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Adelanto student receives scholarship from Southern California Association of Governments
A High Desert student was among a group of seniors who received scholarships courtesy of the Southern California Association of Governments. Scholarship winner Bryan Moreno of Adelanto will receive $4,000 in financial support from the group, considered the nation’s largest metropolitan planning organization, representing six counties, 191 cities and nearly 19 million residents.
Inland Empire teacher fired over religious beliefs reaches settlement with school district
An Inland Empire school district has reached a settlement in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a teacher who says she was fired for not following their policies regarding gender identity due to her religious beliefs. Jessica Tapia, a former physical education teacher with the Jurupa Unified School District, says that she reached the $360,000 settlement more than a year after she was fired. She says that the entire ordeal began when she posted videos online that were openly critical of major department stores and their marketing of LGBTQ clothing, specifically directed towards young children. Those videos were then reported to the...
Local Student Garry Zhang Wins Third at BioGENEius Challenge for Anti-HIV Research
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Op-Ed: Perris Union High School District Decides Students are NOT Important
When the Perris Union High School District Board of Trustees decided in a 4 to 1 vote to eliminate the ONLY person in the district dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, they chose harm over help for students. This is a growing theme across the country with conservatives choosing to eliminate something that most of them think is anti-white. However, nothing could be further from the truth.
Ayyappan: College Students Could Be A Powerful Voting Block; How Registration Gets in the Way
Growing up in Southern California as the son of immigrants, my parents stressed the importance of seizing opportunities, including the right to vote. Their lessons shaped me into a self-taught learner who takes civic duty seriously. Approaching my 18th birthday before the 2022 Presidential election was monumental. However, my excitement turned to disappointment when, upon reaching the voting center at my college, I was informed that I couldn’t vote because I wasn’t registered.
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