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School districts face a perfect storm of declining enrollment and disappearing funding.
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School districts face a perfect storm of declining enrollment and disappearing funding.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Apr 26, 2026

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about how school districts are restructuring after exhausting one-time funding while navigating the declining enr…

As enrollment declines, local schools are slashing budgets and laying off staff.
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As enrollment declines, local schools are slashing budgets and laying off staff.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Apr 23, 2026
  • 12 min to read

SIXTH-GRADERS IN SAMUEL SWANSON’S CLASS AT UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SALINAS are gathered outside for today’s lesson. They’ve been …

As the 2023-24 school year begins, more transitional kindergarten students are attending.
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As the 2023-24 school year begins, more transitional kindergarten students are attending.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 17, 2023

Tens of thousands of students have returned to classes in Monterey County in the past week. Among them are about 100 little kids who are too y…

The rise of omicron after holiday recess means schools are short -- on both students and teachers.
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The rise of omicron after holiday recess means schools are short -- on both students and teachers.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jan 13, 2022

The surge of Covid-19 coincided with winter break for Monterey County schools. In an effort to minimize the spread, local districts distribute…

K-12 schools get ready to return to the classroom in a most unusual year.
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K-12 schools get ready to return to the classroom in a most unusual year.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jul 29, 2021

After 16 months of either virtual or hybrid learning, Monterey County’s 75,000-plus K-12 students will start full-time, in-person in August.

School districts are at different reopening phases, but the doors are again opening.
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School districts are at different reopening phases, but the doors are again opening.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Mar 11, 2021

When schools shut down in Monterey County a year ago, it happened suddenly, before any cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the county.

UPDATE: Monterey County schools offering meal pick-up service during coronavirus closures.
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UPDATE: Monterey County schools offering meal pick-up service during coronavirus closures.

  • PARKER SEIBOLD - MCW
  • Mar 23, 2020

ALast week, Monterey County school districts began offering meals to any child from infants to 18-year-olds in need during coronavirus-related…

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