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Sacramento, CA - An investigation into racist graffiti and social media activity at West Campus High School in November 2021 is now complete and a report has been issued.  The Sacramento City Unified School District immediately retained a neutral outside investigator who spent six months looking into the complaints about West Campus.  This investigation was separate from the Sacramento Police Department’s criminal investigation of the matter.   

The investigator was tasked with determining:

Sacramento, CA - At a Special Meeting of the Sacramento City Unified School District (Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½) Board of Education, the Board adopted a policy to use health metrics to guide decisions on the district’s masking requirement.

Sacramento, CA - Sacramento City Unified will shift from requiring masking to strongly recommending masking, starting Monday, April 18. This shift in policy follows the that Sacramento County maintained a low transmission level of COVID-19 for four consecutive weeks.

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District has received notification that Dr. Elysse Versher intends to resign from her position as Vice Principal at West Campus High.

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District has ended its employment relationship with a teacher who used racist language in a classroom at Kit Carson International Academy last June. The district quickly removed the teacher from the classroom following the incident, and the teacher was placed on administrative leave during an investigation about the matter.  

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education tonight approved contract agreements that were recently negotiated with SCTA and SEIU.  Our focus has now turned on recovering learning time that was lost due to the recent strike, which our students and families deserve.

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District (Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½) and the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) have taken an important step toward reaching an agreement on how to recover school days and instructional time that were lost due to the strike, which began March 23rd.

Sacramento, CA â€“  The following provides an update on where negotiations stand with SCTA and SEIU.
 
SCTA and SEIU are independent labor unions that are currently striking at the same time. The Sacramento City Unified School District (Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½) is in active, yet separate, negotiations with both labor partners. The Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ team has devoted considerable hours in the past few days meeting with both union bargaining teams and in caucus to discuss options and ideas for resolving this dispute.