Although Lodi Unified School District officials won’t know for another month how much revenue the district will receive from the state, the school board will conduct a public hearing tonight based on what trustees think they will have.

Trustee Ryan Herche is on a crusade to have Natomas Unified school board meetings videotaped.

The children came for the last day of school - some with nostalgia and heartbreak over the planned closure of seven campuses in the Sacramento City Unified School District.

The Galt Joint Union Elementary School District recently learned it was the recipient of a trio of grants earmarked for its school libraries.

Months before Liberty Ranch High School seniors threw their mortarboards into the air signaling the beginning of the rest of their lives, they were busy doing real-life research that could help them in a future career.

A dozen minority students and their parents have filed suit in Sacramento-based federal court in a bid to block the Sacramento City Unified School District from closing seven elementary schools.

A dozen low-income minority students and their parents have filed suit in federal court to block closure of seven elementary schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District.

The following is a list of public meetings in the Lodi and Galt areas this week:

Do we need changes in the county agency charged with zapping mosquitos?

Suspended students at Lodi and Tokay high schools may serve their time on campus away from other students if a pilot program at Bear Creek and McNair high schools is successful.

Lodi Unified School District officials will consider establishing a pilot program at McNair and Bear Creek high schools where students would serve their suspensions on campus rather than staying away from school, as long as they don’t pose any danger.

On May 14, I attended a Lodi Unified School District board meeting dealing with the implementation of Common Core state standards. I found out that our school board does not care what Common Core is going to do to education.

LINDEN - Linden Unified School District trustees have targeted a retired Ripon educator and newly elected city councilman to become interim superintendent roughly one week after the district placed Superintendent Michael Gonzales on paid administrative...

The San Joaquin County Grand Jury says that the county’s mosquito abatement district does a good job of protecting the public from mosquitos and other insects, but the district’s board of directors has committed several violations when it comes to keeping the public informed.

Here is a list of awards presented to Jim Elliot Christian High School graduates for 2013:

During the graduation season, advice is free and plentiful. Parents, friends, valedictorians, key note speakers, everyone is dispensing free advice.

When women choose to leave the workplace in order to stay at home and raise their young children, they make certain trade-offs. For example, they usually give up the chance to earn more money in exchange for the opportunity to spend more time with their children during their formative years.

Jim Aschwanden knows a few things about agriculture.

Jim Aschwanden knows a few things about agriculture. The former Galt Joint Union High School District trustee and retired Galt High School agriculture teacher now serves as the executive director of the California FFA Foundation. He also sits on the FFA Adult Board, where he works with teachers and former student FFA leaders.

Lodi Unified School District trustees finalized a contract agreement with Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer on Tuesday that extends her employment by one year and pays her almost $225,000 annually. Her contract will expire on June 30, 2016.

The Tokay 1913 is a paperbound Lodi Union High School yearbook, about the size of a small town's thin telephone book. It's a glimpse into the past a century ago when student life was much like it is today and yet so different.

Our students deserve better. In 2010, the LUSD Board of Trustees raised class sizes for our students in kindergarten through 12th grade. It was done, ostensibly, as a cost savings measure, but also to put pressure on employees to concede to dramatic salary concessions.

The Galt Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees has finalized plans to eliminate the current Adult School program with the layoffs of all eight part-time teachers and reduction of hours for its director. The unanimous decision was made at Tuesday’s regular school board meeting.