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As the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education convenes Thursday for the next public phase of its school-consolidation review, the meeting arrives in the shadow of an email controversy that has reshaped the debate over closing Pasadena-area campuse... More »
The Pasadena Board of Education is scheduled Thursday to take up the next stage of its school-consolidation process at a meeting that will almost certainly include passionate pleas to keep their schools open from parents and students, Brown Act violation accus... More »
An outside consulting firm engaged by Pasadena Unified School District has delivered to the Board of Education a draft Equity Impact Analysis that models school closure and consolidation scenarios across the district — including the potential shuttering of hig... More »
The life of a university leader involves meeting people. Lots of people. For Thomas F. Rosenbaum, a schedule of eight meetings a day is not unusual. Most take place in his office in the Parsons-Gates Hall of Administration, home to the Office of the President ... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District released a statement Friday afternoon by Board of Education President Tina Fredericks addressing allegations that four board members violated California’s open-meetings law. The allegations are connected to board deliberati... More »
Major economic crises affect a country in myriad ways, often resulting in unemployment spikes, increased inequality between financial classes, housing instability, and much more. But how do they impact the educational landscape, particularly at the secondary s... More »
According to a spokesperson, the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) has not received any complaint against Pasadena’s Board of Education regarding potential legal action that could lead to litigation, causing the district to incur more debt. LACOE ... More »
Disaster-relief nonprofit All Hands and Hearts will join Odyssey Charter Schools leadership, students and families at OCS South on Thursday afternoon to unveil murals, painting and new student-centered outdoor spaces completed at the Altadena campus, which reo... More »
For years, Pasadena Water and Power has handed scholarships to high school seniors headed to four-year colleges. Now the city-owned utility is betting on a different kind of student. PWP has created a $1,000 Utility Trade Scholarship — its first financial awa... More »
Pasadena Unified School District officials told the Altadena Town Council on Tuesday that no final redevelopment decision has been made for fire-damaged Eliot Arts Magnet Academy, including its tower, and that an environmental review and additional structural ... More »
Four school board members remain under fire for allegedly violating the state’s open meeting laws and for working with a consultant before the district had hired the firm to handle school closures. According to emails obtained by a district parent and funneled... More »
United Teachers of Pasadena President Jonathan Gardner said in a telephone interview Friday that the union has not taken a formal position on allegations of misconduct against four Pasadena Unified School District trustees, is not initiating action against the... More »
