MPUSD in the News
2025 Stories
2024 Stories
- EdSource: California School Boards Association Names President
- Monterey Herald: New state data shows the pandemic continues to affect student progress
- Monterey County Weekly: Local school districts are expanding career and technical education programs, reframing the way we think about education
- Monterey Herald: Students' state test scores continue to rise post-COVID
- Monterey County Weekly: School bonds are finding support among voters this election in Monterey County
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KSBW: MPUSD seeks voter approval for $340 million bond in upcoming November election
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD board votes to add a bond measure for staff housing on the ballot
- Monterey County Weekly: The importance of learning financial literacy at a young age cannot be overstated
- Monterey County Weekly: Education is spared from drastic cuts in the new state budget, but the future seems uncertain
- Monterey County Weekly: A new partnership aims to make a meaningful – and meticulous – dent in the housing crisis
- Monterey Herald: School Officials Say a $10 Million School Facilities Bond is Still Not Enough
- KION: MPUSD to Decide on Bond for Schools in Upcoming Election
- Monterey Herald: Student cell phone ban in schools might be on the way
- Monterey Herald: Students reliant on school lunches are set for the summer
- KION: Meals are in while school is out, kids can receive free meals from MPUSD during summer
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County schools gear up for grad season
- Monterey Herald: Monterey High, Carmel River School win state honors
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County schools embrace community-centric approach
- KSBW: MPUSD awarded over $8.7 million for Seaside schools
- KSBW: Monterey High School's stadium lights break ground
- Monterey Herald: Marina High to break ground on new multi-purpose field
- Monterey County Weekly: Marina High School's long-awaited stadium will soon break ground
- KSBW: Marina High School has plans for its own football field
- Monterey Herald: High school sports; Monterey's field of dreams to have groundbreaking ceremony
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Penisula teachers ask: 'could me to raises in district be better spent?'
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula appoints new board member
BNN: Sarah Ofstedal appointed to Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board - Monterey County Weekly: A health insurance agreement with Salinas Valley Health is a milestone
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified legal battle over stadium project ends
- KSBW: Monterey High School to start building stadium lights after lengthy legal battle
- Monterey County Weekly: Judge denies attorney fees to neighbors who sued over Monterey HS stadium lights project
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD governing board to put stadium project to bid
- Monterey Herald: More than $2 million awarded to Monterey Peninsula Unified students at first-ever HBCU tour
- KTVZ: School district offers teacher residency to attract new teachers
- KRDO: School district offers teacher residency to attract new teachers
- KSBW: Monterey peninsula school district offers teacher residency to attract new teachers
- MPUSD takes new approach to recruiting teachers
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Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified approves preschool teacher pay raise
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD launches a website to teach other school districts how to support students facing homelessness
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD continues to fight student homelessness as numbers rise
- Monterey Herald: New school year sees changes in Peninsula school districts
- KSBW: Marshall Elementary School temporarily moves as campus is renovate
- Monterey County Weekly: State funds aim to support a more expansive role of schools in communities
- Monterey Herald: Big yellow buses go green: Monterey County school districts are split on electric school buses
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified offers free dental check ups with Colgate
- KION: MPUSD pilot program has seen a drop in chronic absenteeism
2023 Stories
- KSBW: Art at the Airport program celebrates the art of local children
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District hosts job fair Saturday
- KSBW: MPUSD offers vegan soul food menu to students
- Monterey County Weekly: Reflecting on Seaside’s history and community leaders
- KION: Inaugural Broadway Walk of Fame class honored at ceremony in Seaside
- KION: Seaside High School awarded the College Board’s Computer Science Female Diversity Award for a third straight year
- VegOut: This Plant-Based Comfort Food Brand Is Democratizing Access to Vegan Food
- Monterey County Weekly: A local nonprofit offers students an opportunity to talk about bullying through artwork
- MPUSD revisits a potential bond measure to build staff and teacher housing
- CDE: State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces 2023 California Exemplary Arts Education Awards
- Ed Source: Schools honored for commitment to arts education
- Monterey County Weekly: Certified Nursing Assistant courses give students a pathway into health care careers
- KSBW: School closures continue Tuesday on the Central Coast due to severe weather
- EdSource: Storms lead to school closures in Sacramento, Sonoma, elsewhere
- KION: Central Coast schools closures continue due to weather and flooding alerts
- Monterey County Weekly: Closures abound on a rainy day with uncertain conditions
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County storm updates
- KSBW: Monterey County storm update (January 14): Fresh rain brings new evacuations
- Monterey County Weekly: After five years, Monterey Adult School reopens its nursing assistant program
- KSBW: Middle school student stabbed at Seaside school by another student
- KION: Seaside student stabs student at a middle school
2022 Stories
- KSBW: Monterey Adult School brings back Certified Nursing Assistant program
- KION: Monterey Adult School brings back Certified Nursing Assistant program
- KSBW: Monterey High lights stadium project further delayed by court ruling
- Monterey Herald: Court issues ruling in Monterey High stadium project lawsuit
- Monterey County Weekly: Judge finds flaws on Monterey High School stadium lights project; MPUSD plans to proceed
- Monterey Herald: Shorter days, fewer opportunities for Monterey soccer players
- Monterey Herald: Letters to the editor: December 6, 2022
- KSBW: Monterey dedicates their theater to long-time drama teacher
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD expands preschool programs
- Monterey Herald: Salinas Union High School District to screen home football spectators with metal detectors
- KION: Metal detectors present at Central Coast football games due to recent violence
- Monterey Herald: Salinas Union High School District to screen home football spectators with metal detectors
- KION: Metal detectors present at Central Coast football games due to recent violence
- Monterey Herald: Marina High School unveils design for $12M home football field
- Monterey County Weekly: Toolbox 10.06.22 MPUSD seeks candidates for its Alder Residency Program
- Monterey County Weekly: Candidate Q & A: Tom Jennings for MPUSD
- Monterey County Weekly: Candidate Q & A: Amanda Whitmire for MPUSD
- Monterey County Weekly: Candidate Q & A: Joe Williams for MPUSD
- KION: MPUSD warning parents to be alert for fentanyl
- Monterey Herald: Marina High to hold town hall on proposed stadium project
- California Educator: Opinion: Why ‘Remaking the Grade’ undercuts equity efforts
- KQED: When students’ basic needs are met by community schools, learning can flourish - Mindshift
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KAZU Radio: The African American Theater Arts Troupe creates community for students of color
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The Pajaronian: Farm Discovery to host annual benefit dinner
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Monterey Herald: MPUSD considers implementing safe parking program on district sites
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Al Dia News: Gates Foundation funds mentoring research for diverse learners
- Monterey Herald: Bus driver shortage forces Monterey Peninsula school districts to cancel routes
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD will move a school out of federal jurisdiction, calming immigration fears
- Monterey Weekly: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District looking to fix sinking Seaside High School field
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD explores funding options for affordable employee housing
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula students return to school
- Monterey County Weekly: School districts in Monterey County are now offering transitional kindergarten
- KSBW: When are Central Coast schools starting? Local school start dates
- KION: MPUSD getting ready for back-to-school with latest COVID protocols and later start times
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula schools carry over relaxed spring COVID-19 protocols
- Community 99 News: Monterey Peninsula schools transition to relaxed spring COVID-19 protocols
- My Droll (Monterey Herald): Special Olympics returns to Monterey Peninsula
- Monterey Herald: Former Monterey superintendent’s legacy of leadership and kindness
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD begins planning for Marina High School’s new field and stadium
- Monterey Herald: Parade celebrates Monterey High School’s CCS champion softball, baseball team
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula schools carry over relaxed spring COVID-19 protocols
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD begins planning for Marina High School’s new field and stadium
- Monterey Herald: Parade celebrates Monterey High’s CCS champion softball, baseball team
- Monterey County Weekly: Grief and fear about school shootings means local educators are on alert, and preparing for the worst
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District receives $500k to recruit, train new teachers
- KION: MPUSD gets over $500,000 for Teacher Residency Program
- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District celebrates over 700 high school graduates
- Monterey Herald: Marina high schoolers inspire elementary students
- Monterey Herald: Special Olympics returns to Monterey Peninsula
- Monterey Herald: CCS softball: Monterey returns to the finals for the first time in 26 years
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District approves late start school schedule
- Monterey Herald: Seaside student and teacher selected for 2022 Bezos scholarship program
- Monterey County students get a visit from Grammy Award-winning DJ, songwriter and producer
- DJ IZ Avila returns to Monterey Peninsula schools
- Monterey Herald: Pacific Grove Unified School District to reinstate mask mandate
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD and Motel 6 collaborate in a short-term emergency housing program
- KION: MPUSD partners with Motel 6 to help students who are experiencing homelessness
- KION: MPUSD student housing
- KSBW: Monterey school district creates first of its kind emergency housing program
- KSBW: A deeper look at the emergency homeless support program at MPUSD schools
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD named one of the ‘Best Communities for Music Education’ for third year
- Monterey Herald: Local students design and program apps in ‘Hackathon’
- An eco-friendly adventure: walking school buses carry students to school
- Monterey County Weekly NOW: Learning about robots is just the tip of the iceberg for students who participate in robotics competitions
- Monterey Herald: Trial by fire for Monterey High boys lacrosse team in its inaugural season
- Monterey County Weekly: Covid protocols are changing at schools, but the goal stays the same
- The Buzz @ Monterey County Weekly: Free Speech
- Monterey Herald: Seaside High School to host robotics competition
- KION: Seaside High hosts FIRST robotics competition
- KION: Seaside High hosts FIRST robotics competition on YouTube
- KSBW: FIRST Robotics competition in full swing at Seaside High School
- KSBW: Ohana partners with Monterey Peninsula Unified to tackle mental health
- Monterey Herald: Community partners bolster mental health programming at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
- Monterey Herald: California Coastal Commission grants coming to Monterey County
- Univision: Para poder ayudar a los estudiantes que padecen de problemas de salud mental ocasionados por la pandemia, el Distrito de la Península de Monterey implementa un programa con la colaboración de otras agencias
- Monterey Herald: Ohana partners with Monterey Peninsula to tackle mental health
- California Educator: Remaking the Grade: How Best to Assess Learning?
- Monterey Herald: Trustee areas up for change at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District approves attendance zones, consolidation plans
- Monterey Herald: High School boys basketball: Challenging start for Seaside High coach Alex Hudson
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County public schools deal with omicron surge
- KION: Higher than normal teacher absences reported at some Central Coast schools
- Monterey County Weekly: The rise of omicron after holiday recess means schools are short -- on both students and teachers
- Monterey Herald: Seaside High drops its baseball program
- Monterey Herald: Seaside High School recognized for closing gender gaps in computer science
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD commits to tackling math learning inequalities among students
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula School District to address inequities in math
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County schools: COVID-19 surge prompts uptick in testing among students
- Monterey Herald: Local school districts get creative as they look to attract - and retain - more teacher
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County schools prepare to return from winter break
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District faces cyber security incident
- Monterey Herald: High School boys basketball lookback: Unfinished business for Monterey in 2018-2019
2021 Stories
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified to reimagine attendance zones and school sites
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KSBW: Enrollment decline leads to school closures on the peninsula
California News Times: Enrollment decline leads to school closures on the peninsula
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Monterey Herald: Monterey county schools coping with declining enrollment
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Monterey Herald: K-12 staff across Monterey County school districts exhibit high vaccination rates
- Monterey High cancels weekend events after uptick in COVID-19 cases
- Monterey Herald: Substitute teacher shortage places pressure on Monterey County school districts
- Monterey Herald: National nonprofit recognizes MPUSD for rising to challenge of COVID-19
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD faces lawsuit against Monterey High School stadium project
- Monterey County Weekly: Robust testing and indoor masking are keeping school-acquired Covid-19 cases low
- Monterey Herald: Offended by Monterey High guest commentary
- Monterey Herald: Support for Monterey High athletic field project
- Monterey County Weekly: School News (MPUSD’s Town Hall)
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Monterey Herald: Guest Commentary: Monterey must put students first
California News Times: Monterey County Supervisors support county-wide mask mandate
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Monterey County Weekly: Lawsuit against MPUSD aims to overturn football field lights project
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Monterey Herald: Seaside: Marshall Elementary School class quarantined after COVID-19 outbreak
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KSBW: Entire class at Monterey-area elementary school quarantined
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KSBW: Salinas High School racism: What happened and how the community is responding (Dr. Diffenbaugh’’s letter referenced)
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Monterey Herald: Monterey County, Bay Area health offers reaffirm support for in-person learning
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California News Times: Two Monterey High School students test positive for COVID-19 – KION546
- Monterey Herald: Classes almost in session on Monterey Peninsula
- MC Weekly: K-12 schools get ready to return to the classroom in most unsusual year
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District board approves Monterey High stadium project
- KSBW: After a two year halt, MPUSD makes final vote on Monterey High School's new stadium plan
- Monterey Herald: Monterey board to vote on stadium project
- KION: California to provide free meals to all public school students regardless of income
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula school districts clarify mask policy amid new state guidance
- The Salinas Californian: Monterey County's second-largest school district leads the way with fall reopening plans
- The Salinas Californian: Community Partnership for Youth's summer program at MPUSD school provides in-person learning
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County COVID-19 positivity rate ticks up to 2.4%
- KSBW: Back to school vaccines for Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
- KION: MPUSD seeks to hire three teachers for Digital Academy
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD's Summer Academy gives students chance to return to classes
- Monterey County Weekly: An aging community and enrollment decline pushes MPUSD to close three schools in the next two years
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to close three schools
- KION: Some parents express concern over MPUSD school closure announcement
- KION: MPUSD launches campaign to reduce school absence rates
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD tackles high rates of absenteeism, especially in Marina schools
- Monterey County Now: MPUSD tackles absenteeism
- United Fresh: United Fresh joins non-profits in urging more produce purchases for feeding programs
- KION: MPUSD hosts in-person graduation at Monterey County Fairgrounds
- Monterey County Weekly: Two local school districts land a grant to develop recipes using local ingredients
- KION: Monterey Peninsula celebrates classified school employees
- Monterey County Now: There is a bunch of space between a bond measure passing and those dollars actually flowing to schools
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD moves its graduations to Monterey County Fairgrounds
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD’s withholdings under the California Public Records Act go to court for an anti-climactic trial
- KION: MPUSD to hold graduation at Laguna Seca for second year in a row
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District explains details of school reopening plan
- Monterey County Herald: Reflecting on the year of COVID: Switching to distance learning on the fly
- Monterey County Herald: A year later: Monterey hospitality leaders reflect on pandemic impacts
- KION: MPUSD prepares for hybrid learning
- Monterey County Weekly: School districts are at different reopening phases, but the doors are again opening
- KSBW: Monterey County teachers getting vaccinated, schools preparing for reopening
- Monterey County Herald: High School sports: Court settlement expected to give indoor sports the green light, with protocols
- KION: Some school districts keep original reopening plans after state announces deal
- Voices of Monterey Bay: California Legislature approves school reopening plan
- KSBW: Daycare workers having trouble finding vaccines
- KSBW: MPUSD to bring students back to the classroom in April
- KION: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District releases new sports guidelines
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey says no to football this spring
- KION: MPUSD parents weigh in on school consolidation
- Monterey County Herald: High School: Cross country becomes first county sport to hold practice
- Marina Child Development Center Engaging in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. literature and activities here
- KSBW: Coronavirus test positivity rate prevents Monterey County schools from reopening
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County residents age 75 and older next in line for vaccine
- KION: Central Coast schools address riots at the Capitol
- Monterey County Weekly: PK Diffenbaugh Assisting Santa
2020 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: Youth Mental Health: The Pandemic’s Toll on Our Kids
- Monterey County Weekly: While Covid cases rise in Monterey County, a school district mulls in-person learning
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High stadium improvements project DEIR released
- KSBW: Seaside High opens resource center with laundry and snacks for students
- Monterey County Weekly: While Covid cases rise in Monterey County, a school district mulls in-person learning
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High stadium improvements project DEIR released
- KSBW: Seaside High opens resource center with laundry and snacks for students
- Monterey County Weekly: Monterey High stadium improvements project DEIR released
- Monterey County Weekly: New leadership leads in early election results for MPUSD and PGUSD races
- Communicating Through Change: How one California is supporting families in the year ahead
- Monterey County Weekly: Proposition 15 would mean more revenue for schools and cities, but business leaders warn of a downside
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District works to break the digital divide
- Monterey County Herald: State-backed COVID-19 testing site moving to Seaside High
- Monterey County Weekly: For working parents of school-aged kids, there’s no home-design hack to make this pandemic easy
- Monterey County Herald: Taxpayer group sues MPUSD over records related to Monterey High project
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD rates new ways to get food to families
- KSBW: MPUSD uses school buses to bring school lunches to neighborhoods
- Good Morning America: Kindergarten teacher’s sister films her going above and beyond during virtual learning
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to offer free child care for teachers, staff
- KSBW: MPUSD offers free childcare so teachers can focus on teaching
- KION: Central Coast schools prepare parents for distance learning
- Monterey County Herald: Guest Editorial PK Diffenbaugh: State Budget Must Reflect Our Values: Invest in Schools
- Monterey County Herald: Some Monterey County high schools to participate in ‘drive-up’ graduation ceremony
- Monterey County Herald: Coronavirus: Monterey Peninsula high schools prepare for graduation
- Monterey County Herald: Guest Editorial PK Diffenbaugh: State Budget Must Reflect Our Values: Invest in Schools
- Monterey County Herald: Some Monterey County high schools to participate in ‘drive-up’ graduation ceremony
- KSBW: Monterey County educators race to bridge gap in digital divide
- Monterey County Herald: Coronavirus: MPUSD moves to pass/no pass grading during distance learning
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD makes grades optional for the remainder of the virtual academic year
- Monterey County Weekly: Good Week/Great Week - Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is parking a Wi-Fi bus
- KSBW: MPUSD sets up WiFi buses to help with distance learning
- Monterey County Herald: Coronavirus: Fiscal realities begin hitting Monterey Peninsula cities
- Monterey County Herald: COVID-19: Students, staff adjust to closure of facilities for rest of school year in Monterey County
- KAZU: Local Schools Are Closed, But Much-Needed School Meals are Still Being Served
- Monterey County Herald: COVID-19: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District prepares distance learning plans
- Monterey County Herald: Coronavirus: MPUSD hands out food to families, prepares for distance learning
- Monterey County Herald: Continuing Progress in MPUSD through Partnership and Collaboration
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District appoints trustee
- Voices of Monterey Bay: A crowded field for Monterey schools
- KSBW: MPUSD moves to TK-6th grade model
- Monterey County Herald: Teachers, Monterey Unified hit impasse
- KSBW: MPUSD considering bond measure to fund teacher housing
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD moves to put affordable housing on the ballot
- KSBW: MPUSD, California schools sue e-cigarette maker Juul Labs, Inc.
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District sues e-cigarette maker Juul
- Monterey County Weekly: Taking on cigarettes was a success for schools, but now they're fighting another giant: JUUL
- KSBW: FIRST robotics competition season kick-off and 2020 game reveal
- Voices of Monterey Bay: Faulty Funding
- KQED: Why focusing on adult learning builds a school culture where students thrive
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside’s MLK March A Reason to Come Together
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD seeks trustee applicants
- Monterey County Herald: Champion of the Arts Gala 2020
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD considers closing school as enrollment declines
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey area schools advance gun safety
- KSBW: MPUSD will move forward with distanced learning in the fall
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to start school year with distance learning
- KION: MPUSD decides on distant learning to start school year
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD may delay start of the school year
- KSBW: MPUSD explores five pathways for reopening schools
2019 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside hosts hackathon
- Monterey County Herald: Local schools battling vaping dangers
- Monterey County Weekly: A statewide audit shows both the progress and pitfalls of public education funding
- Voices of Monterey: Monterey Peninsula schools chief to speak at League of Women Voters Luncheon
- KSBW: Seaside High School unveils new state of the art facilities
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to conduct environmental report on Monterey High stadium project
- Voices of Monterey Bay: MPUSD decides to do full EIR on stadium project
- Monterey’s Walter Colton Middle School takes anti-bullying message to Colton Hall
- Monterey County Herald: Program helps educate the educators at MPUSD
- CalAm pipework causes delays in Seaside
- California puts $15 billion school bond on March ballot
- KSBW: Neighbors vow legal action over Monterey High stadium lights
- KSBW: Editorial: Monterey High – Let There Be Light
- Monterey County Weekly: SQUID FRY 09.05.19: Put me in, Coach
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County teachers prepare for trip to see ‘Hamilton’ with students
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High School, neighbors clash over stadium
- KSBW: Friday Night Lights Controversy at Monterey High
- Monterey Bay Parent: Arts & Smarts: The state of Arts Education in Monterey County Public Schools
- KION: Special Report – School district funding disparity in Monterey County
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High School’s gym nears completion
- Monterey County Herald: New classrooms welcome Seaside High students back to school
- KSBW: MPUSD Back-to-School Kick-Off (see video clip)
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High School’s new Science Innovation Center to re-shape campus
- School Transportation news: Garage Stars for 2019 announced (MPUSD’s Bobby Ikeda was named)
- Monterey County Herald: Marina student wins Gates Scholarship
- KSBW: MPUSD sends teachers to Day of Action in Sacramento
- Voices of Monterey Bay: Homes on Campus
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula delegation heads to Sacramento for school funding
- The Journal of Juvenile Court, Community, and Alternative School Administrators of California (See page 44 "Creating a Culture of Inclusion" authored by MPUSD'S Assistant Principal David Diehl at Central Coast High School)
- CSBA News: Monterey Peninsula USD Education Options Program – Where a student’s past doesn’t define their future
- Monterey County Weekly: Safe street demos take over Broadway Avenue in Seaside and Carmel Avenue in Marina
- Monterey County Weekly: Measles outbreaks and new laws make vaccinating students a public health priority
- KSBW: Special Olympics brings smiles to Monterey Peninsula College
- Monterey County Herald: Special Olympics hosts annual Monterey track and field event
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside police deputy chief, SRO, lead Youth Peace Summit
- KSBW: Seaside Youth Peace Summit hopes to a brighter path to students
- Monterey County Herald: Marina and Seaside to have Safe Street Demonstration events in May
- KION: Seaside first graders surprised with new bikes
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Monterey County Herald: Ord Terrace celebrates reading with diversity
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD recognizes importance of breakfast
- Monterey County Herald: Homeless, foster youth population grows in Monterey County
- Education Dive: Few states recognize the arts as part of their ESSA accountability plans (Cristy Campanaro, Principal of Marina Vista Elementary is featured)
- A survey of MPUSD students shows trust in school resource offers wanes as kids get older
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey family off to Galápagos Islands to study reefs, track sharks (A Monte Vista Elementary kindergartener is studying in the Galápagos lslands)
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula USD superintendent earns honor
- Monterey County Herald: Dual Language Academy drops charter status to become magnet school
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High School robotics team headed to Houston for FIRST Championships
- KSBW: Seaside High School plays host to worldwide robotics competition
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High School gets a new scoreboard for Dan Albert Stadium
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High student wins Girls Inc. nationwide scholarship
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD challenges administrators, leaders to shadow a student
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High becomes first IB World school in Monterey County
- Salinas California: Salinas councilman, Monterey Peninsula Unified trustee announce Monterey County supervisor run
- EdTech: Next-Gen Voice and Presence Technology Keep K–12 Districts Safer
- Monterey County Weekly Good Week/Bad Week – Superintendent Diffenbaugh was recognized in the Monterey County Weekly for his recent ACSA Region 10 Superintendent of the Year honor.
- KSBW: School Resource Officer back at Seaside
- KSBW: Meet Seaside's new School Resource Officer
- Monterey County Herald: Marina Vista Elementary Arts Academy visited by Grammy Award winner
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD pushing parents to attend engagement workshops
- KSBW: Bach Festivals bring song-writing intensive to MLK School of the Arts
- Monterey County Weekly: Good Week/Bad Week (MPUSD highlighted for bond program work underway)
- Monterey County Herald – Monterey Peninsula Unified School District votes against detection dogs
- Monterey County Herald – Monterey Bay Aquarium now accepting applications for Teachers Institutions
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to expand early childhood programs with new grants
- Monterey County Weekly: Community meeting about MPUSD bond at Seaside High School
- Monterey County Herald: CalFresh benefits to be used early due to government shutdown
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD seeking input for school facilities bond projects
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District launches Monterey Ivy League Program
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD principals continue to lead by example
2018 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: California School Dashboard website gets new look, updated stats
- Education Dive: $4.4M in grant funds help California administrators improve STEM instruction
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD receives $750 grant for STEM teachers
- Monterey County Herald: New MPUSD teacher evaluation system aimed toward growth, improvement
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County school districts introduce down payment assistance program for home buyers
- KAZU: New Program Helps Educators Buy Homes
- KSBW: MPUSD Teacher Housing
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High students plan to host city council debate
- Monterey County Weekly: Good News
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Monterey County Herald: Extra funds coming for visual and performing arts programs
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Monterey County Herald: Seaside High awarded for computer science courses
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Monterey County Herald: Monterey County educational leaders complete training course
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD receives $750K grant for STEM teachers
- KSBW: Monterey Peninsula Unified offers free SAT testing
- Monterey County Herald: Marina Vista Elementary kids turning to the arts for inspiration
- KSBW: Marina school covers campus with giant black and white photos of student portraits
- KSBW: MPUSD offers youth mental first aid training to community
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High set to host mayoral debate
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County students attend Pebble Beach Authors and Ideas Festival
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High goes high tech
- Monterey County Herald: Cross Country: Marina High School’s Christopher Plascencia strides to new horizons
- Monterey County Weekly: TAMC is gathering ideas for improving school routes from the commuters themselves
- KSBW: Seaside vs. Monterey Battle Of The Bands is back
- Monterey County Herald: Battle of the Bay: Barragan, Monterey makes last second field goal to defeat Seaside High
- Monterey County Herald: High School Football: Monterey and Seaside to meet in Battle of the Bay
- Monterey County Weekly: Faced with a teacher shortage, school districts get creative and hire teachers in training
- Seaside and Monterey schools get their school resource officers back – but not without a fight
- KION: MPUSD aims for safe routes to school
- MPUSD Board ok's SRO's in agreement with Monterey and Seaside
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD challenges staff, students with a big question
- KION: Superintendent Diffenbaugh on Neighborhood Housing Fund for Monterey
- KSBW: MPUSD’s Back-to-School Kick-Off Day
- Monterey County Herald: Sixth graders get warm welcome at Seaside Middle
- Monterey County Herald: Students help transform Walter Colton Library
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to offer free public youth health mental training
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High to break ground on new high school gym
- KSBW: Marina High School gymnasium
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD’s Youth Mental Health First Aid expands beyond staff to include the community
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside school seeks to use new garden as teaching opportunity
- KAZU: Measure I asks homeowners to pay for school repairs
- Monterey County Weekly: Voters pass MPUSD's $213 million bond for infrastructure
- KSBW: Monterey picks up tab for its school resource officer program
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High seniors visit young students for Senior Walk
- Monterey County Herald: Highland Elementary gets a new lawn
- Monterey County Weekly: A much-needed school kitchen renovation is set back after MPUSD rejects all bids
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High is on a mission to to increase college access for all students
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD schools receive Honor Roll status: Monterey High and Foothill Elementary among those awarded for decreasing achievement gap
- Monterey County Herald: Monte Vista Elementary teacher recognized with prestigious award
- Monterey County Herald: Keeping student engaged, in school
- Salinas Californian: OPINION: All children deserve access to music and arts
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey’s La Mesa set to open new reading room
- Education Dive: Leaders discuss ways to sustain school improvement through the arts
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High student receives Gates scholarship
- K-12 Daily: Grant money awarded to help LEAs deal with teacher shortage
- Monterey County Herald: Longtime drama teacher directs final show
- Special Monterey County Weekly: Featuring students in A Shot at School Safety
- KSBW: Parents hear from Monterey County school districts on how they're keeping students safe
- Monterey County Herald: Monte Vista teacher recognized with prestigious award
- Monterey County Herald: Marina Vista Elementary School makes switch to become Turnaround Arts campus
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula students participate in National School Walkout day on anniversary of Columbine shooting
- Monterey County Herald: Life in the fast lane: Aaliyah Carreras setting records without a track at MarinaKSBW: Marina High School student accepted to 4 Ivy League schools
- Monterey County Herald: Nunez recognized with ACSA principal of the year award
- Monterey County Weekly: High-need schools countywide are taking a hard stance on lack of funding
- KSBW: Local thespians on the rise
- KSBW: Monterey prepares for National School Walkout Day
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High School dramatic arts program receives $10,000 in grant money from NBC
- Monterey County Weekly: Seaside High wins $10,000 for its theater program through NBCMonterey County Herald: Seaside’s Briscoe named MVP in MBL’s Pacific Division
- Schools of Opportunity: SHS video
- Monterey County Herald: Up to the task: MPUSD administrators take ‘Shadow a Student Challenge’
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD votes to put $213 million school bond on June ballot
- Monterey County Weekly: As #NeverAgain sweeps the nation after a school shooting, local students get on board
- Monterey County Herald: Dreams become reality as Monterey earns first section title
- Schools of Opportunity: SHS video
- Monterey County Herald: Up to the task: MPUSD administrators take ‘Shadow a Student Challenge’
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD votes to put $213 million school bond on June ballot
- Monterey County Weekly: As #NeverAgain sweeps the nation after a school shooting, local students get on board
- Monterey County Herald: Dreams become reality as Monterey earns first section title
- KSBW: Local schools in need of teachers
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD Teacher Recruitment Fair seems promising despite California teacher shortage crisis
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County school districts revisit safety protocols in wake of recent school shooting
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD is rallying its constituents to put a $213 million bond on the June 2018 ballot
- Monterey County Herald: Central Coast awarded as model school
- KSBW: MPUSD takes aggressive approach to address mental health on campuses (Forward 2:20 into story)
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside Middle School set to host film festival
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High honored as ‘school of opportunity’
- The Washington Post: Here are eight ‘Schools of Opportunity’ that do extraordinary things for students
- Monterey County Herald: Ballooning pension costs affecting recent education financial gains
- Monterey County Herald: Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Reporter’s Notebook: Division over police in Monterey County schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD officials identify more potential cuts for school district; reach goal of $5 million
- Monterey County Herald: Five Monterey school districts earmarked for Dashboard support
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD holds first student hackathon
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD offers generous retirement incentive to teachers
- Monterey County Weekly: Increased pension contributions are coming, MPUSD braces for budget hits
2017 Stories
- MPUSD Stewart wins statewide recognition
- KSBW: MPUSD cutting class schedule from eight to seven
- MPUSD approves $1.4 million in cuts
- Monterey County Herald: PK Diffenbaugh – MPUSD taking proactive measures to respond to fiscal challenges
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to consider changing schedules
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD's high-turnover military students get a $1 million boost for STEM training
- KSBW: The story behind Monterey-Seaside drum battle gone viral
- KSBW: Monterey NJROTC students complete emergency response training
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey teens train for emergency response with staged disasters
- Monterey County Herald: Marina students begin their career connections in middle school
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD renews SRO contracts for one year
- KSBW: The drum battle between Seaside and Monterey (SIDEBAR: This is super cool!)
- Monterey Herald: Preps of the Week – Ali Shankin of Monterey field hockey, Matt Martinez of Alvarez football honored
- MontereyCounty Herald: Robotics competition offers Monterey Peninsula students glimpse of the future
- MontereyCounty Weekly: MPUSD renews police contracts for another year
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD officials want to re-negotiate contracts with police
- Monterey County Weekly: A theater group at Seaside High School becomes a de facto support group for queer students
- KION: Will Peninsula School resource officers stay or go
- Monterey County Weekly: Salinas school boards face pushback for rejecting cops on campus; MPUSD reconsiders
- Carmel Magazine: Jackson Browne gives back
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD considering 2018 bond
- KSBW: MPUSD takes second look at police officers on campus
- Monterey County Herald: Three years later, a new culture takes shape at MPUSD
- Monterey County Herald: New teachers and old traditions at MPUSD schools on first day of classes
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to consider other options to school resource officers
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to offer discounted child care
- Monterey County Herald: Students spruce up Monterey’s Walter Colton Middle School before classes star
- Monterey County Herald: Academy at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District fights ‘summer learning loss
- Monterey County Herald: Schools keep feeding children during summer
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD offers TDAP vaccination clinics
- Salinas Californian: Proud to be Mariners
- Monterey County Herald: School Bytes – Monterey area girls chosen for AAUW science camp
- Latino Edge: El aclamado cantante y compositor Jackson Browne visito a los estudiantes de Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School en Seaside como parte del programa “Turnaround Arts: Calfiornia” del John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- EdSource: Some smaller districts enroll younger 4-year-olds in early kindergarten
- Monterey County Herald: Kindergarten teacher Pilar Osaba, Monterey Herald’s teacher of the year
- Monterey County Herald: Walter Tribley Community college means key financial gains
- Monterey County Weekly: School districts face ongoing teacher shortage, mull building employee housing
- Monterey County Herald: Special Olympics teaming up to inspire
- Monterey County Herald: Tandy Beal - Using dance to help third-graders learn, develop skills
- KSBW: Monterey County students shine at national science fair
- Monterey County Weekly: Trump's proposed budget would create cuts affecting thousands locally
- Monterey County Herald: Palenke Arts Festival to showcase Seaside student talent
- KION: New field and track in Marina gives kids a safe space to recreate
- KSBW: New field and track unveiled in Marina
- Monterey County Herald: California School Dashboard, a new school accountability method
- Monterey County Herald: Letters to the editor: Seaside Middle School eighth-graders take part in “Campaigns for a Cause”
- Monterey County Herald: History Day projects tasked with ‘Taking a Stand’
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD launches parenting classes to increase academic achievement - March 13, 2017
- MPUSD to hold annual recruitment fair
- Monterey County Women: Super Natural Chef Kari Bernardi
- Monterey County Herald: Marina High School teacher uses CPR to safe life
- Monterey County Weekly: Schools see drop in attendance on A Day without Immigrants
- Monterey County Herald: Local businesses close, school attendance drops during 'Day Without Immigrants'
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County teacher shortage not letting up
- Monterey County Herald: Immigrant support events on their way in Monterey County
- MPUSD looks for ways to better communicate its changes
- Some Monterey County schools 'safe havens' for immigrant children
- MPUSD ed tech coordinator helps teachers use more technology in the classroom
2016 Stories
- Monterey Peninsula schools to divvy up $33 million in infrastructure spending
- Monterey County Herald: Two more school districts move to change elections to even years
- Carmel Magazine: Eco Ambassadors Program a Natural Teaching Tool
- Center for Ecoliteracy: Practicing Sustainability - While Saving Millions of Dollars
- Monterey County Weekly: Reports of overcrowded Carmel school buses reveal another problem
- Monterey County Herald: Mobile dairy visits Marina Vista Elementary students
- Monterey County Herald: Enrollment rises at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, bucking a trend
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside High freshmen excited to get new laptops today as part of a new program
- KION: Hundreds of Seaside students get Chromebooks
- KION: Seaside students get Chromebooks for school and home
- KSBW: Seaside High School students receive Chromebooks
- Salinas Californian: Stuff the Bus kicks off; New center opens
- Monterey County Herald: Stuff the Bus volunteers help move Resource Center
- KSBW: Stuff the Bus kicks off in Seaside
- KION: More than 7000 students facing homelessness in Monterey County
- Univision: Combatiendo la pobreza con la campaña “stuff the bus”
- Salinas Californian: Stuff the Bus kicks off; New center opens
- Monterey County Herald: Stuff the Bus volunteers help move Resource Center
- KSBW: Stuff the Bus kicks off in Seaside
- KION: More than 7000 students facing homelessness in Monterey County
- Univision: Combatiendo la pobreza con la campaña “stuff the bus”
- Hollywood Reporter: Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg join expanded White House Arts Mentorship Program
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside school selected for nationwide arts program
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Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg Join Expanded White House Arts Mentorship Program
- PR Newswire: Capital Insurance Group® Partners with Special Olympics Northern California to Become Presenting Sponsor for 2016
- KSBW: Monterey County schools recruiting to fill classrooms
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey students celebrate Read Across America
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD approves sweeping changes to secondary education
- The Atlantic: What if America’s teachers made more money
- Monterey County Herald: Wendy Root Askew impressed with MPUSD Board
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey school district job fair attracts crowd of teachers
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD to offer tuition reimbursement program for teachers
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD takes bold step to transform secondary education
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD launches bold reimagining campaign of secondary education
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside middle and high schools want to adopt 'New Tech' model
- Monterey County Herald: Central Coast wants more career options for students
- Monterey High celebrates its Super Bowl ties
- Super Bowl 50: Football fun on the Central Coast
- Former NFL players honored at Monterey High
- Monterey High honored for Super Bowl Talent
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey teacher shortage could get worse, report warns
- Monterey County Weekly: Monterey may share tax revenue on Hotel Pacific property
2015 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: Seaside Middle School launches anti-bullying program
- Univision: The Legacy of a Victim
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD launches bold reimagining campaign of secondary education
- Monterey County Herald: Hour of code brings computer science to classroom
- Monterey County Weekly: Monterey High School's theater program makes big changes
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey educators hail anticipated passage of education reform bill
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County girls want more non-academic counselors
- KION: Bay2Tray brings fresh local fish seafood to the school cafeteria in Monterey
- Monterey County Herald: California voters concerned with teacher shortage
- Monterey County Herald: Looks ugly, tastes delicious
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD nutrition chief receives state award
- KSBW: Lizzie Velasquez story shared with students at Carmel International Film Festival
- Monterey County Herald: Nonprofits: Fundraiser results announced
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD: New class puts arts into STEM
- KION: Shortage of substitute teachers affects central coast
- @RoyolPhoto: Colton Middle School STEAM students build hydraulic judobots
- @VFisher45: Students at Del Rey Woods Elementary participated in Great ShakeOut
- KION: Marina students duck, cover, and hold on
- KSBW: Local LULAC chapter celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
- USDA: School Embraces Nutrition Standards to the Culinary Delight of Its Students
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD veterans in charge of sprucing up schools, classrooms
- @RoyalPhoto (video): Dietrick Brown MPUSD Facilities King Elementary Gym update
- Monterey County Herald: New musical instruments for Del Rey Woods students
- @MontereyHerald (video): Students get new instruments at Del Rey Woods Elementary
- San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Ugly’ fish a prized catch for Bay Area school cafeterias
- The Packer: Natural Delights sponsors Tour de Fresh cyclists
- Monterey County Weely: Fostering Hope
- Monterey County Herald: Public release of California test scores pushed to September
- Monterey County Herald: Class in session
- KION: MPUSD gets $1.25 to help military families
- KSBW: MPUSD scores $1.25 million to support military students
- Monterey County Herald: New MPUSD teachers start school year with training
- KION: New MPUSD teachers attend two-day orientation
- KSBW: MPUSD stepping up and seeing positive results with the implementation of Common Core
- Monterey County Herald: Recruiting campaign pays off in MPUSD
- KION: Special Report - New technology keeping kids safe at Central Coast schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD gets a jump on enrolling students in food program
- Produce Highlights: Monterey School District Nutrition Employee Rides In Tour De Fresh
- Monterey County Herald: Long-term English learners getting more attention in Monterey County
- Salinas Californian Fresh snacks (third entry in column)
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD superintendent marks one year on the job
- Produce News: Tour de Fresh started a chain reaction of nutrition
- Monterey County Weekly: Yay for Pre-K
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD's Summer Feeding Program
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey educators, Arts Council: Increase arts in school
- Monterey County Herald: CalTEACH Summer Reading Lab wobbles along
- Monterey County Weekly: Meet the Class of 2028: A year spent in transitional kindergarten at one of the county’s most disadvantaged schools shows that astonishing success can be found in the most unlikely places
- Monterey County Herald: Intermezzo: Arts Council for Monterey County on mission to restore school programs
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High loses football coach before he begins
- Monterey County Herald: Los Arboles students nab first place at state history competition
- Monterey County Herald: California education coalition wants more money for schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD grad rates among highest in county
- KION: Hundreds take part in 10th annual Special Olympics
- KSBW: Monterey County Special Olympics
- KION: Central Coast kids get lesson on drunk driving dangers at Seaside High
- Monterey County Herald: Staged disaster provides teachable moments at Seaside High
- Salinas Californian: Education Digest for May 4
- Monterey County Herald: State schools chief Torlakson promotes good eating in Monterey County visit
- Monterey County Herald: Staged disaster provides teachable moments at Seaside High
- KION: Some parents choose to opt out of Common Core testing
- Monterey County Herald: California schools lag behind on technology investment
- Monterey County Herald: Current math books not aligned to Common Core
- Monterey County Herald: Military parents concerned with MPUSD schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD teachers to get salary increase
- Univision 67: Maestros llegan a un acuerdo salarial en Monterey
- Monterey County Weekly: With disposable plastic bags and containers on their way out, Monterey Bay activists target plastic straws
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD teachers' union reaches landmark contract agreement with district
- Monterey County Weekly: The Monterey Peninsula has become the epicenter of a student-led movement to reduce waste, for the ocean
- KION: Los Arboles Middle School celebrates the environment; MPUSD reduces energy by 20 percent
- Univision 67: Estudiantes en Marina aprenden sobre ecología
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey Peninsula to adopt math curriculum aligned to Common Core
- Monterey County Herald: California enters new era of student testing
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey school district reaches out to Bay View Academy
- KSBW: Dr. Seuss is on the loose for Read Across America
- Monterey County Herald: MPC students bring Dr. Seuss characters to life
- Univision 67: Read Across America
- KION: MPUSD wants to expand transitional kindergarten program
- Monterey County Herald: Marina students pledge to respect each other
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County has huge demand for teachers
- KION: Making a Difference: Arts in the Classroom
- Monterey County Herald: Best-selling author works with Monterey Children
- Univision 67: El nuevo Superintendente de Educación de la Península de Monterey enumera sus planes
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey High hosts career and technical fair
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD teachers low on salary, high in compensation
2014 Stories
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey County sees big drop in suspensions, expulsions
- Monterey County Herald: Scathing MPUSD audit finds widespread flaws
- Heritage Radio Network: Inside School Food Bay to Tray in Monterey
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD parents launch art fund
- Monterey County Herald: 2014 brought change to Monterey County schools
- Monterey County Herald: MPUSD could tighten screws on grad requirements
- KSBW: Coding in the classroom
- Univision 67: Tecnología en las escuelas
- Monterey County Herald: Monterey schools join "hour of code"
- KION: Local students take part in national "Hour of Coding"
- Monterey County Herald: Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors bring show to Monterey High
- Monterey County Herald: Art history mystery: Monterey artist's 'Goatlings' subject of hunt
- KION: Seaside police, educators make sure walk to school is safe
- Monterey County Herald: CTA launches Instructional Leadership Corps