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WCCUSD Highlights

Fine Tune: Richmond High Revitalizes Its Music Program

Andrew Wilke, a Pinole Valley High School graduate, has helped Richmond High School re-establish its music program that features concert, symphonic, and jazz band and an orchestra.

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Superintendent's Message -- January 2019

Happy New Year and welcome back. It is enrollment season and an opportunity for us tout the great programs and services available to the students in our District. Kindergarten enrollment opened Jan. 14 and open/transfer enrollments begins Monday, Feb. 4.

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Kindergarten/Transitional Kinder Registration Now Open

Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten enrollment in the West Contra Costa Unified School District for the 2019-2020 school year begins on Monday, Jan. 14.

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Special Delivery: Longtime Warehouse Supervisor Delivers Presents as Santa for the Final Time.

For the past 18 years, Jim Gant donned his Santa suit and beard, loaded up his white and red van with toys and headed to a kindergarten class to spread some holiday cheer. On Dec. 21, Gant made one final visit King elementary school before he retires in June.

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Updated California School Dashboard Provides Simpler Progress Reports

The California Department of Education (CDE) released a new version of the California School Dashboard with reports that are simpler to read. The dashboard (www.caschooldashboard.org) is an online tool created by the CDE to provide information about K–12 schools and districts.

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Board Cuts Spending by $12.5 Million, Submits Balanced Budget

The West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education on Wednesday night to cut $12.5 million in expenses that eliminates its structural deficit and ensures the budget is balanced for the next three years.

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Board Selects Tom Panas to Serve as Board President

El Cerrito resident Tom Panas was chosen as the president of the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education by his colleagues.

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Superintendent's Message -- December 2018

At the end of the 2017-18 school year, the West Contra Costa Unified School District’s Board adopted Roadmap 2022, an ambitious plan to ensure that more students succeed and are prepared for college and beyond. Part of that plan included compensation increases for employees and a commitment to reduce the budget to fund the increases.

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Up For Debate: Greenwood Academy Students Team with BAUDL

Greenwood Academy students tackle if prisons should be abolished at The Bay Area Urban Debate League event.

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Highland Elementary Host WCCUSD Elementary Basketball Jamboree

March Madness, college basketball’s annual championship tournament, came early for several elementary schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District.

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Better Together: WCCUSD Hosts 3rd Annual Special Olympics Basketball Tournament

For the first time in its three-year history, the WCCUSD Special Olympics Basketball Tournament was fully unified, meaning students with disabilities and general education students competed together and against one another.

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WCCUSD Board Swears In Three Members

The West Contra Costa Unified School District welcomed newly elected board members incumbent Valerie Cuevas, Stephanie Hernandez-Jarvis, and Conseulo Lara at Wednesday night's meeting.

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Board Selects Preferred Trustee Area Map

The Board of Education has selected a preferred trustee area boundary map, bringing it one step closer to completing its transition to a trustee area system of elections. The map is titled “Oct. B.”

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Tiger Beat: El Cerrito High School Baseball Duo Headed to Grambling

El Cerrito High School baseball players DeAngelo Fleetwood, an outfielder, and Jamison Patanapanich, a pitcher, signed National Letters of Intent to continue their baseball dreams and education at the Grambling State University.

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WCCUSD Well Represented in North Coast Section Football Playoffs

For the third consecutive year, four District high schools qualified for the NCS's postseason tournament with De Anza, El Cerrito, Kennedy, and Pinole Valley high schools all earning a berth.

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