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Santa Paula needs to move some kindergartners
Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
The Santa Paula Elementary School District has started school with more kindergartners than anticipated. Full story »
Summer ends for Somis students
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
The Somis Union School District had a quiet first day of school Tuesday, as officials planned to continue programs started last year but not launch any major new ones this year. Full story »
CLU welcomes largest freshman class
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
The largest-ever freshman class at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks got down to business Wednesday on the first day of the new academic year.
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Drivers urged to be careful near schools
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
Authorities are reminding Ventura County motorists to be extra careful when driving close to schools as thousands of students return to campus for a new school year. "We have zero tolerance for anyone who disregards traffic laws or speeds in a school zone," said Humberto Jimenez, a senior police officer and traffic coordinator with the Oxnard Police Department. Full story »
Kids, parents get to know El Rio school on first day
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
There was a flurry of activity Tuesday morning at Rio Real School in El Rio after the bell rang at 7:45 a.m. While Principal Carolyn Bernal and her staff helped parents in the front office, a group of first-graders marched in a straight line as they followed and listened to coach Jeff Linder, who took them on a tour of the campus. Full story »
Mupu begins fall semester
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
The tiny Mupu School District, with just one campus in Santa Paula, started classes Wednesday with a new science program and stable enrollment. Full story »
Pleasant Valley begins what could be its final year
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
The line of parents and students started to build long before the bell rang at Camarillo's Monte Vista Middle School today, the first day of the fall semester. It might have marked the start of the final school year for the Pleasant Valley School District. Full story »
Busy first day at Conejo schools
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Armed with cameras and video equipment, parents tried to capture their children's first day at University School. Across the Conejo Valley Unified School District, parents jammed streets as they drove and dropped off children at the various campuses on the first day of school today. Full story »
Moorpark school adds 4th, 5th grades
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Holding her backpack with both parents in tow, Natalie Drizos arrived at the front gate of Mountain Meadows School in Moorpark to check in today on her first day as a fourth-grader.
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Oak Park enrollment better than expected
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Oak Park schools began the fall semester today with a decline in enrollment but more students than projected. Full story »
Classes begin in Las Virgenes Unified
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Students in the Las Virgenes Unified School District were greeted today with some changes as they started their first day of school. Full story »
New program at Santa Susana High delves into nation's legal system
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Brandon Carver's first day of his senior year at Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley started today with a plate of Applied Legal Studies and an added helping of Constitutional Law. Classes for the new school year started today throughout the Simi Valley Unified School District.
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Mesa Union kicks off its fall semester
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
Students in the Mesa Union School District in Somis returned to campus today to find some new programs and classes, said Superintendent John Puglisi. Full story »
First day is homecoming for Hueneme High principal
Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
Adrian Palazuelos had a case of deja vu as he walked through the crowded quad at Hueneme High School today. Fifteen years ago, Palazuelos started his first day as a senior at Hueneme High. Today, he returned to welcome students on their first day of school — as principal.
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Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008
Superintendent Jerry Dannenberg spent today visiting schools in the Hueneme School District as students returned for the fall semester. Full story »
