The Burbank Arts For All Foundation helped fulfill a dozen grant requests from educators in Burbank schools recently by providing about $26,200 in grants to support arts education in local elementary, middle and high schools.
The grants were approved last month, said Trena Pitchford, the foundation’s…
The head of the Burbank Teachers Assn. spoke last week about the importance of experienced educators training new teachers and providing more opportunities for such interaction — particularly for teachers who have only been teaching for less than two years.
“The first two years are incredibly important….
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) recently honored two women with local ties as Women of the Year for 2017. For many years, Burbank resident Karen Volpei-Gussow, a Realtor with Keller Williams World Media Center, has volunteered on numerous boards and s…
A residential street next to the Golden State (5) Freeway in Burbank is being improved so the neighborhood will be safer and an adjacent soundwall will be less garish. The City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to convert a 0.3-mile section of Leland Way f…
Burbank city and school officials are trying to make it easier for students to check out books from any of the local public libraries using just one ID. The City Council unanimously approved Tuesday a memorandum of agreement with Burbank Unified to…
Burbank, along with a few neighboring cities, is looking to make sure it receives money collected by a new Los Angeles County sales tax that can be used for transportation improvements.
Burbank City Council members unanimously agreed to convert the Arroyo Verdugo Subregion — an informal group that…
A proposed bill introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) that would require California secondary schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. passed its first legislative hurdle.
The Senate Education Committee passed SB 328 on Wednesday.
In Glendale and Burbank, most middle…