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SCUSD Plans Surprise Party for Returning Fruit Ridge Students
Follow up to February: Kids will tour freshly repaired Oak Park campus for the first time since asbestos scare

Â鶹ÊÓƵ – Students returning to the newly upgraded Fruit Ridge Elementary School in Oak Park – the site of an asbestos scare in February – will be surprised with a tour of their remodeled campus and an ice cream party on Friday.

The surprise celebration will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Friday (June 17) when students return on buses to the Oak Park campus, located at 4625 44th St. To catch the children’s reactions, media should plan to be at the school prior to the arrival of buses at 1:30 p.m.

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SCUSD Begins News Era with One-Stop Enrollment Center
New center replaces school site enrollment, gives parents equal shot at school choice

For decades, parents in Â鶹ÊÓƵ have trudged through a familiar scene: a few weeks or days before school starts, they head to their school of choice, records in hand, and hope to get their children enrolled – sometimes against stiff competition for space.

Parents with children in several different schools had to trek all over the city to enroll students at multiple campuses. Even more confusing, the enrollment procedures could differ between schools. And parents who didn’t speak English well could have an especially difficult time getting children enrolled.

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Teen Triumphs: SCUSD Grads Have Amazing Stories

Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, June 9), thousands of Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District seniors will don caps and gowns for joyful – and sometimes tearful – graduation ceremonies.

Many of the young men and women who will be crossing stages throughout the city have heartwarming stories of struggle and triumph, as they fought such obstacles as poverty, loss of family members, peer pressure and language barriers to make it to their graduation day.

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No Shot, No School?
Thousands of students may be barred next fall; SCUSD free vaccination clinic TODAY

Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District (SCUSD) is holding a free immunization clinic from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on today (June 7) at C.K. McClatchy High School to help parents comply with a daunting new state law affecting thousands of local families.

The new law states that students entering seventh through 12th grades cannot attend school in the fall until their parents turn in shot records showing that they have been vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).

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SCUSD Launches Survey on Need for New Neighborhood High School

East Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Midtown and Oak Park do not have a traditional neighborhood high school to serve their children, and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District is asking community members to take part in an important survey to help deal with the issue.

The online survey is available for community members, including teachers, staff, students and parents, to participate in at the district website.

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SCUSD Launches McClatchy’s New Law Academy with VIP Event
A ‘pipeline to professions,’ the academy will target under-served teens with a rigorous curriculum focused on law

On Friday, a new chapter begins in C.K. McClatchy High School’s rich 74-year history with the launch of a new Law and Public Policy Academy.
Legal community VIPs will address freshmen students about careers in law and public policy at a launch celebration on Friday in the McClatchy library. U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England, State Bar Association President Mike Levy and Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond are among the confirmed speakers.

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No Shot, No School?
Thousands of students may be barred next fall; SCUSD schedules free clinic for Friday

Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District (SCUSD) is holding a free immunization clinic from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday (June 3) at John F. Kennedy High School to help parents comply with a daunting new state law affecting thousands of local families.

The new law states that students entering seventh through 12th grades cannot attend school in the fall until their parents turn in shot records showing that they have been vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough).

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SCUSD and River Cats Team Up to Help Fund Sports in City Schools
Local team steps up to the plate for student athletes.

School athletics programs threatened by the statewide budget crisis will be saved in part by a new partnership between the Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ River Cats that will raise money for the financially strapped programs.

The new partnership will be launched with an on-field pre-game ceremony on Wednesday, June 1 at Raley Field (prior to the start of the team’s 12:05 game against the Salt Lake Bees). The school district and the River Cats will announce they are teaming up to provide resources to district sports programs.