el dorado county schools
South Lake Tahoe and all other El Dorado County schools to close starting Monday
Submitted by paula on Sat, 03/14/2020 - 2:28pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - All schools in Lake Tahoe Unified School District and the rest of El Dorado County will be closing for at least a week, starting Monday, March 16, 2020.
The decision was made for the safety and wellness of students, families, and school personnel due to the current threat of the world-wide coronavirus COVID-19. There are currently no confirmed cases of the virus in El Dorado County.
Some El Dorado County schools and office to close Thursday due to planned power outage
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/23/2019 - 4:38pm
The following El Dorado County schools are closed on Thursday, October 24, 2019, due to PG&E's planned safety power outage:
Black Oak Mine Unified School District - all schools
EDCOE - 6767 Green Valley Rd., Placerville
EDCOE Charter Alternative Education Programs - all schools
El Dorado Union High School School District - all schools
Gold Oak Union School District - all schools
Gold Trail Union School District - all schools
Mother Lode Union School District - all schools
Pioneer Union School District - all schools
EDCOE's Dina Gentry wins national award
Submitted by paula on Tue, 09/17/2019 - 6:10am
El Dorado County Office of Education’s (EDCOE) Communications Director, Dina Gentry has been awarded the prestigious “35 Under 35” Award the National School Public Relations Association.
It's a Snow Day for many area schools
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/26/2019 - 8:09am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - During the winter that keeps on giving. local students have already had more than an average number of days off of school due to snow.
For Lake Tahoe Unified on the South Shore, students will not be going to school Tuesday, their sixth so far this year. The closed schools due to the "blizzard and Extremely low visibility."
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District on the North Shore is also closed Tuesday.
Incline Village schools will hold a Digital School Day.
Douglas County Schools at the Lake (Zephyr Cove Elementary and Whittell High) are closed.
New superintendent selected for El Dorado County Schools
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/06/2016 - 7:42pm
The El Dorado County Board of Education has promoted one of its own to the top job, one that has been vacant since the November, 2015 resignation of Jeremy Meyers.
Dr. Ed Manansala became the new superintendent Tuesday, moving up from his position as Deputy Superintendent of Educational Services, one he'd held since June of 2013.
El Dorado County schools chief gets $125,000 to resign after two DUI arrests
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/25/2015 - 9:20pm
El Dorado County schools chief Jeremy Meyers received a $125,000 buyout package this month for resigning after being arrested twice on suspicion of drunken driving.
In exchange for stepping down Nov. 14, Meyers will receive a lump sum payment equal to his salary through June 2016 – $114,821 – minus taxes and other withholding items, according to a copy of the agreement obtained late Monday through a Public Records Act request. The El Dorado County Office of Education also will pay Meyers a lump sum of $10,930, equal to his medical, dental and life insurance benefits through June.
EDC schools chief Jeremy Meyers resigns after 2nd DUI arrest
Submitted by paula on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 8:20pm
El Dorado County schools superintendent Jeremy Meyers submitted his resignation to the school board Monday, and it was accepted after Meyers was arrested for two DUIs this year.
Meyers was arrested about 2 p.m. on Nov. 4 after crashing his pickup truck into a utility box on Green Valley Road and had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 percent, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Second suspected DUI lands El Dorado County schools chief in jail
Submitted by paula on Fri, 11/06/2015 - 8:21pm
El Dorado County schools chief Jeremy Meyers was arrested Thursday for the second time in five months for allegedly driving under the influence, this time after he crashed his truck into a utility box at 2 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Meyers, 45, allegedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.15 percent or more, a threshold approaching twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent, according to the CHP. Authorities did not provide his exact blood alcohol level.
El Dorado County schools chief apologizes for DUI
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/25/2015 - 10:41pm
El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Jeremy Meyers was booked and released from El Dorado County Jail on Saturday, a condition of his sentencing for driving under the influence in June.
Meyers’ attorney, Paul Zappettini, said Meyers was cited June 9 for driving under the influence of alcohol. He appeared in court Aug. 10 and received a five-day alternative sentence, which was served as house arrest, Zappettini said. He also was fined and faces suspension of his driver’s license. As a condition of his sentence, Meyers also was required to be booked at the El Dorado County jail.
