- Carmel Unified School District
- Overview
CUSD in the News
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2022-2023 School Year
04.26.23 Empty Bowls - MC Weekly04.21.23 - The Carmel Pine Cone:- 3A - CUSD board OKs contract for Carmel High stadium lights
- 17A - District Seeks Input on Next CHS Principal
04.20.23 Carmel Unified School District seeks new principal, approves phase-one stadium project - KSBW
04.14.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 3A - CUSD gets acting Superintendent
- 10A - 2020 Carmel High graduate is on life support after fentanyl overdose
- 12A - After pylon fix, school bus service no longer offered at Bixby Bridge
03.30.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Fourteen candidates vie for seat on CUSD board
03.27.23
- Carmel High’s cultural challenge: Trying to overcome a troubled past - Monterey Herald
- Carmel High’s cultural challenge: Educating to change - Monterey Herald
- Carmel High’s cultural challenge: Football team battles reputation - Monterey Herald
03.19.23 Letter to the Editor - Carmel investigation - Monterey Herald
03.17.23 Carmel Pine Cone:- Front page - Lyons releases CUSD report that led to his firing
- 18A - Ad for Board vacancy
- 23A - Letter to the Editor - 'Chaos is a sign'
- 33A - Letter to the Editor - It’s easy to gripe
03.14.23
03.10.23
- Storm updates: Sheriff’s office orders evacuations, flooding concerns persist - Monterey Herald
- Taxpayers pay big to keep public records private - Voices of Monterey Bay
03.10.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 8A - Amid controversies, school board taking applications to fill vacant seat
- 25A - Letters to the editor - School board issues
03.07.23 Carmel Unified's governing board will vote on late start Wednesday - Monterey Herald
03.03.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Lyons formally asks for his CHS job back
03.02.23 Letters to the Editor (2) - Battle Lines - MC Weekly
02.24.23 Former Carmel High School principal requests board reconsider decision - Monterey Herald
02.24.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 22A - Editorial - Dumbest story ever?
- 24A - Letters to the Editor - Evaluating school leaders; Wants Lyons back; CUSD needs to ‘move forward’
- 27A - Letters to the Editor - High school campus ‘not safe’
02.23.23 As chaos unfolds in Carmel Unified School District, everyone is on defense - MC Weekly
02.17.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Lyons pleads for job
- 15A - Tess Arthur abruptly resigns from school board
- 20A - Editorial - Curiouser and curiouser
- 20A - Letters to the editor - Education should be focus - and - Social media’s outsized role
02.16.23
- Carmel Unified School District still under fire, board president resigns - KSBW
- ‘We are fractured’: Carmel Unified School District board meeting sees president step down, public speak up - Monterey Herald
- Carmel principal still confused over administrative leave - Monterey Herald
- Carmel Unified board president resigns amid a divided community and a scandal at Carmel High - MC Weekly
- Board President resigns and Superintendent being investigated at Carmel Unified School District - KION
02.15.23 Carmel shocker: School board president starts meeting by resigning, then leaving - Monterey Herald
02.15.23 Controversy on tap at Carmel school board meeting - Monterey Herald
02.13.23 Carmel High rolls on as mock trial champs - Monterey Herald
02.10.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front cover - CHS principal fired but reason still a mystery
- Front cover - Unimaginable loss of mom and kids leads to reflection, appreciation
- 7A - CHS Student Honor Roll
- 18A - Editorial - Getting ridiculous
- 20A - Letter to the Editor - Bigger problems
- 23A - Letter to the Editor - Principal on leave
02.09.23 Carmel Unified parts ways with employee named in investigation - Monterey Herald
02.02.23 Good Week/Great Week CHS Award - MC Weekly
02.02.23 The Sandpiper:
- Front page - Interim principal hired, Lyons remains on leave
- 2 - CUSD faces lawsuit from anti-lights group
01.27.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Lawsuit says OK of CHS lights was illegal
- 18A - Letters to the Editor - Let there be (less) light
01.24.23 Carmel Unified will make late start decision in February - Monterey Herald
01.20.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Interim CHS principal appointed, Lyons’ absence still a mystery
01.13.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 22A - Letter to the Editor - Don’t be surprised
01.10.23
- Thousands under evacuation orders and warnings in Monterey County as storms persist - Monterey Herald
- School closures continue for a third day following storm and flooding - KSBW
01.10.23 Powerful winter storms delay return to school for thousands of California students - Ed Source
01.05.23 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Flooding, waves trigger evacuations
- 18A - Letter to the editor - Road hazards
- 20A - Letter to the editor - Wasted money
01.04.23 Monterey Peninsula schools cancel activities in preparation for winter storm - Monterey Herald
12.29. 22 Letters to the Editor - Lights, Action (2 letters) - MC Weekly
12.29.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 5A - New state law goes after those who ‘disrupt’ public meetings
- 20A - Judge’s ruling slows Monterey High lights
- 26A - Editorial - Veto points
- 26A - Letters to the editor - Stadium concerns
- 28A - ‘Save Carmel’ sues school district over Carmel High stadium lights
12.22.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 3A - Mystery Over Sudden Departure of Carmel High Principal
- 33A - Dance team brings energy, enthusiasm and plenty of skill to CHS sports
12.22.22
- Survey shows Carmel Unified community is conflicted over late start - Monterey Herald
- Carmel High School principal has been placed on leave - MC Weekly
12.21.22
- CUSD Places CHS Principal Jon Lyons on Leave - The Sandpiper
- Carmel High School principal placed on administrative leave - Monterey Herald
12.16.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - School board to consider late start next month
- Front page - CHP: Driver error to blame for quadruple-fatal Tesla crash
- 24A - Obituary for CUSD parent killed on Carmel Valley Road
12.16.22 The Sandpiper:- Board approves stadium lights project with unanimous vote; district anticipates lawsuit
- Mascot discussion prompts district-wide changes, yet Padres stay for now
- District transportation changes routes in response to overcrowding on valley-bound buses
- Board members Arthur and Hinds promise consistency, stability in second term
- Chemistry teacher departs from position after one semester, leaving district to fill role
- District should work more creatively to prevent break beginning Christmas Eve
12.15.22
- MC Weekly Letters to the Editor - Lights (3 comments)
- Herald Letters to the Editor on the topic of stadium lights in general here, here and here
12.14.22 Celebrating Holidays at School: Legal Guidance for Administrators - Education Week
12.08.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 24A - Letters to the editor - School days
12.03.22 Shorter days, fewer opportunities for Monterey soccer players - Monterey Herald
12.02.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - School board unanimously embraces CHS lights
- 3A - County finalizes election results
- 26A - Editorial - Beatdowns
- 26A - Letter to the editor - Let the students outside
12.01.22 Stadium lights at Carmel High get school board approval, despite neighbor opposition - MC Weekly
11.30.22 Carmel Unified board approves high school Stadium Improvement Project - Monterey Herald
11.29.22 Carmel Unified School District unanimously approves stadium lights - KION
11.28.22 Carmel Unified prepares to vote on Stadium Improvement Project - Monterey Herald
11.25.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - CHS frustration with neighbors: ‘They bought next to a high school, so what do they expect?’
- 11A - half-page ad against lights from Robert Kahn
- 17A - full-page ad against lights from anonymous
- 22A - Letter to the editor - ‘Missed the mark’
- 22A - Letter to the editor - School district’s permit process
- 26A - Letter to the editor - 'Save our schools'
- 26A - Letter to the editor - Tourists are worse
11.17.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - State to take over stadium lights permits
- 11A - Full page ad against stadium lights
- 26A - Editorial: Gumming up the works; Letter to the Editor: Chicken Littles; Letter to the Editor: Personal environments
11.14.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Monterey High also has stadium lights controversy
- 19A - Nieto dominates sheriff's race, CUSD board incumbents reelected
11.14.22 Learning to read is a lengthy process - so joy and curiosity are important ingredients - MC Weekly
10.28.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 3A - School board approves new districts
- 20A - Knight complains of bullying with emails, etc.
- 26A - Letters to the Editor - 'What school board lacks'
- 28A - She saw the writing on the wall and knew she was doing just fine
- 30A - Letters to the Editor - 'Community needs and equity’
- 30A - Letters to the Editor - ‘Creeping Marxism’
10.24.22 Carmel Unified adopts revised trustee area boundary map - Monterey Herald
10.23.22 Books: A story of honesty, humility and hope - Monterey Herald
10.22.22 Monterey Herald:
- Carmel Unified School District considers late start’s impacts to sports teams
- Letters to the Editor - 'Children deserve to learn true United States history'; and 'Fear and distrust shouldn’t be passed on to our kids' in response to 'In support of Lawrence Samuels'
10.20.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 12A - Carmel gives $5K to CHS mock trial
- 26A - Letter to the Editor - 'Misinformed and divisive'
10.13.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 30A - Letter to the Editor - ‘Intelligent, unbiased thinking’
- 31A - Letter to the Editor - ‘Must vote’ for Lawrence Samuels'
10.07.22 The Sandpiper:
- Front page - CUSD proposes switch to by-trustee-area elections for 2024; reactions mixed
- 4 - Opinion - Please, don’t forget the students
- 5 - Anti-stadium lights advocates find host of problems with latest EIR report
10.06.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 26A - Letters to the Editor - Impacts from lights
- 28A - Letters to the Editor - More to the story
09.29.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 11A - Full page ad
- 19A - Letter to the Editor - Disappointed
- 24A - Padres’ new cross country coach hopes to end 14-year drought
- 29A - Letter to the Editor - Author supports lights
- 29A - Letter to the Editor - ‘Let them deal with it’
- 29A - Letter to the Editor - ‘Sense of community’
09.22.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 6A - CUSD board creating districts to satisfy state voting laws
- 17A - Ad
- 26A - Editorial - No more nominations, please
09.15.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- 26A - Letter to the Editor - Time to Grow up
09.09.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - Board gets earful from anti-lights neighbors
- 26A - Letter to the Editor - How to comment on lights
09.08.22 The Sandpiper:
- CUSD continues push for transparency with public records requests, new online forum
- CHS to revisit hostile intruder precautions amid national campus safety conversation
- CUSD taking measures to combat effects of statewide staff shortages
- Carmel residents could be more accepting of the town’s younger generation
09.07.22 Carmel community pushes back against high school stadium improvement project - Monterey Herald
09.07.22 Neighbors fight proposed school stadium lights for Carmel High School - KSBW
09.02.22 Carmel Pine Cone:
- Front page - It’s not just stadium lights anymore
- 26A - Letter to the editor - EIR is the way
- 42A - Reissued notice of completion of EIR
09.01.22 Carmel Unified School District releases a new plan for Carmel High’s stadium project - MC Weekly
08.29.22 Carmel High expands stadium lights project in new report - Monterey Herald
08.26.22 Bus driver shortage forces Monterey Peninsula school districts to cancel routes - Monterey Herald
08.25.22 Free Speech - Monterey County Weekly
08.17.22 Friends and family react to death of Carmel Valley mother and her 3 middle school-aged children - KSBW (please note this story was covered by over 12 different media outlets, but CUSD is listing one article only as the content is similar)
08.08.22 Changes coming to Carmel Unified School District - Monterey Herald
08.01.22 Monterey Peninsula schools carry over relaxed spring COVID-19 protocols - Monterey Herald
