In The News
2025
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula school district sees improvement in recently released assessments
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD sets guidelines and prepares to hold a lottery for staff housing in November
- Monterey Peninsula School District advances affordable housing for teachers
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD schools earn statewide honors
- Monterey Herald: First Game Under New Light
- KSBW: Monterey Peninsula schools aim for 100% scratch-cooked, locally sourced meals
- KSBW: Monterey High School unveils new stadium lights for first home game
- Monterey Herald: Photo - First game under new lights
- Monterey Herald: Bettye Lusk, Guest Commentary: Monterey schools can’t afford AB 218’s financial fallout
- KSBW: Marina High opens $12M stadium for first home football game
- KSBW: Monterey Adult School's 'Play and Learn' program supports family learning
- KSBW: Los Arboles Middle School unveils modern upgrades after extensive renovations
- Monterey Herald: High school football: Monterey beats Seaside in 60th Battle of the Bay
- Monterey Herald: State department honors Monterey adult education program
- Benito Link: Regional leaders share solutions to Central Coast's housing crisis
- Monterey Herald: Summer is coming to an end as districts welcome back students
- Salinas Californian: 'This is the dismantling of public education as we know it,' Monterey County Educators warn
- Monterey Herald: Rep. Panetta, local leaders speak out about release of previously frozen education funds: "A cautious victory"
- Monterey Herald: Getting ready for the new school year
- Monterey Herald: Get ready for the new school year
- Monterey County Weekly: Federal cuts threaten students’ access to nutritious food. Continued state support is critical.
2024
- EdSource: California School Boards Association Names President
- Monterey Herald: New state data shows the pandemic continues to affect student progress
- Monterey County Weekly: Local school districts are expanding career and technical education programs, reframing the way we think about education
- Monterey Herald: Students' state test scores continue to rise post-COVID
- Monterey County Weekly: School bonds are finding support among voters this election in Monterey County
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KSBW: MPUSD seeks voter approval for $340 million bond in upcoming November election
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD board votes to add a bond measure for staff housing on the ballot
- Monterey County Weekly: The importance of learning financial literacy at a young age cannot be overstated
- Monterey County Weekly: Education is spared from drastic cuts in the new state budget, but the future seems uncertain
- Monterey County Weekly: A new partnership aims to make a meaningful – and meticulous – dent in the housing crisis
- Monterey Herald: School Officials Say a $10 Million School Facilities Bond is Still Not Enough
- KION: MPUSD to Decide on Bond for Schools in Upcoming Election
- Monterey Herald: Student cell phone ban in schools might be on the way
- Monterey Herald: Students reliant on school lunches are set for the summer
- KION: Meals are in while school is out, kids can receive free meals from MPUSD during summer
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County schools gear up for grad season
- Monterey Herald: Monterey High, Carmel River School win state honors
- Monterey Herald: Monterey County schools embrace community-centric approach
- KSBW: MPUSD awarded over $8.7 million for Seaside schools
- KSBW: Monterey High School's stadium lights break ground
- Monterey Herald: Marina High to break ground on new multi-purpose field
- Monterey County Weekly: Marina High School's long-awaited stadium will soon break ground
- KSBW: Marina High School has plans for its own football field
- Monterey Herald: High school sports; Monterey's field of dreams to have groundbreaking ceremony
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Penisula teachers ask: 'could me to raises in district be better spent?'
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula appoints new board member
BNN: Sarah Ofstedal appointed to Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Board - Monterey County Weekly: A health insurance agreement with Salinas Valley Health is a milestone
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified legal battle over stadium project ends
- KSBW: Monterey High School to start building stadium lights after lengthy legal battle
- Monterey County Weekly: Judge denies attorney fees to neighbors who sued over Monterey HS stadium lights project
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD governing board to put stadium project to bid
- Monterey Herald: More than $2 million awarded to Monterey Peninsula Unified students at first-ever HBCU tour
- KTVZ: School district offers teacher residency to attract new teachers
- KRDO: School district offers teacher residency to attract new teachers
- KSBW: Monterey peninsula school district offers teacher residency to attract new teachers
- MPUSD takes new approach to recruiting teachers
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Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified approves preschool teacher pay raise
- Monterey County Weekly: MPUSD launches a website to teach other school districts how to support students facing homelessness
- Monterey Herald: MPUSD continues to fight student homelessness as numbers rise
- Monterey Herald: New school year sees changes in Peninsula school districts
- KSBW: Marshall Elementary School temporarily moves as campus is renovate
- Monterey County Weekly: State funds aim to support a more expansive role of schools in communities
- Monterey Herald: Big yellow buses go green: Monterey County school districts are split on electric school buses
- Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula Unified offers free dental check ups with Colgate
- KION: MPUSD pilot program has seen a drop in chronic absenteeism