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School districts in Oakland and San Francisco will continue serving meals to students who would miss meals because of the school closures as a result of the coronavirus spread.
School districts across the Bay Area on Thursday announced closures and cancellations that will put students on a multi-week hiatus because of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
All San Francisco Unified School District schools except Lakeshore Elementary will stay open for the time being as the city seeks ways to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Past the point of containment, the best hope is to slow a virus down, or "flatten the curve." The idea is to keep the virus from spreading so quickly that it overwhelms our health care system's ability to treat the very sick.
Students across the Bay Area are adapting to online classes, canceled events and "deep cleanings" as the education system grapples with the coronavirus outbreak.
Contra Costa County health officials issued new guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus Tuesday. While schools will stay open for now, a number of teachers have questions about that decision.
Several Bay Area colleges are canceling in-person classes and preparing for online delivery over fears of the coronavirus, multiple school officials announced Monday.
The Palo Alto Unified School District announced Monday that it is canceling all upcoming school and district related large gatherings through the end of the school year over coronavirus concerns, including field trips and school dances.
Stanford University has canceled in-person classes for the remainder of the Winter quarter due to concerns over the coronavirus.
Oakland Unified has a $20.2 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. To close that gap, the school board voted Wednesday to dip into reserve funding and lay off roughly 100 workers beginning July 1
The Oakland Unified School District board voted to not reduce the school district police department Wednesday evening despite a heated meeting and push back from the community.
Coronavirus fears in San Mateo County have led to the closure of a Menlo School, a private college preparatory school in the exclusive enclave of Atherton Wednesday for the rest of the week.
Teachers in one East Bay school district say they're prepared to strike if they can't reach an agreement on a new contract. On Tuesday night, more than 400 teachers showed up at the San Ramon Valley Unified School Board meeting to protest.
County and state health officials in California are scrambling to develop specific coronavirus response plans in the event the expanding outbreak hits school and university campuses statewide.
– UC Berkeley has received its largest donation ever in its more than 150 year history, to fund a new data-science facility.
