Education
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SMC recognizes alumni
SMC — Former Mayor Nat Trives, known around town as “Mr. Santa Monica,” and world champion surfer and expert on...
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Celebrity trainer helps kids get healthy
OLYMPIC HIGH SCHOOL — Hunter Irons’ face slowly turns the shade of a tomato, his forehead covered in small beads...
Read moreDistrict crossing fingers for ballot measures to pass
SMMUSD HDQTRS — If the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is to avoid an extra $6.8 million revenue shortfall on...
Read moreTeachers concerned about possible health care cap
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Upset with a proposal to cap employer contributions to their health care coverage, a contingent of teachers...
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Going for the sun’s cup
SAMOHI — Students from Santa Monica High School will be representing their school and their community in the Metropolitan Water...
Read moreSpecial ed director, take two
SMMUSD HDQTRS — District officials are looking for a new field of candidates to repair a troubled special education department...
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SMC’s financial future in hands of voters
SMC — To help balance their check book and avoid cuts, Santa Monica College trustees need voters to support every...
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Samohi students become young marine biologists
SAMOHI — Every Wednesday morning while his peers are still rolling out of bed and rubbing the crust from their...
Read moreSecond forum on special education
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School district will be hosting its second Special Education Spring Forum on Saturday, May 2 from...
Read moreSpecial ed parents, teachers present views
SMMUSD HDQTRS — After months of poring over a pile of studies, audits, and strategic plans on the troubled special...
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