San Diego judge blocks schools’ ‘parental exclusion policies’
REGION — A San Diego federal judge has blocked California school policies prohibiting teachers from sharing students’ preferred gender identities with their parents. U.S. District...
Escondido Union School District
Escondido schools invest $1.2M in YMCA pool for swim program
ESCONDIDO — By the end of the school year, thousands of elementary students will have benefited from free swimming and water safety instruction at the...
NB Ranch fifth graders create refuge for native pollinators, plants
ESCONDIDO — Fifth-graders at North Broadway Elementary School marked the arrival of spring by planting a new pollinator garden filled with native plants, part of...
Early results show Escondido voters favor one-cent sales tax
ESCONDIDO — With about half of Escondido’s ballots counted, preliminary results suggest voters are leaning toward approving a one-cent sales tax measure intended to bolster...
Election Q&A with Escondido school board candidates
ESCONDIDO — School board candidates respond to The Coast News election questionnaire about the issues facing their respective districts. Two trustees each will be elected...
Escondido Union pulls two ‘banned books’ after parent’s complaint
The Escondido Union School District has removed two of the most challenged books in the U.S. from campus libraries following an early October audit to...
Escondido school district halts library services due to ‘sexually explicit’ book
ESCONDIDO — The Escondido Union School District has temporarily closed its school libraries after a book “containing sexually explicit material” was found in one of...
Escondido preschool program Tiny Tots to close in a year
ESCONDIDO — The city’s Tiny Tots early education and preschool program will end in a year. The City Council agreed to keep the program running...
Election 2022: School Board Races
REGION — The Coast News previews each of the school board races across North County San Diego. Over the past two months, The Coast News...
Inland school districts, parents preparing for new vaccine mandate
REGION — Several North County school districts say they are trying to figure out how to navigate a new vaccine mandate that was recently announced...