Education
The Kennedy Eagles use a late interception to break open a heated contest against cross-town rivals Richmond High for a 35-6 victory.
The Little Ladies and Little Gents Program in North Richmond provides boys and girls in the 4th, 5th and 6th grade a safe haven to learn and develop in the comforts of their own community.
The WCCUSD Board of Education will make a recommendation on Nov. 12 whether to support a proposal to start two new charters that would enroll 312 students in grades K-5 and 420 students in grades 6-12.
De Anza’s three-year-old law academy brings in practicing Bay Area lawyers to give students a real-life view of the legal world. The program is designed to give students a head start on a legal career.
Nearly 70 people gathered at Harding Elementary School to listen to the ten WCCUSD school board candidates running for election this November.
Dancers and musicians from local middle and high schools spiced up Wednesday’s WCCUSD school board meeting. The students’ performances were in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The John F. Kennedy High School Library was filled with a multicultural group of students, staff, parents, teachers, and union members Tuesday night as West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) held the school year’s first District Local Control Accountability Parent Committee (DLCAP) meeting.
A recent report by the California attorney general’s office states that approximately 50,000 elementary school students in California were considered chronically truant and more than 250,000 were chronically absent during the 2013-14 school year. The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) had a chronic absence rate of 17 percent. These numbers represent an attendance crisis that not only takes away funding from the district but also places students at an educational disadvantage. Truants cost Contra Costa County approximately $33,000…
Chevron’s Community Tour Day last Saturday showed Richmond residents the inside of the 2,900 acre refinery and the progress of the refinery modernization project.