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Sacramento City Unified鈥檚 Phoebe Hearst Elementary Named as 2020 National Blue Ribbon School
SACRAMENTO 鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 Phoebe Hearst Elementary was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a for 2020. The recognition is based on the school鈥檚 overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.
Sac City Unified Urges Student and Families to Watch for Warning Signs of Suicide September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Sacramento 鈥� As part of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Sacramento City Unified School District urges parents and students to seek mental health support during COVID-19 health pandemic. The district encourages students and parents to learn about signs of distress, and how to ask for help. This includes educating families on the intersection of suicide, mental health, and substance and alcohol abuse.
Sac City Unified Outlines Efforts to Engage Students, Recognizes Attendance Awareness Month
Sacramento 鈥� Every year, the Sacramento City Unified School District recognizes September as Attendance Awareness Month. Good attendance and engagement is even more essential to student achievement and graduation because of the lost opportunities to learning that have occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sac City Unified Serves More than 3 Million Meals Since School Closures in March
District Credits Work of Nutrition Services staff and Community Partnerships with success
SACRAMENTO 鈥� The Sacramento City Unified School District Nutrition Services Department has served nearly 3.2 million meals since school campuses were closed in March. The district continues to serve meals at 44 sites Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sac City Unified Demands SCTA to Cease and Desist its Unlawful Effort to Block Students鈥� Access to the District鈥檚 Distance Learning Plan
Letter orders SCTA leadership to end attempts to create confusion for students and families preparing for distance learning
SACRAMENTO 鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District today sent a cease and desist letter to the Sacramento City Teachers Association calling on SCTA to cease its direction to its members to ignore the district鈥檚 distance learning plan and schedules. Sac City Unified students can little afford any disruption to their education, as 70 percent of students are low-income, foster youth, or English Learners. All students have been impacted by this health crisis, and require a high-quality distance learning program when school resumes.
Sacramento City Unified Prevails in Fight to Protect Cost Savings for Students
SACRAMENTO - Sacramento City Unified School District prevailed today in an arbitration with Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) over a 2017 contract dispute between the parties regarding the application of health care savings.
The arbitrator鈥檚 decision agrees with the district and found that district did not violate the contract.
Sac City Unified High School Recognized for Highest Financial Aid Application Completion
Significant Increases in FAFSA Completion Continue throughout District
SACRAMENTO 鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 West Campus High School was recognized as one of the top California high schools in the 2020 Race to Submit statewide campaign for the highest financial aid application completion rates in California.
Sac City Unified Releases Comprehensive Distance Learning Plan, Commits to High-Quality Instruction and Support for All Students
Debuts Redesigned Return Together Website
SACRAMENTO 鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District today released additional information about how students will return to school with distance learning on September 3, with a (PDF). This document is a portion of part two of six of the district鈥檚 .
Sac City Unified Releases Details about its Distance Learning Plan
SACRAMENTO 鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District released at its Board Meeting details on its full distance learning plan, after the announcement by the district - and others throughout the region 鈥� that its students would begin the year remotely. Sac City Unified begins its academic year on September 3 and is currently developing a six part 鈥淩eturn Together鈥� plan. The Board presentation can be viewed here.
Sacramento City Unified School District Announces Next School Year to Begin with Full Distance Learning
SACRAMENTO 鈥� Sacramento City Unified School District announced today that students will begin the school year on September 3 with a full distance learning program. This decision was made in close consultation with public health officials and the Sacramento County Office of Education, to protect the health and safety of students and staff as new COVID-19 cases have drastically surged and testing results are delayed.