The 20th Annual Kern County Teacher Recruitment Fair is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the Larry E. Reider Education Center, 2000 K Street in Bakersfield. Individuals who are fully credentialed, intern-eligible and holders of bachelor’s degrees or higher are invited to attend. Sponsored by the Kern County […]
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION LITIGATION En Español Settlement Agreement To all youth who are currently detained in Kern County Juvenile Hall, Crossroads, or Camp Erwin Owen: • Do you have an Individualized Education Program or “IEP?” • Do you have a Section 504 Plan? • Do you have a hard time learning? […]
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Nearly 200 local high school students put their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution to the test on Saturday, Dec. 7 during the annual “We the People” Congressional Hearings competition at Golden Valley High School. In the end, it was Centennial High School that took home the victory in the regional competition. Centennial High will go […]
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Congratulations to the teachers from KCSOS’s Special Education and Alternative Education programs who received mini grants from Dr. Mary Barlow to fund unique education projects for their classrooms. This year, more than $20,000 was awarded to 27 projects. The 2019 recipients are as follows: Alternative Education Carol Bennett Carolina Castro Larry Elman Brianna Hughes Amanda […]
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A big THANK YOU is in order to KCSOS’s Division of Instructional Services for putting on a wonderful holiday party at the California Living Museum on Dec. 2. Hundreds of KCSOS staff and their families enjoyed great entertainment, refreshments, visits with Santa and fun activities for children before taking to the zoo grounds to […]
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On Tuesday, November 12, 2019, the Kern County Board of Education and Mary C. Barlow presented Vince Rojas with a resolution honoring him for 22 years of service to the KCSOS Personnel Commission. This important Commission ensures that KCSOS employs the best candidates and helps ensure a culture of excellence that is the hallmark of […]
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As part of its annual School Attendance Awareness Month campaign, KCSOS hosted a student art contest. Students in grades K-6 were invited to create a poster to help promote good school attendance and explain through imagery and words why going to school all day, every day is so important. Winners in each grade level will […]
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Kern County is making significant progress in closing the achievement gap as evidenced by Kern outpacing the state average in growth over the past four years in both ELA and Math. Click here for Kern’s data The following story was written by Ema Sasic at The Bakersfield Californian and is being re-published here with permission. […]
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More than 350 local educators and community partners convened at the Bakersfield Marriott in downtown Bakersfield on October 3 for the inaugural Power of Equity in Education Symposium. The important event was hosted by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office and presented by Dignity Health. This first-of-its-kind local event was developed to inspire and […]
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2019 PSA Educators and community partners came together this morning at North High School to kick off School Attendance Awareness Month and call attention to a local effort to raise awareness about chronic absenteeism and the value of regular school attendance. In Kern County, more than 12 percent of all students in grades K through […]
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