Dangerous apps and phone features parents should know about
There are several smartphone apps authorities say parents should know about. Some, even being used by suspected predators recently arrested. October…
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Rotary Club of Rancho Mirage distributes dictionaries, thesauruses to students
The Rancho Mirage Rotary Club is distributing dictionaries and thesauruses to Rancho Mirage Elementary School students Tuesday as part of a regional…
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Classes moving from Madison Elementary School in Indio to alternate school district facility
Classes are canceled next week at Madison Elementary School in Indio because of structural corrosion in some buildings on the school campus. District…
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Congressman Raul Ruiz pushes for air conditioning for hot valley school buses
With the sun beating down on the valley floor nearly every day of the year, staying cool is always a challenge, especially in school buses, most of…
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Parent in North Palm Springs raises concerns and questions about school bus service
Laymond Gray, whose family lives in the “Desert Highland Gateway Estates” neighborhood of North Palm Springs talked about his children…
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Parent says special education student arriving late to school because of late school bus service
A Salton City mother says the school bus has been late just about every day since the semester began, and says her son is missing critical time…
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Study: 1 in 5 California high school students contemplated suicide
At the Desert Sands Unified School District, 21 percent of the students surveyed over five-year period, from 2013 to 2017, contemplated suicide. In…
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‘Operation School Bell’ to distribute clothing to valley students
Thousands of underprivileged schoolchildren in the Coachella Valley will receive clothing this week, thanks to a donation drive by a Palm…
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