Santa Cruz
City Schools

On February 23, 2017, Santa Cruz City Schools successfully sold the first installment of Measure A and Measure B bonds. The bond measures were approved by voters in November 2016 to fund improvements to schools throughout the district.

The Personnel Commission of Santa Cruz City Schools District is in process of conducting a district-wide classification and compensation study for positions in the classified service.

Over the course of this year, SCCS has been working on a Long Range Facilities Master Plan. Since January, we have held eleven community meetings to get input on our plan. We have identified some district wide facilities issues to address and include in our planning. To begin to attend to these issues, a small Ad Hoc Committee has been formed to generate ideas and seek input from the greater community.

Santa Cruz City Schools is pleased to announce that all four of our comprehensive elementary schools have been selected as California Gold Ribbon Schools!

Senate Bill (SB) 172 (Liu), signed by Governor Brown on October 7, 2015, suspended the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE). The law also requires districts to grant a diploma of graduation to any student who completed grade twelve from 2004 to 2015 school years, and has met all applicable graduation requirements other than passing the CAHSEE high school exit examination. This law took effect on January 1, 2016; with this in mind, Santa Cruz City Schools is now permitted to issue diplomas to eligible students.

SCCS Graduates Attend Outstanding Colleges and Universities, click to view complete list.

Santa Cruz City Schools salutes the following seniors recognized by the National Merit Scholarship program