Education

Public trust and confidence, inclusion and financial stability are considered “priorities” for the Glendale Unified board this school year.

There was a time when the GUSD and Glendale Teachers Assn. were ahead of the curve in terms of contract negotiations. But fortunes have changed.

An update on select Glendale Unified board policies inched closer to codifying LGBTQ rights during graduation ceremonies, while also allowing for more religious and cultural adornments.

Thirty-five students from Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Daily, Glendale and Hoover high schools, along with the Verdugo Academy, celebrated a summer commencement at the First United Methodist Church auditorium on Friday afternoon.

Newly released data from the California Department of Public Health list 17 kindergarten programs among Glendale Unified’s 20 elementary schools as safe in terms of preventing an outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles. District officials claim three additional schools labeled as “vulnerable” reached the safe status by winter.

Clark Magnet High School’s Larisa Assadourian, Tsoler Demerdjian and Alaina Chiriyankandath Joby along with Crescenta Valley’s Carly Ngo earned national titlist acclaim at the weeklong event held at the Kentucky Exposition Center.

For several years, many Glendale Unified teachers have benefited from videos, courses, lessons and other learning services provided by the nonprofit Khan Academy online educational organization.