The university announced it will hit the brakes on sending student teachers to the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District months after trustees banned Critical Race Theory.
Tag: Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District runs 34 schools in Placentia, Yorba Linda, Anaheim and Fullerton and teaches about 22,000 students. We cover the board’s votes, its budget and the decisions that reach classrooms.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Here’s Who Wants to Run your Public Schools and Community Colleges
Candidates are wrestling with classroom mask rules, charter schools, curriculum and taxpayer spending.
Posted inEducation
Did the Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board Violate Transparency Law?
OC District Attorney investigators allege unscheduled discussions and a board member driving while calling into a meeting violated California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act.
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Placentia-Yorba Linda School Trustees Narrowly Ban Critical Race Theory
As the district moves forward with a new multicultural elective course, trustees banned the theory while students & parents worry the move will stifle history lessons and discussions on racism.
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Critical Race Theory is on the Chopping Block at Placentia-Yorba Linda School District
The proposed ban comes as school districts across the country wrestle with how history should be taught and what aspects of it have been traditionally left out of classrooms.
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Placentia-Yorba Linda School Trustees Poised to Ban Critical Race Theory Amid Uproar
Trustees are facing pushback from some students, parents and various groups who are speaking out against the ban and worried about the implications it could have on AP exams.
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Placentia-Yorba Linda School District Trustees to Ban Critical Race Theory; Criticism Soars
Amidst a nationwide reckoning on how history is taught, district trustees are looking to ban Critical Race Theory as they face pushback from some parents, students and various groups.
Posted inPlacentia
Placentia Middle Schoolers Sent Home After Assistant Principal Took His Own Life on Campus
The death happened in a private staff area and no one was present or witnessed it, said a Monday news release sent out to parents by school principal Michael Young.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
California’s Mask Mandate Ends. Did Orange County Ever Follow It?
Even with the lifting of the mandate, local health officials are recommending people keep their masks on indoors.
Posted inEducation
A North OC School District Jumps Into the Battle Over Student Vaccine Mandate
Placentia-Yorba Linda joins some other OC school districts opposing the incoming COVID vaccine mandates, which aren’t expected until the FDA fully authorizes it for younger children.
