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K-8 schools
Distance Learning
April 22, 2021

Missing kindergartners drive largest drop in 20 years in California's K-12 enrollment

Causes for the slide in enrollment are myriad, complicated by existing trends including declining birthrates and people's continued exodus from the state, as well as the sudden economic chaos wrought by the pandemic.

Karen D'Souza, John Fensterwald, And Daniel J. Willis
Covid-19
August 19, 2020

A tiny school in Northern California opens for in-person teaching with six of its 14 students

One of the smallest districts in the state in a county with comparatively low infection rates, Indian Diggings Elementary School District opened for in-person instruction but with safeguards against the coronavirus.

Betty Márquez Rosales
School Choice
January 17, 2020

Closing a middle school and converting others to K-8 stirs opposition

The school board and others in West Contra Costa Unified did not approve a plan to convert six elementary schools into K-8 schools next year.

Theresa Harrington
School Choice
April 26, 2018

Bay Area district offers K-8 options to help keep students from leaving the district

West Contra Costa Unified, which already has two K-8 schools, plans to expand three more elementary schools to K-8 starting in the fall.

Theresa Harrington