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Simon Johnson stood tall and confidently spelled the word P-I-Z-Z-E-R-I-A to take home the Sixth Annual Culver City Unified School District Spelling Bee title on Monday night at Robert Frost Auditorium. In doing so, the sixth-grader from Culver City Middle School became the District's first repeat Spelling Bee winner. Johnson finished atop 23 other spellers - four students from each of the district's five elementary schools and Culver City Middle School competed. "I can't win three in a row,"...
An unidentified male student from Farragut Elementary School was struck and injured by a passing car as the student ran into the path of the moving vehicle. The student suffered minor injuries including a broken leg. The vehicle was not speeding nor was the driver cited. In a letter to parents Farragut Principal Eileen Carroll admonished parents to instruct their children to “use crosswalks.” She went on to stress safety to parents, “do not wave to your children across the street at dismissal. This is unsafe and puts your child’s life in dang...
It has been seven months since former CCUSD Superintendent Myrna Rivera Cote left the District for a position closer to her home. Since that time, the Culver City School Board has been searching for a new permanent superintendent. Since July 1, former Assistant Superintendent Patricia W. Jaffe has been Interim Superintendent. She has been acting in the position as per an agreement with the Board that states she is not eligible for the permanent position. There is however, a growing movement in...
