Merced County Office of Education

The Merced County Office of Education’s Head Start and Early Head Start programs are currently recruiting and enrolling families for the 2019-2020 school year. The goal is to ensure that all families in Merced County who qualify for services have access to the Head Start programs. Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive prenatal,…

Parents, students, educators and the community are invited to celebrate with educators, school employees and school administrators from across the county as the…

Three graduates of a Merced County Office of Education Special Education program are about to embark on a challenging and rewarding journey some might have…

There is a shortage of teachers and administrators and a Merced County Office of Education program is seeking to remedy that. Karla Paul, a coordinator of credentialing programs at MCOE, said people are needed to step into leadership roles. Within the next decade, 40 to 50 percent of the current school administrators in the United States will…

Students from Merced County Office of Education’s special education programs was scheduled to put on a free public performance on Wednesday, July 3 at 10…

Seven Merced County school districts have been lauded in a newly released report from a prestigious educational policy institute because their students…

Several students at Le Grand High School have their sights set on becoming doctors, thanks to the school’s Medical Academy. Teresa Moreno-Gomez, 17, of Planada is a senior who has been accepted to four prestigious University of California schools and California State University, Stanislaus. She’s unsure where she will go but wants to become…

Duane Habecker admits math is a difficult subject. In classrooms it has been taught in such a way that makes it hard for students to master. Habecker,…

I’ve been feeling overwhelmed this spring as Merced comes alive with so many community events, local developments and new regional progress reports. It can…

Their hearing may be impaired or lacking altogether, but a group of Merced County Office of Education students at Merced City School District’s Peterson Elementary School don’t feel left out of any of the school’s activities. This inclusiveness where deaf and hard-of-hearing students mingle with Peterson classmates is endearing to Maria…