Is this really the start of the school year or just an extended summer with homework?
Nick Harvey and Isabelle Coburn
August 28, 2020
Cal High students and staff returned to school earlier this month just as they have done in previous years with one major change - school is entirely remote. After the San Ramon Unified School District Board of Education unanimously voted on July 16 to start the school year remotely because of the...
Wildfires ravaging California as Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency
Sabrina Contreras, Features Editor
August 24, 2020
California’s fire season unfortunately got a head start this year thanks to an extreme heat wave and unseasonal thunderstorms. Around 12,000 dry lightning strikes struck over a 72 hour period starting Aug. 15, causing fires to spark up all over the Bay Area and throughout Northern California. There...
Upperclassmen create a virtual peer tutoring space for Cal students
Emmy Burrus, News Editor
August 16, 2020
Coming to Cal High on Aug. 24 - a team of peer tutors looking to change how students learn for the better. This group, known as Educore, will offer one-on-one virtual tutoring for any student who signs up through their website. “[We want] to ensure every student gets the help they need...
Anonymous Cal student posts racist comment during class on the first day of school
Angela Deanne Paloma and Ronnie Gogoi
August 14, 2020
Cal High was once again attacked by an anonymous act of racism when a student submitted a racist comment in a virtual lesson on, of all days, the first day of school. In a letter emailed to the school community Thursday afternoon, Principal Megan Keefer wrote that a student posted, “I wish...all...
Bay Area residents speak out against environmental racism, police brutality at Chevron world headquarters
Nick Harvey
July 21, 2020
Bay Area residents marched to protest environmental racism at Chevron’s world headquarters in San Ramon on July 11. A flyer distributed by protesters defines environmental racism as “the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards in communities of color”. The goal of the protest was...
School board trustees change their minds – students to return fully remote
Christine Oh, News Editor
July 16, 2020
Two days after deciding to send students back to school on a hybrid learning model, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education reversed course and revised its plan for reopening to a full remote, block schedule during Thursday night’s meeting. The unanimous 5-0 decision, live-streamed...
District’s Board of Education unanimously votes to start school year with hybrid learning
Christine Oh, News Editor
July 14, 2020
Students will return to school on a hybrid in-person and remote learning plan on Aug. 11, the district’s Board of Education unanimously decided during its Tuesday meeting which was live-streamed on the district’s YouTube channel. The motion for hybrid learning was carried 5-0 among the five San...
San Ramon Police Department bans carotid restraint in aftermath of George Floyd’s death
Nick Harvey
July 2, 2020
The San Ramon Police Department has officially banned the use of carotid restraints in the aftermath of nationwide protests reacting to the death of George Floyd. “Effective immediately, the San Ramon Police Department has banned the use of the carotid restraint,” wrote San Ramon police Chief...
San Ramon community protests SRVUSD spending and issues with remote learning
Nick Harvey, Opinon Editor
June 27, 2020
San Ramon Unified School District parents organized a sit-in protest on Tuesday in front of the district office before the Board of Education meeting to show both their opposition to management raises and support for allowing students to return to campus in the fall. Approximately 75 individuals showed...
District board supports students returning to campus full time in the fall
Christine Oh, News Editor
June 24, 2020
Students in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District will return to campus full-time in August if the school board has its way. The district’s Board of Education said it unanimously supports having students on campus for a full-time in-person schedule during Tuesday night’s meeting streamed...