Andrew J. Campa

Andrew J. Campa covers education for the Burbank Leader and Glendale News-Press. He has been a reporter for Times Community News since 2011 and previously covered high school and college sports, and has written the occasional professional sports feature. Previously, Campa worked at the Whittier Daily News and Pasadena Star-News. He’s a proud Cal State Fullerton (#tusksup) and Pasadena City College alumnus. He hopes the Chicago Bears will get back to the Super Bowl one day.

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Another grant drive, another record donation from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation

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Another grant drive, another record donation from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation

Burbank Arts for All Foundation board member Alexandra Helfrich and co-chair Tom Vice presented the Burbank Unified school board a check for $95,514.81.
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Roughly two-thirds of Burbank Unified students meet English testing standards, only half in math

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Roughly two-thirds of Burbank Unified students meet English testing standards, only half in math

Burbank Unified students outperformed state and county peers in English and math testing, but trail regional districts in similar testing.
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Burbank football avoids injury, tip-toes to 27-0 win over short-handed Glendale

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Burbank football avoids injury, tip-toes to 27-0 win over short-handed Glendale

Football: Between sluggishness and a second-half running clock, host Bulldogs score 27 second-quarter points to breeze to a 27-0 victory over Nitros in a rare campus home game.
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28% of Glendale Unified high school seniors skipped Fridays last school year

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28% of Glendale Unified high school seniors skipped Fridays last school year

A report by Glendale Unified School District staff members identified high school seniors as having difficulty attending classes on Fridays and in May.
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Clark Magnet’s Evans-Bye earns Presidential Award, which she describes as the ‘pinnacle’

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Clark Magnet’s Evans-Bye earns Presidential Award, which she describes as the ‘pinnacle’

Clark Magnet High School science teacher Dominique Evans-Bye was one of 13 individual and 15 total winners of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
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Climate change, local efforts highlight United Nations discussion at Woodbury University

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Climate change, local efforts highlight United Nations discussion at Woodbury University

Whether cleaning local beaches or saving the rainforest, such efforts led to a discussion by Anna Mahalak, a representative from the United Nations, at Woodbury University this week.
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Robert Bellarmine School hopes running, fundraising will go hand in hand

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Robert Bellarmine School hopes running, fundraising will go hand in hand

Burbank’s St. Robert Bellarmine School is hoping to draw a large crowd to one of its biggest fundraisers of the year on Friday morning.
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Pool groundbreaking goes swimmingly for Glendale High School

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Pool groundbreaking goes swimmingly for Glendale High School

Within a year’s time, Glendale High School’s new $15.7 million pool facility will be completed and be ready to accommodate CIF-SS playoff games.
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Disappointment, appreciation expressed after bill for later start times for schools is signed into law

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Disappointment, appreciation expressed after bill for later start times for schools is signed into law

Local reaction from Burbank and Glendale Unified personnel were mixed after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed historic Senate Bill 328 into law.
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Burroughs High School’s assistant principal continues technological trajectory

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Burroughs High School’s assistant principal continues technological trajectory

Former Burroughs High School assistant principal Robyn Anders takes over a new role as Burbank Unified’s coordinator of instructional technology.