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Parents, students and community members raised concerns about transparency, financial impact and student well-being during a Pasadena Unified School District town hall Tuesday on potential school consolidations. District officials and consultants stressed decl... More »
The classrooms at 743 East Calaveras Street have been empty for more than 16 months. Last week, environmental testers worked through both floors of Altadena Arts Magnet for the first time, collecting samples from walls and air for laboratory analysis. Accordin... More »
Parents at a Pasadena Unified School District town hall Tuesday sharply criticized the district’s school-closure process, arguing that ‘flawed data,’ a rushed timeline and the absence of the full school board have eroded trust as the district moves toward a Ju... More »
On Tuesday, the Pasadena Unified School District will hold its second and final scheduled town hall on the school consolidation process, this time in person at Pasadena High School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The session comes one day after the Superintendent’s Sch... More »
On Thursday evening the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education accepted a $2 million donation from the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation — established by Vanessa Bryant in memory of her husband, Kobe Bryant, and daughter Gianna Bryant — to rep... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District’s current Teacher of the Year told the Board of Education on Thursday that he is among approximately 160 educators issued Reduction in Force notices this budget cycle, a disclosure that crystallized a night of escalating co... More »
[UPDATED] The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education voted Thursday night to approve the full demolition and rebuild of San Rafael Elementary School, rejecting a motion to delay the project until after the district’s pending school consolidation d... More »
Pasadena Unified School District leaders told families, educators and civic officials that the District is rebuilding after a year marked by the Eaton Fire, community concerns over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and a $30 million budget-redu... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District and United Teachers of Pasadena met April 17 for what PUSD described as the eighth bargaining session of the 2025-2026 cycle, and in separate written statements issued afterward, both sides reported no movement on salary or... More »
Board President Tina Fredericks will deliver Pasadena Unified’s State of Schools address in Altadena tonight. The selection of Altadena as the setting reflects the extent to which the Eaton Fire has reshaped the District’s landscape. The January 2025 fire dama... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District will hold conduct the annual State of Schools 2026 address Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Mary W. Jackson STEAM Multilingual Magnet Elementary School Auditorium at 593 W. Woodbury Road in Altadena. Board President Tina Frederic... More »
A local historic preservation organization urged the Pasadena Unified School District to consider the architectural and community significance of its campuses as officials weigh possible school closures and consolidations driven by fiscal and staffing challeng... More »
