[Editor’s Note: This email was issued to the Pasadena Unified School District community by Superintendent Brian McDonald late Wednesday afternoon.] Dear PUSD Community, In the first full week of the new school year, I want to assure you that PUSD is deeply com... More »
Pasadena Unified officials delayed responding to questions from Pasadena Now for days about possible cases of COVID-19 at Marshall Fundamental School before the school’s principal notified parents of the exposures and called for a quarantine of unvaccinated st... More »
A planned protest by the Pasadena City College Faculty Association calling on the PCC Board of Trustees to declare an emergency and return to remote instruction has been canceled. A reason was not given for the cancellation. The association planned to meet nea... More »
The latest class of 113 ArtCenter College of Design graduates will receive their degrees Saturday, followed by an online showcase of their work intended to woo industry-leading employers around the globe. The public is invited to join in both the graduation ce... More »
Unvaccinated seventh-grade students attending Marshall Fundamental School could be back in the classroom as soon as Monday with a negative COVID-19 test, or on Aug. 30. According to an email sent out Wednesday, all unvaccinated seventh-grade students at Marsha... More »
According to an email sent out on Wednesday, all unvaccinated seventh grade students at Marshall Fundamental have been quarantined after the City’s health department linked two cases of COVID-19 to students attending the school. “We have informed Marshall Fund... More »
The Pasadena City College Faculty Association is calling on the PCC Board of Trustees to declare an emergency and return to remote instruction. “In order to foster a safe environment and ensure a more efficacious return to normal, we demand that the Pasadena C... More »
Caltech plans to require all students and staff at the institution to be fully vaccinated by mid-October in response to the spread of the virus’ Delta variant, administrators announced Monday. The policy was announced in a letter issued by Caltech President Th... More »
With tearful hellos, goodbyes and hugs, Pasadena Unified School District welcomed an estimated 14, 645 students back to its 23 campuses Thursday morning. At Jackson Magnet Elementary School, where just over 650 students are expected to return to the campus, th... More »
Students across the Pasadena Unified School District were scheduled to return to in-person learning for the 2021-22 school year on Thursday. “We’re excited to start the school year with an emphasis on safety, acceleration of learning, and the social-emotional ... More »
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved an educational campaign aimed at making certain every eligible family is aware of the new federal child tax credit, which can offer payments of up to $3,600 a year per child, and state stimulus funds... More »
The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) honored the Teacher, Principal, Classified Employee, Community Partner of the Year, and recipients of the Superintendent’s Award at the district’s annual staff event that kicks off the 2021-2022 school year. The kick... More »
