BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

At its meeting earlier this week, the Beaumont school board unanimously approved their former Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Mays Kakish as its next superintendent, to succeed Interim Superintendent Maureen Latham.

A fee justification report generated for Banning Unified School District in regards to new residential and commercial/industrial development has given its school board a basis in which to raise developer fees.

Tournament Hills Elementary School principal Callie Beitler has been named principal of Summerwind Trails Elementary School, effective date to be determined.

Beaumont Unified School District procured CARES Act funding for vocational nursing students enrolled at Beaumont Adult School between March 16 through Sept. 2.

Growing up in Banning, Bea Smith knew by sixth-grade that she wanted to be a teacher.

Banning High School

At the Nov. 10 Beaumont school board meeting, outgoing board Vice President Brian Sylva was honored for his service to the governing body.

Usually Hoffer Elementary School in Banning has throngs of supporters lined up around the track — a strip of well-used asphalt leading to the playground, complete with a black-and-white checkered finish line — to witness the school’s annual Race Against Drugs soap box cart competition.

Banning High School senior Tracy Ambong has been named as a Heisman High School Scholarship winner for 2020.

On Aug. 26 the Banning school board unanimously approved appointments of Tonia Causey-Bush as their next chief academic officer, and Craig McAlpin as its chief business officer.

“You may know him as the former Beaumont superintendent, but what you do not know is that he was named three times by three different organizations as Superintendent of the Year.”

Weeks after Beaumont placed former superintendent Terrence Davis on administrative leave, Banning Unified School District has appointed him to a cabinet-level position, overseeing Banning's human resources department.

Emiliano Juarez and Ruth Penalosa are 2020 recipients of the Charles A. Winans Memorial Scholarship.

As schools navigate unchartered territory and are forced to conduct classes online, they increasingly have to defend against hackers.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) began its Fall 2020 semester on Monday, Aug. 17, with thousands of students enrolled in online classes amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. About 98 percent of MSJC’s courses are online this fall to help further reduce the spread of COVID-19. Hands-on courses – …

According to a couple of people familiar with labor negotiations, Banning’s certificated employees are working on an expired contract going into the start of this school year, which started on Monday.

It’s crunch time as students go back to “school.”

This year’s high school fall sports season will be delayed until at least December, the California Interscholastic Federation announced Monday, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Presumably when students return to Beaumont High School, they will see the progression of a couple of new buildings, and the concrete landscape that once made up basketball and tennis courts “relocated.”

After all 177 seniors had had the opportunity to drive up and collect their diplomas, Banning High School principal Matt Valdivia issued messages of congratulations to his Broncos community.

Having the privilege of graduating second in his class, Calvary Christian School salutatorian Devin Mascoto noted the unavoidable coincidence that he made up “over 15 percent of the senior class.”

More than 150 people attended and participated in Mt. San Jacinto College’s inaugural Juneteenth Celebration June 19.

Starting tomorrow morning, Wednesday, June 10 at 11 a.m. NBC 4 News will be broadcasting Banning High School's senior class's yearbook photos.

BY DAVID JAMES HEISS

Banning High School announces its top 10 ranked seniors based on grade point average, as reflected at the start of the semester prior to schools closing due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. 

Beaumont High School announces its top 10 ranked seniors based on grade point averages, as reflected at the start of the semester prior to school closing due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. (The last three students in our top 10 all share the same GPA, tying to be eighth in their class.)

Caroline Amplatz’s tireless efforts to support great causes have been profound — and global. About one year ago, the attorney and private benefactor extended her desire to invest in science research and education to California State University, San Bernardino with a substantial gift to the D…

Banning resident Bernardo Britto will graduate with an associate's degree in nursing as he pursues his career goal of becoming a nurse practitioner.

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Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) has teamed up with OnTrac to deliver 3D-printed face shields to regional hospitals to support front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cheri Jocson lives in San Bernardino, but chose to attend Riverside City College for most of her undergraduate education, drawn to the city's nearby arts community.

Banning Superintendent Robert Guillen is on the cusp of his retirement next month.

After 39 years in education, 30 of them with the Beaumont school district, Starlight Elementary School Principal Lauren Kinney announced to peers and family this morning that she is retiring.

In celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Day on Tuesday, May 5, the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) will premiere four videos highlighting the extraordinary work of the Riverside County Teachers of the Year, starting with Beaumont fourth-grade teacher Tracy Waters.

In her quarantined restlessness, Banning High School counselor Janelle Poulter had initially been reaching out to students to see if anyone else needed some interaction.