NEWMAN - The Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District Board of Trustees Monday finalized a contract bringing Shawn Posey on board as its next superintendent.

NEWMAN - Campuses in the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District will fully reopen for classroom instruction for the 2021-22 school year.

GUSTINE - Graduating Gustine High seniors will have the opportunity to spend one last night celebrating as a group - in a safe and sober setting - before heading off to wherever life takes each of them.

NEWMAN - The Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District Board of Trustees has selected Salida Union School District administrator Shawn Posey as the finalist to replace retiring Superintendent Randy Fillpot, the school board announced Monday in a news release.

NEWMAN - A planned swimming pool and tennis court project at Orestimba High School will be reconfigured, Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District Superintendent Randy Fillpot advised the school board last week.

NEWMAN - Two individuals and two teams of students from Yolo Middle School will be competing in the state level competition of the National History Day event this year.

Graduation programs at Gustine and Orestimba high school may return this spring in more traditional fashion but modifications including attendance limitations may be on the table, administrators told Mattos Newspapers recently.

NEWMAN - Seventeen candidates applied to become the next superintendent of the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District, school board President Janice Conforti told Mattos Newspapers last week.

The Gustine Unified School District Board of Trustees plans to resume meetings open to public attendance when Merced County reaches the red tier.

Student transportation has proven to be a challenge for the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District since its schools reopened.

NEWMAN - Students are back on campus at Yolo Middle School and Orestimba High School.

NEWMAN - A group of Yolo Middle School yearbook students raised over $4,200 for The Orestimba Scholarship Community Association (TOSCA) by selling congratulatory spots honoring eighth-graders in the 2020-21 edition.

GUSTINE - Class is back in session at Gustine Elementary School, but the school day looks far different than it before the pandemic hit in full force nearly a year ago.

That no “Big Game” was on the schedule, or that one of the two traditional Highway 33 rivals had not yet returned to the classroom for in-person learning, did not stop students at Orestimba and Gustine high schools from taking part in a spirited celebration of the rivalry last week.

Friday night lights will be shining brightly at Orestimba and Gustine high schools this week as their unique spring football seasons kick off.

NEWMAN - When Joan Coelho was asked to help out a couple of hours a day in the Von Renner cafeteria, her immediate answer to cafeteria manager Ruby Alves was a firm “no,” saying that she wanted to be able to focus on her young children.

NEWMAN - Classroom instruction at elementary campuses in the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District is scheduled to resume Monday, March 15.

NEWMAN - A change in administrative leadership awaits the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District with the upcoming retirement of Superintendent Randy Fillpot.

GUSTINE - Students returned to Gustine Unified School District classrooms Monday morning to resume in-person instruction, following a hiatus from the traditional classroom dating back to mid-December.

New guidance from the state and a falling COVID-19 case rate have brightened the prospects for additional outdoor high school sports, including football, to play a spring season.

GUSTINE - The Gustine Unified School District is moving forward with plans to resume classroom instruction Monday, March 1.

NEWMAN - Construction of a swimming pool at Orestimba High School is the top priority among projects to be funded through a bond measure approved by Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District voters in November.

NEWMAN - A long-time staff member has been honored by the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District as its nominee to the countywide “Employees Making a Difference” initiative.

NEWMAN - Local school leaders are working on plans to bring students from across all grade levels back to campus this spring, but whether a planned mid-March reopening is feasible has yet to be determined.

Student athletes at Orestimba and Gustine high schools could begin competition in some sports starting as early as next week.

NEWMAN - A generous donation by two community members to benefit Yolo Middle School students multiplied several times over when various campus groups and leaders got involved.

GUSTINE - The Gustine Unified School District plans to resume full-time classroom instruction across all grade levels beginning March 1.

GUSTINE - The Gustine Unified School District will implement a new summer school program and restructure its elementary level instruction to help students reinforce literacy skills and overcome learning loss suffered during an extended period of remote instruction.

GUSTINE – As local public schools have reverted solely to distance learning in the face of the surging COVID-19 pandemic, classroom instruction has continued on schedule at Our Lady of Miracles Catholic School.

GUSTINE – Students in the Gustine Unified School District will remain on distance learning only until at least mid-February due to the continuing pandemic.

GUSTINE - Gustine Unified School District, like those across the state and nation, adapted on the fly to ever-changing conditions and restrictions as the pandemic swept across the United States in spring.