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Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools
Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools

Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schools

  • By ANA B. IBARRA and MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN, CalMatters
  • Dec 31, 2020
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SACRAMENTO — After painting a dark forecast for the pandemic earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday offered parents and students some hope: He has a $2-billion plan for schools to start in-person learning by spring.

Gonzalez-Buttner plans to finish term ICOE board

Gonzalez-Buttner plans to finish term ICOE board

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  • Dec 15, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Newly elected Imperial Valley College Area 1 Trustee Annette Gonzalez-Buttner said she intends to finish out her term on the Imperial County Office of Education board while she serves in her new position.

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BESD's Youth Cinema Project earns statewide recognition

BESD's Youth Cinema Project earns statewide recognition

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Nov 21, 2020
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BRAWLEY — Brawley Elementary School District has won a statewide award in recognition of a program that employs filmmaking as a means to help stude…

IVC contacts potential victims of ransomware attack

IVC contacts potential victims of ransomware attack

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Nov 20, 2020
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IMPERIAL — Most individuals whose personal data may have been compromised in this summer’s ransomware attack on Imperial Valley College’s computer …

ICOE requests $2 million for BorderLink

ICOE requests $2 million for BorderLink

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Nov 12, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Creating statewide access to broadband internet service may be a matter of law, but there’s a significant cost that comes with it.

SDSU-IV adds two new degree programs

SDSU-IV adds two new degree programs

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  • Nov 3, 2020
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CALEXICO — The number of four-year degree programs available to incoming freshmen at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley will double next fa…

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Completion of new Calexico High classroom building celebrated

Completion of new Calexico High classroom building celebrated

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 29, 2020
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CALEXICO — Completion of a new, two-story classroom building at Calexico High School was celebrated Tuesday morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

IVC confirms some personal data breached in ransomware attack

IVC confirms some personal data breached in ransomware attack

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Oct 28, 2020
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IMPERIAL — Imperial Valley College has confirmed some personal data was breached in the ransomware attack that caused the college’s entire computer…

Officials deny city acted improperly regarding fees

Officials deny city acted improperly regarding fees

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Oct 27, 2020
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CALEXICO — City officials deny the Calexico Unified School District’s claim that it failed to ensure construction project applicants paid the distr…

Liberal studies added to SDSU-IV’s four-year programs

Liberal studies added to SDSU-IV’s four-year programs

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  • Updated Oct 24, 2020
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CALEXICO — Prospective freshmen and transfer students planning to attend San Diego State University-Imperial Valley in fall 2021 have until Dec. 4 …

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Calexico High’s classroom modular buildings project delayed

Calexico High’s classroom modular buildings project delayed

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Oct 15, 2020
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CALEXICO — Calexico High School’s classroom modular buildings project has been pushed back 45 days from its original contract completion date.

ICOE awarded $1 million for BorderLink program

ICOE awarded $1 million for BorderLink program

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Oct 9, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Imperial County Office of Education has been awarded $1 million to expand access to its BorderLink wireless network.

IV HIGH: SAVAPA Dance struts through distance learning

IV HIGH: SAVAPA Dance struts through distance learning

  • By SUSANNA ARAMBULA, Southwest High School Student
  • Oct 5, 2020
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The Southwest Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts dance program has dancers practice on group video calls due to the COVID-19 restrictions a…

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Backpack giveaway targets at-risk youth

Backpack giveaway targets at-risk youth

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  • Updated Oct 2, 2020
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BRAWLEY — Some 125 students enrolled in the Brawley Elementary School District received free backpacks loaded with school supplies and other necess…

District lends students desks and chairs to use at home

District lends students desks and chairs to use at home

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 27, 2020
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HEBER — K-8 students across the state have received laptops from their school districts so they could engage in distance learning, but not all have…

SDSU-IV sets new enrollment record

SDSU-IV sets new enrollment record

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Sep 27, 2020
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CALEXICO — Although the number of bodies attending San Diego State University-Imperial Valley hasn’t increased compared to fall 2019, the number of…

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BESD migrant program holds back-to-school event

BESD migrant program holds back-to-school event

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 26, 2020
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BRAWLEY — The Brawley Elementary School District migrant education program on Friday gave approximately 500 students something useful for when they…

Castro appointed next CSU chancellor

Castro appointed next CSU chancellor

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Sep 24, 2020
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LONG BEACH — The California State University Board of Trustees has appointed Joseph I. Castro to serve as the eighth chancellor of the California S…

Most IVC classes to continue online in 2021

Most IVC classes to continue online in 2021

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Sep 23, 2020
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IMPERIAL — Most courses at Imperial Valley College will continue to follow a distance-learning model for winter and spring 2021, the college announ…

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Local author honored by military writers group

Local author honored by military writers group

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Sep 22, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Bill Gay said he joined the Military Writers Society of America so that they would review his book. That went even better than he hoped…

Student-run service still finds ways to help, even with campus closed

Student-run service still finds ways to help, even with campus closed

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 18, 2020
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BRAWLEY — Confidentiality has always been a priority for The Village at Brawley Union High School.

Tiny homes to be built for homeless IVC students

Tiny homes to be built for homeless IVC students

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 17, 2020
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EL CENTRO — An affordable housing project to shelter homeless Imperial Valley College students will be built here by the years’ end.

SDSU-IV and other CSU campuses to remain virtual in January

SDSU-IV and other CSU campuses to remain virtual in January

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Sep 11, 2020
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LONG BEACH — Coursework at all 23 California State University system campuses, including San Diego State University-Imperial Valley, will continue …

Pandemic's effects on school enrollment mixed

Pandemic's effects on school enrollment mixed

  • By JULIO MORALES, Staff Writer
  • Updated Sep 10, 2020
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EL CENTRO — An informal survey of local public school districts suggests that overall enrollment is at levels comparable to last school year, with …

IVC alternate care site moved to ‘warm’ status

  • By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
  • Updated Aug 27, 2020
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IMPERIAL — The COVID-19 alternative care site in the gym of Imperial Valley College has been taken out of operation, the college and the Imperial C…

UCSD Academic Connections 4-week program goes virtual

UCSD Academic Connections 4-week program goes virtual

  • By JULIO MORALES, Staff Writer
  • Aug 25, 2020
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EL CENTRO — Nineteen high school students from throughout the Valley participated virtually this summer in the annual University of California, San…

Calexico trustees OK purchase of more than 8,000 iPads

Calexico trustees OK purchase of more than 8,000 iPads

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Aug 23, 2020
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CALEXICO — The Calexico Unified School District will be purchasing more than 8,000 new Apple iPads, as well as accessories, so that students can us…

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Kids’ art showcases importance of masks

Kids’ art showcases importance of masks

  • By KARINA WONG, Special to This Newspaper
  • Updated Aug 23, 2020
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CALEXICO — A native son wanting to give back to his community challenged local kids to use their creative skills to make comic art illustrating the…

Patience requested as new school year begins

Patience requested as new school year begins

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Updated Aug 19, 2020
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EL CENTRO — More than 90 percent of Central Union High School District students participated in their online classes on the district’s first day of…

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Back to school? (Photo Package)

Back to school? (Photo Package)

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Aug 18, 2020
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Monday was the first day of school for many students throughout the Valley, including Jacob Palomar, 13, and his sister Divanie, 11, both of whom a…

Distance learning will pose challenges for working parents

Distance learning will pose challenges for working parents

  • By MICHAEL MARESH, Staff Writer
  • Updated Aug 14, 2020
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IMPERIAL COUNTY — As some Imperial schools are set to reopen remotely on Monday, parents are left with the option of staying at home with their sch…

$125K award to fund SDSU-IV research project

$125K award to fund SDSU-IV research project

  • By JULIO MORALES, Staff Writer
  • Updated Aug 12, 2020
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CALEXICO — San Diego State University-Imperial Valley was awarded a $125,000 administrative supplement from the National Institutes of Health to fu…

IVC system hack may delay some classes

  • By TOM BODUS, Editor in Chief
  • Updated Aug 12, 2020
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IMPERIAL — Imperial Valley College said it is considering delaying the start of some courses in the wake of the recent ransomware attack that resul…

Imperial Valley College reports ransomware attack

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  • Aug 11, 2020
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IMPERIAL – Imperial Valley College said it is dealing with a ransomware attack on its campus computer network.

Local teacher selected as keynote speaker at national conference

Local teacher selected as keynote speaker at national conference

  • By VINCENT OSUNA, Staff Writer
  • Aug 8, 2020
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EL CENTRO — A Corfman School fourth grade teacher was selected to be one of two keynote speakers for an upcoming national conference on educational…

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