Classes are canceled next week at Madison Elementary School in Indio because of structural corrosion in some buildings on the school campus. District officials tell News Channel 3 that beginning October 21st, classes for all students at Madison Elementary will resume in La Quinta at the Adams Early Childhood Education Center. We are told classes
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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 which in service locally don’t have air conditioning. “i mean it gets really hot in the desert so, yeah I’m surprised there wouldn’t be air conditioning already on
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Laymond Gray, whose family lives in the “Desert Highland Gateway Estates” neighborhood of North Palm Springs talked about his children and his girlfriend’s child, lining up at the SunLine bus stop every morning to ride and from Palm Springs High School. “We don’t want public transportation, we want safety, we want our children to be
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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 during his first period pre-algebra class. The student is a 7th grader at Cahuilla Desert Academy in Coachella where the mascot spreads its wings. Amari Kariotis says she
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At the Desert Sands Unified School District, 21 percent of the students surveyed over five-year period, from 2013 to 2017, contemplated suicide. In Palm Springs Unified the number was 19 percent, and in Coachella Valley Unified the number was 13 percent. Briana Carrick is substitute teacher in the Palm Springs Unified School District. “They see
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Thousands of underprivileged schoolchildren in the Coachella Valley will receive clothing this week, thanks to a donation drive by a Palm Springs-based nonprofit organization. The Assistance League of Palm Springs is making the apparel available under “Operation School Bell,” which the nonprofit has also conducted in previous school years to ensure economically disadvantaged children have
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