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• Placer County School Board Trustees Honored
  

• PCOE Launches Handle with Care Program to Support Youth Who Experience Trauma
  

• Scammers Impersonate School Leaders in Community Mailers
  

• Placer County 2021 Classified School Employees of the Year Announced

• Placer County 2021 Teachers of the Year Announced
  

• County Superintendent Recognizes Educators and School Employees in Honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day and Classified School Employees Week
  

• Homeless Youth Receive Boost in Charitable Grants from PCF and CORE Construction

• Rocklin High School Wins 2021 Placer County Academic Decathlon
  

• Placer County Board of Education Selects Sergey Terebkov for Area 1 Provisional Appointment
  

• County Superintendent Named Administrator of the Year

• PCOE iLearn Academy Leader Named Elementary School Principal of the Year

• Placer County Board of Education Vacancy, Trustee Area 1

• Placer County Schools Win Statewide Education Program Recognition for Supporting Community - PBIS Community Cares Award Winners

• Joint Statement with Placer County HHS Testing to Reopen Schools

• Child Care Referral for Those Working in Essential Services

• Website Launch to Support Educators in Making Distance Learning Accessible to Students with Disabilities

• Placer County School Facilities Closed for In-Person Instruction for Remainder of 2019-20 Academic Year

• Placer County Students Earn Individual Honors in the California State Academic Decathlon

• Placer County School Closure Extended through May 1

• Placer County School Leaders Move to Close Schools Amid COVID-19

• Media Advisory: 2020 Placer County Spelling Bee Oral Competition and Grand Finals Event

• 2020 Placer County Academic Decathlon Winners Announced

• PCOE's Pathways iLearn Academy Moves to Auburn: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

• Placer County School Boards Association Honors Trustees

• The Future is Bright in Placer County: 2019 Community Leader Breakfast

• Petition to Terminate RUSD Provisional Board Appointment Deemed Not Legally Sufficient

• California Assessment of Student Performance and Test (CAASPP) Scores Announced - Placer County Student Outperform Statewide Scores and Make Progress in Closing the Achievement Gap Progress

•  PCOE 2019 Employees of the Year

• Sarah Hendricks, Classified

• Holly Justice, Certificated

• Kerri Fulton, Management

• Kristina Kress, Rookie of the Year

• Chris Womack, Superintendent's Award

• Building Skills with Lennar Homes

• Placer County Classified Scho​ol Employees of the Year

• Foresthill Unions Names New Superintendent ​

• Placer County Elementary School Teacher of the Year

• Placer County Middle School Teacher of the Year

• Placer County High School Teacher of the Year

• Placer County Students Shined at Denim & Diamond Special Education Prom

• PCOE and First 5 Celebrate Día del Niño​

• Rocklin Resident Joins PCOE as New Chief Communications Officer

• Placer County Spelling Bee Champions​
  

​From local to national news, people are talking about the Placer County Office of Education. Read the articles and editorials below, and find out why we are gold in education.

• Sacramento Bee: Placer School Leaders Ask CA to Keep COVID Vaccine Belief Exemptions
  

• CBS News: Mask Exemptions in Placer County

• Roseville Today: PCOE Host Education Fair for Families in Need
  

• The Mercury: Placer County Classified Employees Announced
  

• Comstock's Magazine: Educational Excellence
  

• Style Magazine: Moms of the Year featuring Gayle Garbolino-Mojica

• Gold Country Media: Homeless Youth Benefit from New Grant Funds

• California Schools Public Relations Association: PCOE Wins California Gold for Workplace Culture Communications Campaign

• Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning at WestEd: Voices from the Field, Supporting Concurrent Learning
  

• Gold Country Media: Vaccines for Educators in Placer County
  

• Auburn Journal: PCOE Established Wellness Centers in Auburn Union Schools
  

• ABC10: Placer County Superintendent Shares Successes and Challenges with Reopening Schools

• Gold Country Media: Rocklin High School Wins County Academic Decathlon
  

• Gold Country Media: Sergey Terebkov Selected as New County Board of Education Member
  

• Gold Country Media: Placer iLearn Academy Leader is Principal of the Year
  

• Auburn Journal: Education Among the Pandemic: Q&A with Superintendent of the Year
  

• KFBK: Would Vaccinating Teachers Get Schools Open Faster?

• Gold Country Media: Placer County Board of Education Vacancy

• Gold Country Media: Lincoln School Campus Stay Open

• Gold Country Media: South Placer School Districts Remaining Open

• CBS News: PCOE Prevention Services Teams Up with Auburn Lions Club to Provides Desks to Students

• CalMatters: COVID-19 Testing as California Schools Reopen

• ABC10: What Placer County's Move from Purple to Red Means

• CBS: COVID-19 Testing Causing Confusion to Reopen Schools​

• Sacramento Bee: Placer Off State Watch List. What Does This Mean for Schools?

• ACSA Campus Tour: Return to School (View on Facebook)

• The 74 Million: An Education System Divided, Internet Inequality

• Bloomberg News: Layoffs Specter Spurs Schools, Colleges to Seek More Federal Aid

• KCRA: County Responds to Increase in Child Abuse Calls

• Fox 40: Placer County Seeks Families for Emergency Foster Care

• Auburn Journal: Placer Co. Schools Close for Rest of Academic Year

• KAHI Barry Stigers Video Interview: Discussion with Gayle Garbolino-Mojica

• Gold Country Media: Placer County Schools Closed for 2019-2020 School Year

• Sacramento Bee: Sacramento, Placer Schools Announce Physical Closure for Remainder of School Year

• News Channel 8: Placer County School will Remain Closed for Rest of School Year

• KAHI Radio: Placer Schools Closed Until May 1

• Auburn Journal: Placer County School Closures Extended Through May 1

• CBS Sacramento: Chilccare and Preschool Guidance in Placer County

• Sacramento Bee: Placer County Schools to Close for Three Weeks

• Roseville Today: Placer County Schools Closed Over Coronavirus

• KCRA: Placer County Schools to Close due to COVID-19

• POLITICO: Coronavirus Quarantines Could Rob Rural Communities of Acces

• Comstocks Magazine: Learning Lot

• Auburn Journal: Schools React and Plan in the Face of COVID-19

• Sacramento Bee: How are Schools Reacting to COVID-19

• Auburn Journal: PCOE Continues to Make Student Safety a Priority

• Roseville Today: Placer County Schools Job Fair

• Gold County Media: County Charter School Moves to Auburn

• San Francisco Chronicle: Excess Property Taxes Should Stay in Placer County for Education

• Auburn Journal: Safe Routes to School OpEd

• Auburn Journal: Grandparents Day

• Gold Country Media: Back-to-School Buzz

• Auburn Journal: Fire Damages Auburn Building​ 

• Fox 40 News: Small Fire at Future School Site 

• Gold Country Media: PCOE Honored Classified School Employees 

• Lincoln News Messenger: Classified School Employee of the Year Office & Technical 

• Gold Country Media: Lennar Homes Internship 

• Inside California Education: Talk, Read, Sing

• CCSESA Leadership Link: Member Feature 

• Roseville Today: Students Shine in Spelling Bee​ 

• ​Comstock’s Magazine: Charting the Next Course​

From early childhood education events to chamber of commerce gatherings and special calendar observances, the Placer County Office of Education is there. Enjoy the photo albums from various events and activities. If shared, please credit “Placer County Office of Education."

• ​Academic Decathlon Super Quiz
  
• iLearn Ribbon Cutting & Open House

• Placer County School Boards Association Trustee Dinner
  
• PBIS Recognition Event
  
• Community Leader Breakfast
  
• PCOE Employee Health & Wellness Photo Booth
  
• PCOE Employee Back-to-School Kick-Off Event
  
• 2019 Placer County Teachers & Classified School Employees of the Year Reception
  
• ​iLearn Academy Construction Project 
• Second Annual Family Resource Fair
  
• Preliminary Administrative Credential Program Graduation​ 
• 2019 Alternative Education Graduation​
  

• 2018 Community Leader Breakfast
  
• 2016 Placer County Teachers & Classified School Employees of the Year Reception​