personnel and require a remedy within 30 days and a response within 45 days, according to Public Advocates. Public Advocates says the WCCUSD failed to properly resolve complaints about school conditions within the 30-day timeline. Its petitioners demand immediate remedies to the stated violations, saying poor campus conditions lead to high turnover among educators. According to reporting by EdSource, Superintendent Hurst stated at a recent board meeting that the district human resources team is working hard to fill hundreds of open positions, including 76 elementary teacher roles, 23 secondary teacher roles, 13 special education teacher roles and 247 classified positions, mostly paraprofessionals.

Community meeting to discuss ideas to improve Stege Elementary

Education February 18, 2019 0

Help West Contra Costa Unified School District "re-imagine" Richmond's Stege Elementary. Families are asked to join the district's Board of Education in a community conversation...

Dr. Mayra Padilla of Contra Costa College (photo above) about the importance of college and life experiences. Padilla received her PhD in Neuroscience from U.C. Berkeley and was a lead researcher at Stanford for a time before becoming an educator.

Apply now for Chevron’s Somos Employee Network college scholarship

Education February 17, 2019 0

For an 11th consecutive year, the Somos Employee Network at Chevron Richmond is offering $1,000 scholarships to qualifying high school seniors. The application process is...

County hosting teacher recruitment fair on Feb. 23

Education February 14, 2019 0

The Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) is set to hold its annual Teacher/Certificated Staff Recruitment Fair on Saturday, Feb. 23. The free event...

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