SBCUSD News
![From left to right: San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education President Mayra Ceballos, Fifth District Commissioner Paul Rasso, Fifth District Commissioner Eloisa Contreras and San Bernardino County Fifth District Supervisor Joe Baca, Jr. stand right behind the Muscoy Mustangs logo painted on Muscoy Elementary School’s brand new futsal field.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1791840022/sbcusdcom/xsvy6xgpwcddxx9avzpw/MuscoyLearningSpaceRibbonCutting2026Sept-06.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1791840022/sbcusdcom/xsvy6xgpwcddxx9avzpw/MuscoyLearningSpaceRibbonCutting2026Sept-06.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1791840022/sbcusdcom/xsvy6xgpwcddxx9avzpw/MuscoyLearningSpaceRibbonCutting2026Sept-06.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1791840022/sbcusdcom/xsvy6xgpwcddxx9avzpw/MuscoyLearningSpaceRibbonCutting2026Sept-06.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1791840022/sbcusdcom/xsvy6xgpwcddxx9avzpw/MuscoyLearningSpaceRibbonCutting2026Sept-06.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1791840022/sbcusdcom/xsvy6xgpwcddxx9avzpw/MuscoyLearningSpaceRibbonCutting2026Sept-06.jpg","width":2200}])
Muscoy Elementary School students have new places to compete on the court, take learning outdoors and step into the spotlight following the opening of an outdoor learning and recreation space celebrated at a September 24 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Cordell Hadnot first saw Edward Waters University while on a summer college tour that took him from San Bernardino to Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Three months later, the university’s answer came to him at Cajon High School: he was in!
![The Principals of San Bernardino City Unified School District’s newest California Distinguished Schools—Shannon Cabanas of Richardson PREP HI, James Espinoza of Middle College High, Dr. Christopher Jackson of Cajon High and Kathy Atencio of Rodriguez PREP Academy—hold star-shaped awards presented by the Board of Education.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1787941909/sbcusdcom/nk6k4gkyq0gz8gbmz1av/DistinguishedSchools2026April-15.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1787941909/sbcusdcom/nk6k4gkyq0gz8gbmz1av/DistinguishedSchools2026April-15.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1787941909/sbcusdcom/nk6k4gkyq0gz8gbmz1av/DistinguishedSchools2026April-15.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1787941909/sbcusdcom/nk6k4gkyq0gz8gbmz1av/DistinguishedSchools2026April-15.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1787941909/sbcusdcom/nk6k4gkyq0gz8gbmz1av/DistinguishedSchools2026April-15.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1787941909/sbcusdcom/nk6k4gkyq0gz8gbmz1av/DistinguishedSchools2026April-15.jpg","width":2200}])
Four SBCUSD campuses—Cajon High School, Middle College High School, Richardson PREP HI Middle School and Rodriguez PREP Academy Middle School—earned a 2026 California Distinguished School Award from the California Department of Education (CDE).
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As nearly 44,000 students returned to San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) campuses for the start of the new school year on Monday, Aug. 3, the District’s School Police Department is urging motorists to exercise extra caution around schools and along student travel routes.
![The front of the San Bernardino High School campus with the words "SBHS" and "Cardinal City" painted in large letters that take up half the building]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1784328958/sbcusdcom/xnakzylq5tuhioij4qx8/5A2A1832.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1784328958/sbcusdcom/xnakzylq5tuhioij4qx8/5A2A1832.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1784328958/sbcusdcom/xnakzylq5tuhioij4qx8/5A2A1832.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1784328958/sbcusdcom/xnakzylq5tuhioij4qx8/5A2A1832.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1784328958/sbcusdcom/xnakzylq5tuhioij4qx8/5A2A1832.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1784328958/sbcusdcom/xnakzylq5tuhioij4qx8/5A2A1832.jpg","width":2200}])
As the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) prepares to welcome tens of thousands of students and employees back for the new school year, SBCUSD District Police have arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for a series of copper thefts and acts of vandalism that impacted multiple school campuses.