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Active Minds and Google.org on Thursday announced a $5 million initiative to expand youth mental health programming to 100,000 students nationwide, launching the effort in Altadena alongside high school students still navigating the aftermath of the Eaton Fire... More »
It was a warm and bright morning on Beckman Mall, where the 2026 graduates gathered, dressed in caps and gowns, and in the company of their proud families and friends. At the ceremony, remarks from Board of Trustees Vice Chair Barbara Barrett; from President T... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District said Friday that its legal counsel has concluded members of the Board of Education did not violate California’s open-meeting law in connection with the board’s December 11, 2025, approval of Resolution 2852, the measure tha... More »
Seventeen months after the Eaton Fire leveled their neighborhoods, Pasadena and Altadena high school students are being asked to walk into the building where their community has been putting itself back together — and this time, to lead. Youth Mental Health Ad... More »
Three days before a deadline to rescind a contested school-consolidation resolution or face litigation, the Pasadena Unified School District’s governing board divided 4-3 on a narrower question: whether to say anything publicly about the open-meeting allegatio... More »
Two weeks after rejecting a consultant’s school-closure report by a 6-to-1 vote, the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education went a step further on Thursday, June 11, and moved to cancel the consultant’s contract altogether — while stopping short o... More »
Pasadena Unified School District’s proposed 2026-27 budget shows an improved short-term financial outlook after board-approved stabilization actions, but the presentation for tonight’s special school board meeting shows declining enrollment, rising employee be... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education is scheduled to review its final draft 2026-27 budget Thursday at a moment when the Los Angeles County Office of Education has asked the district for an updated Fiscal Stabilization Plan — a request the d... More »
Pasadena Unified School District Board President Tina Fredericks disputes that her private work on a possible school-consolidation plan violated California’s open-meetings law, telling Pasadena Now in a written statement that her actions amounted to lawful due... More »
Despite a fiscal crisis that has forced Pasadena Unified to cut spending districtwide and sparked months of controversy over athletics reductions, the district plans to spend nearly $2 million on high school sports during the 2026-27 school year. Documents sch... More »
In 1863, just 13 years after California became a state, its superintendent of public instruction, John Swett, founded the California Educational Society with 100 members, all men. It was the genesis of what became the California Teachers Association, a trade u... More »
Ava Barbano “When I was secretary of ASCIT [Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology], I was encouraged to take on my own project. At the time, Jim Barry [Caltech’s drawing, painting, and silkscreen art director] mentioned that he was look... More »
