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This week’s school news compiled by Eastsider Staff<\/p>\n
The kids are back at school; now the college students return to class<\/p>\n Kids across the Eastside have been returning to school in waves this month, and now it\u2019s time for the college students to get back to class. Cal State L.A. students returned to school for the Fall 2026 semester on Monday. For Occidental College students, it’s today. East L.A. College and Los Angeles City College students officially begin the Fall 2026 semester on August 31.<\/p>\n Cal State L.A. fundraising record<\/p>\n El Sereno\u2014Cal State L.A. raised a record $55.8 million in philanthropic commitments during fiscal year 2026, the university announced Monday.<\/a> The total was driven by a $48 million Ballmer Group grant to prepare more than 1,000 new youth mental health counselors and social workers. The university\u2019s Annual Fund also raised about $50,000 on Giving Tuesday, another record.<\/p>\n LAUSD to hold public hearing for schools seeking charter renewals<\/p>\n The LAUSD Board of Education will conduct public hearings today for more than 40 charter schools – including four that are located on the Eastside – that are seeking to renew their charters until 2032. The four Eastside schools are:<\/p>\n Alliance Susan and Eric Smidt Technology High School in Lincoln HeightsAlliance Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School in El SerenoAlliance Ted K. Tajima High School in Historic Filipinotown\u00a0KIPP Endeavor College Preparatory Charter School in Boyle Heights<\/p>\n Agenda Item No. 11<\/a><\/p>\n Cal State LA students Leah Cobleigh and Ngan Ho-Lemoine join leaders from Center Theatre Group, Cal State LA, the LA Phil and the Music Center during a backstage gathering. From left: Cobleigh, Ho-Lemoine, Shannon Bicknell, Meredith Greenburg, Michael Vitale and Taylor Comen.<\/p>\n Courtesy Meredith Greenburg\/Cal State LA<\/p>\n Cal State L.A. faculty member, two students are part of Emmy-winning team<\/p>\n A Cal State L.A. faculty member and two of her students are part of a team recognized recently with an Emmy award for the 66th Annual Los Angeles County Holiday Celebration broadcast on PBS SoCal, the university announced in a news release.<\/a><\/p>\n Meredith Greenburg, chair of the university\u2019s Department of Theatre and Dance in the College of Arts and Letters, served as lead stage manager for the production, which takes place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion each December. Students Leah Cobleigh and Ngan Ho-Lemoine served as Greenburg\u2019s assistant stage managers. Both students are theatre design and production majors. As assistant stage managers, the two students gained experience in a major live television and performing arts production.<\/p>\n Greenburg and her students, along with the rest of the PBS SoCal team, won the Emmy in the Live Special Events \u2013 Programming category at the 78th Los Angeles Emmy Awards held in late July.<\/p>\n \u00a0Resources for Eastside Parents<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf92\u00a0Eastside Schools Directory<\/a><\/p>\n
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