Moreno Valley Schools' "Project Moving Forward" Helps Young Students Succeed

Once again - for the third time - the same student from Corona has won the annual Riverside County Spelling Bee, and is again on her way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee back east.  More from KVCR's Ken Vincent.

California middle and high school students would not have to start daily classes until at least 8:30am, under a bill making its way through the California Legislature.  However, many teachers may not like the proposed later school start times, as KVCR's Ken Vincent explains.

The Press-Enterprise reports this morning that some school districts in Riverside County are having to cut back or charge parents for after-school programs, because of rising costs and funding from the state that has been stagnant at best.  In Sacramento, backers of California after-school programs are pushing hard for their first state funding increase in a decade, even as the Trump administration has called for cutting federal funding.  Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler has more.

At the Jurupa Valley Unified School District's Stone Elementary School in Riverside, teacher Ron Morris leads his kindergarten students in bilingual song to help teach language, culture, and diversity. 

Reporter Deepa Fernandes prepared this report, broadcast nationwide on NPR's "Morning Edition" this morning.

A local mom is helping to keep Moreno Valley Unified School District students safe on their way to and from school. Parents, educators, and school officials say they are glad to have Shor Denny's 'Safe Routes' program in their schools.  Denny started Community Now, which sponsors the 'Safe Routes' program in 2011.  The program has since branched out to eleven schools. 

Rory O'Sullivan, a correspondent with The Redlands Facts and The Voice News, visited Honey Hollow Elementary to see the program in action and prepared this report for KVCR.