Pasadena Unified School District and its teachers union remain deadlocked over contract negotiations involving $16 million in staffing and salary proposals, with both sides presenting contrasting views on the District’s financial capacity amid the District’s p... More »
Each year, a Caltech faculty member is selected to receive the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching for demonstrating “in the broadest sense, unusual talent, creativity and innovation in undergraduate or graduate classroom or laboratory teaching... More »
? For over 100 years, the Seismo Lab has pioneered geology and geophysics research, and provided information on earthquakes to the general public—where they occur, how strong they are, and what the likelihood is for aftershocks, for example. Indeed, local news... More »
Pasadena City College has received a $1 million grant from the Ballmer Group to support critical relief for students, faculty, staff, and community members recovering from the devastation of the recent wildfires. “The PCC community is extremely grateful to Ste... More »
ArtCenter College of Design has finalized an agreement with Odyssey Charter Schools to provide temporary classroom space for the school’s sixth to eighth grade students displaced by the recent Eaton Fire. Odyssey Charter School South in Altadena was one of the... More »
Pasadena Unified School District has launched a community outreach initiative providing comprehensive mental health support to help students process and recover from the impacts of the Eaton Fire. The initiative combines social-emotional learning with crisis m... More »
When flames consumed nine buildings at Saint Mark’s School in Altadena early last month —including its historic 1949 church — the 119-year-old Episcopal institution faced an existential crisis. Amazingly, within days, an unprecedented solution emerged: reloca... More »
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is set to begin assessing the condition of heavily damaged Eliot Arts Magnet School in Altadena today. The assessment aims to develop a plan for fire debris removal while maintaining, to the extent possible, the archit... More »
As many as 7,111 TK-12th grade students, in addition to students in children’s centers, returned to Pasadena public school campuses on Thursday following closures caused by the Eaton Fire. Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Elizabeth Blanco, Ed.D.... More »
At a lengthy and emotional Pasadena Unified School District Board Special Regular Meeting on Thursday night, District officials revealed that approximately 10,000 of the District’s 14,000 students were affected by the Eaton Canyon Fire, with staff members and ... More »
Three Pasadena Unified School District facilities are set to reopen Thursday following environmental testing related to fire relief safety, while two other schools anticipate late starts pending final clearance in the district’s final phase of reopening, distr... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education is scheduled to vote Thursday on extending emergency measures enacted in response to January wildfires that caused widespread damage across the District. The measures, initially authorized on January 16, ... More »
