By Michael Pepper and Malachi Parker | Special To The OBSERVER - A new law prohibits suspensions for "willful defiance," tardiness and truancy in public schools for grades 6-12, and requires administrators to document disciplinary or other interventions in students' records.
By Hannah Asuncion and Lauren Reagan | Special To The OBSERVER - Assembly Bill 1078, which prohibits local school boards from censoring information about diversity put into textbooks for K-12 public schools, was passed in California after a heated controversy in the Temecula Valley Unified School District.
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By Thomas Cathey | Special To The OBSERVER - Norman Blackwell Sr., an Oak Park community leader and activist, celebrated his 90th birthday with a celebration at the Oak Park Community Center, where he has helped hundreds of thousands of hungry folks in need through his food pantry for more than 40 years.
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