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OROVILLE, CA – In celebration of World Breastfeeding Week , The Butte County Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) will host a parade at the Saturday Farmers Market in Chico on August 10th at 10:00 am. Decorations and signs will be available at the WIC booth before the parade. Those who wish to participate should check-in at the WIC booth before the parade starts. The WIC booth will be set-up from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm and will have fun activities for all ages,...

We are delighted to announce that the position of Director for the Center for Learning and Resilience has been released. Please click on the links below for further information or to apply. The Butte County Office of Education (BCOE) is located in Northern California and serves 14 districts and 18 charter schools in Butte County and provides services to students and educators in all 58 California Counties and employs 1500 people in Butte County and across the state. Link to job posting :...

By Stephanie Schmieding, 5/24/19 for Action NEWS 12 PARADISE, Calif. - Paradise Medical Group reopened for the first time since the Camp Fire on Friday. Doctors with the group said financial support from Blue Shield helped make it possible to restore and enhance health care delivery in the area following the Camp Fire. One of the services they'll offer is a virtual care platform where patients can see some providers via cell phones, tablets and computers. The opening should help those still...

By Lisa Tadlock, 4/2/19, for the Butte County Office of Education ACE stands for Adverse Childhood Experience. ACEs are linked to poor and declining quality of life as children move into adulthood. Northern California's children are subject to more ACEs than children in other parts of California. A newly funded ACE Collaborative here in the North State is a partnership between a number of institutions that want to significantly reduce instances of ACEs. Public Health Institute , a...

by David Washburn, EdSource, June 11, 2019. Butte County’s Oroville City Elementary School District, which has a suspension rate that is three times the statewide average, is under state investigation for its discipline policies and practices. The investigation, by the California Bureau of Children’s Justice , is focused on the district’s record of suspending and expelling students and its alternatives to those punishments, according to a district statement . The statement also said the...

Posted on June 4, 2019 2019 Recruitment 6.4.2019 To see the 6-12-19 administrative meeting agenda, click HERE To learn more, click HERE

CHICO — Butte County schools will get $1.6 million more to address emotional trauma after the Camp Fire from a newly-approved Butte Strong Fund grant. The nine community members on the Butte Strong Fund Committee approved a grant request of $1,611,270 from the Butte County Office of Education on Friday. The North Valley Community Foundation manages the fund. The funding will allow more counselors to be hired, adds a parent outreach effort to provide support to families, provides training,...

Your thoughts on toxic stress are needed: Please join our virtual focus group this Wednesday at 5 pm PST.

There's a fantastic five-part series, Whole People , done by PBS, " spotlighting the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) through personal and community stories. It explores the long-term costs to personal well-being and our society. While much work needs to be done, there are many innovative developments to prevent and treat ACES. We all play a role in becoming a whole people." It's amazing. The five topics covered are as follows: Childhood Trauma Healing Communities A New...

By Jennifer Molina for EdSource Take a journey into rural Butte County, California where districts are confronting high rates of students missing school. [Read the accompanying article by David Washburn here. ]

Six months ago, the deadly Camp Fire swept through Paradise, Concow, and Magalia, small communities all located in Butte County in Northern California. The wildfire killed 86 people and destroyed thousands of homes, schools, and businesses. Now, mental health specialists working in Butte County schools say they're seeing a second wave of trauma from survivors. But there aren't enough counselors to help all of the students, teachers and staff dealing with this second wave of trauma. "We have...

NPR's Susan Davis checks in with Loren Lighthall, the Paradise High School principal, about how he and his students have been coping, months after the Camp Fire destroyed most of their town. To read the interview, click HERE or listen!