Vallejo City Unified District News
Find stories and highlights from across the school district, our community newsletter, and articles related to the work happening in and around VCUSD.
Recent News and Announcements
![VCUSD Celebrates Success and Positive Impact of “Leader in Me” Program at Solano Widenmann, Pennycook, and Cave Language Academy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732575982/vcusdorg/zkxje8elgcbxinghzeqk/11-01-24LeadershipDay-86.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732575982/vcusdorg/zkxje8elgcbxinghzeqk/11-01-24LeadershipDay-86.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732575982/vcusdorg/zkxje8elgcbxinghzeqk/11-01-24LeadershipDay-86.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732575982/vcusdorg/zkxje8elgcbxinghzeqk/11-01-24LeadershipDay-86.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732575982/vcusdorg/zkxje8elgcbxinghzeqk/11-01-24LeadershipDay-86.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732575982/vcusdorg/zkxje8elgcbxinghzeqk/11-01-24LeadershipDay-86.jpg","width":2000}])
The Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) is proud to highlight the tremendous impact of the “Leader in Me” program across Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy (SWLA), Pennycook Elementary, and Cave Language Academy.
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Closures and Consolidations
Our district, like many in California, is facing declining enrollment impacting our funding and requiring us to consider closing and consolidating schools. This is a emotional issue for our community, and we are committed to a transparent, equitable, and community-driven process. Learn about the closure and consolidation process, the reasons behind it, and how you can stay informed and involved.
VCUSD Insider Newsletter
Employee Spotlight
![Mary Crane-Morrow profile photo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732565023/vcusdorg/zwbgagl7hkj3rrs147je/MaryCrane-Morrow.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732565023/vcusdorg/zwbgagl7hkj3rrs147je/MaryCrane-Morrow.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732565023/vcusdorg/zwbgagl7hkj3rrs147je/MaryCrane-Morrow.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732565023/vcusdorg/zwbgagl7hkj3rrs147je/MaryCrane-Morrow.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732565023/vcusdorg/zwbgagl7hkj3rrs147je/MaryCrane-Morrow.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732565023/vcusdorg/zwbgagl7hkj3rrs147je/MaryCrane-Morrow.jpg","width":2000}])
Meet Mary Crane-Morrow, our incredible Student Nutrition Services Accounting Analyst!
Stories From Across Our District
![Two female students raise their hands.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732310528/vcusdorg/xcyl14qavqdrlv0hg9na/Library.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732310528/vcusdorg/xcyl14qavqdrlv0hg9na/Library.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732310528/vcusdorg/xcyl14qavqdrlv0hg9na/Library.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732310528/vcusdorg/xcyl14qavqdrlv0hg9na/Library.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732310528/vcusdorg/xcyl14qavqdrlv0hg9na/Library.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1732310528/vcusdorg/xcyl14qavqdrlv0hg9na/Library.jpg","width":2200}])
![Vallejo City Unified School District Board of Education members sitting during a Board meeting]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732296753/vcusdorg/imhjgc4dvmyzec9kvflg/VallejoSunArticleThumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732296753/vcusdorg/imhjgc4dvmyzec9kvflg/VallejoSunArticleThumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732296753/vcusdorg/imhjgc4dvmyzec9kvflg/VallejoSunArticleThumbnail.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732296753/vcusdorg/imhjgc4dvmyzec9kvflg/VallejoSunArticleThumbnail.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732296753/vcusdorg/imhjgc4dvmyzec9kvflg/VallejoSunArticleThumbnail.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1732296753/vcusdorg/imhjgc4dvmyzec9kvflg/VallejoSunArticleThumbnail.jpg","width":2000}])
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![Two female high school students walk together on campus]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731970399/vcusdorg/avnpckxq3dhig3lagzvt/Closure2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731970399/vcusdorg/avnpckxq3dhig3lagzvt/Closure2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731970399/vcusdorg/avnpckxq3dhig3lagzvt/Closure2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731970399/vcusdorg/avnpckxq3dhig3lagzvt/Closure2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731970399/vcusdorg/avnpckxq3dhig3lagzvt/Closure2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1731970399/vcusdorg/avnpckxq3dhig3lagzvt/Closure2.jpg","width":2200}])
![Group of students walk in line behind an adult.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731969535/vcusdorg/f9ohcun59zi3pkpb7zhj/Closure1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731969535/vcusdorg/f9ohcun59zi3pkpb7zhj/Closure1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731969535/vcusdorg/f9ohcun59zi3pkpb7zhj/Closure1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731969535/vcusdorg/f9ohcun59zi3pkpb7zhj/Closure1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731969535/vcusdorg/f9ohcun59zi3pkpb7zhj/Closure1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1731969535/vcusdorg/f9ohcun59zi3pkpb7zhj/Closure1.jpg","width":2200}])
![Driven to Serve: Alaysia Simmons and Ricardo Morales Step Up as Student Trustees]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731696709/vcusdorg/qslbhpa4qxpbxozi8qv0/StudentTrustees.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731696709/vcusdorg/qslbhpa4qxpbxozi8qv0/StudentTrustees.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731696709/vcusdorg/qslbhpa4qxpbxozi8qv0/StudentTrustees.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731696709/vcusdorg/qslbhpa4qxpbxozi8qv0/StudentTrustees.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731696709/vcusdorg/qslbhpa4qxpbxozi8qv0/StudentTrustees.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731696709/vcusdorg/qslbhpa4qxpbxozi8qv0/StudentTrustees.jpg","width":2000}])
![Student sitting in class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731699993/vcusdorg/t3vnsaxozez6nw7ps293/Vallejo-school-district-first-day-August-2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731699993/vcusdorg/t3vnsaxozez6nw7ps293/Vallejo-school-district-first-day-August-2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731699993/vcusdorg/t3vnsaxozez6nw7ps293/Vallejo-school-district-first-day-August-2024.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731699993/vcusdorg/t3vnsaxozez6nw7ps293/Vallejo-school-district-first-day-August-2024.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731699993/vcusdorg/t3vnsaxozez6nw7ps293/Vallejo-school-district-first-day-August-2024.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731699993/vcusdorg/t3vnsaxozez6nw7ps293/Vallejo-school-district-first-day-August-2024.jpg","width":2000}])
![A group photo of VCUSD Board President, Dr. Latyna Young, Superintendent Rubén Aurelio, program directors, and student scholarship recipients]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1729008383/vcusdorg/r3qpgfqlm4brxai6in9v/10-10-24APABAPhotos-01.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1729008383/vcusdorg/r3qpgfqlm4brxai6in9v/10-10-24APABAPhotos-01.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1729008383/vcusdorg/r3qpgfqlm4brxai6in9v/10-10-24APABAPhotos-01.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1729008383/vcusdorg/r3qpgfqlm4brxai6in9v/10-10-24APABAPhotos-01.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1729008383/vcusdorg/r3qpgfqlm4brxai6in9v/10-10-24APABAPhotos-01.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1729008383/vcusdorg/r3qpgfqlm4brxai6in9v/10-10-24APABAPhotos-01.jpg","width":2000}])
![Football player tackling another football player]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731603760/vcusdorg/mbr5q9qocqulvcuec4ry/VallejoAreaFootballTeamsGetPostseasonCallThumbnail.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731603760/vcusdorg/mbr5q9qocqulvcuec4ry/VallejoAreaFootballTeamsGetPostseasonCallThumbnail.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731603760/vcusdorg/mbr5q9qocqulvcuec4ry/VallejoAreaFootballTeamsGetPostseasonCallThumbnail.webp","width":620}])
![Sitting down with VCUSD’s newest superintendent Thumbnail]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731105049/vcusdorg/yiegycz0bgfkmnz6xp9j/SittingdownwithVCUSDsnewestsuperintendentThumbnail.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731105049/vcusdorg/yiegycz0bgfkmnz6xp9j/SittingdownwithVCUSDsnewestsuperintendentThumbnail.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731105049/vcusdorg/yiegycz0bgfkmnz6xp9j/SittingdownwithVCUSDsnewestsuperintendentThumbnail.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731105049/vcusdorg/yiegycz0bgfkmnz6xp9j/SittingdownwithVCUSDsnewestsuperintendentThumbnail.webp","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731105049/vcusdorg/yiegycz0bgfkmnz6xp9j/SittingdownwithVCUSDsnewestsuperintendentThumbnail.webp","width":1315}])
![Vallejo City Unified School District approves three recommendations for Board of Education Thumbnail]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731105065/vcusdorg/v6yqiksva37wiiehids0/ArticleThumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1731105065/vcusdorg/v6yqiksva37wiiehids0/ArticleThumbnail.png","width":512}])
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