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Sacramento City Unified Unveils Historic Action Plan to Improve Student supports, Student Disciplinary Practices and Minimize Racial Disparities

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) today unveiled a comprehensive action plan for overhauling practices that in the past have resulted in disproportionately high suspension rates for students with disabilities, particularly Black and African-American students with disabilities.

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SCUSD Response to Sacramento County Grand Jury Report

Sacramento, CA - As uncomfortably difficult as it is to read, the report issued by the Sacramento County Grand Jury identified accurate shortcomings with regard to SCUSD’s past practices in special education. The notion that we are failing to provide appropriate educational services to our most vulnerable students and those with disabilities is unacceptable to every educator and administrator in Sacramento City Unified. The report is a sobering reminder that our students and families deserve better and we must do better by them.

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2024-2025 First Day of School Announced! Monday, August 19, 2024

SCUSD Announces First Day of the 2024-2025 School Year
Date Moved Up to August 19, 2024 as Part of Learning Recovery Plan

Sacramento, CA - This afternoon, the State Board of Education (SBE) approved Sacramento City Unified School District’s request for a waiver of the penalty for not providing the minimum number of instructional days and minutes during the 2021-2022 school year.

Approval of the waiver means we will be adding eight (8) instructional days to the 2024-2025 calendar and moving the first day of school to Monday, August 19, 2024.

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Joint Statement from SCUSD and UPE Regarding Compensation
SCUSD and UPE Reach New Contract Agreement

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and United Professional Educators (UPE) have reached an agreement on contract reopeners for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026. 

UPE represents principals, assistant principals, and various instructional and student support certificated professionals whose work is essential to helping ensure our dedicated Sac City Unified teachers have the tools and support necessary to set our students up for success.

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Rosemont High School Robotics to Host Team from Chinese Taipei
Rosemont and Chinese Taipei Teams Preparing for FIRST Robotics Sacramento Regional

Sacramento, CA - The Rosemont High School Robotics team will host a team from Chinese Taipei on Monday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 12. This opportunity will allow Rosemont students to engage with students from another country and also allow the Chinese Taipei team to work on their robot following their entry in the San Francisco Regional held the previous weekend.

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Joint Statement from SCUSD and Teamsters Regarding Compensation

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), Teamsters Union Local 150, and Teamsters Classified Supervisors (TCS) have reached agreements to close out contract reopener negotiations for the completed 2022-2023 school year for each unit. 

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  Hygiene Drive Sacramento City UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 22, WE ARE COLLECTING DONATIONS OF HYGIENE ITEMS TO PROVIDE TO UNHOUSED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN NEED. Please bring donations of full-size items like shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, diapers, wipes, deodorant, socks, hairbrushes, pads and tampons to Serna Center (5735 47th Ave.) and leave them in the blue bin by the front desk in the lobby. THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY! Sacramento City UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sac City Unified Hygiene Drive for Unhoused Students and Families

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District is hosting a Hygiene Drive. Now through December 22, we are collecting donations of hygiene items to provide to unhoused students and families in need. Donations will be distributed to our unhoused community in the weeks following Winter Break. 

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Joint Statement from SCUSD and SEIU Regarding Compensation

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 have reached an agreement to close out contract reopener negotiations for the previous 2022-2023 school year. 

This historic agreement demonstrates the significant value that SCUSD places on retaining and recruiting the finest classified staff to support our students, teachers and facilities. It also ensures that SEIU unit members will be elevated to a salary that is more reflective of their immense value to the District.

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JACKET DRIVE Help students stay warm this winter. Bring your new or gently used coats for elementary through high schoolers to: Serna Center (5735 47th Ave.) October 25-November 17. Sacramento City UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sac City Unified Collecting Winter Jackets for Student Jacket Drive

Sacramento, CA - The Sacramento City Unified School District is organizing a Jacket Drive for its students most in need. Bring new or gently used jackets for students to help them stay warm this winter. All jacket sizes are welcome for our TK through high school aged students.

Jackets can be donated at the SCUSD Serna Center (5735 47th Ave, Sacramento) now through Friday, November 17. In the front lobby, donors will find a large blue bin to leave the coats for kids between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

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SCUSD to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Construction of New Oak Ridge Elementary in Sacramento’s Oak Park Neighborhood
Third of three new campuses to be built; made possible by voter approved funding from Measure H

WHAT: Groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of a new, state-of-the-art campus to replace the aging facility.
WHEN: Thursday, September 14 at 10:00am
WHERE: Oak Ridge Elementary, 4501 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95820