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Ready 4 School: Prep school getting ready for college
EAST PALO ALTO (KRON) — Our ongoing Ready 4 School segment takes you to East Palo Alto, where KRON4’s Rob Fladeboe shows you how some of the Bay Area’s best and brightest are getting ready for...
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Tech Report: Newark high school has gunshot warning system
NEWARK (KRON) — Newark Memorial High School in the East Bay is the first in the country to have an indoor ShotSpotter gunshot warning system installed. It was built into the school over the summer....
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Ready 4 School: Discounted Textbooks
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — KRON4 is getting you Ready 4 School. With school just starting, students need textbooks for class. Students are buying or selling textbooks during the first few weeks of school...
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Tech Report: SimplyCircle helps parents stay organized
LOS ALTOS (KRON) — Now that the school year has started, the real challenge begins for parents keeping up with everything. All the homework, after-school activities, sporting leagues, clubs, scouts,...
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Back to school: What you need to know about vaccines
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – The first day of school is just three days away and several students are already feeling the pinch of the new year. On the first day of school students are introduced to new...
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Stretching your dollar on back to school clothes
EASTON, Conn. (WTNH) — Back to school is not just about backpacks and classroom supplies. For many kids: it’s the new clothes they look forward to the most and for moms like blogger Sarah O’Brien,...
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Bay Area parents prepare for back to school shopping
PLEASANTON (KRON) — Heavy foot-traffic is expected at Bay Area malls as this weekend is the last chance for back to school shopping. KRON4 Haaziq Madyun went to the Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton,...
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VIDEO: Top 5 student laptops for under $200
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — KRON4 News is getting you ready for school. On Thursday, our Tech Reporter Gabe Slate is helping you gear up. He went in search of the best student laptops out there for under...
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Children urged to get vaccinated for human papilloma virus
SAN MATEO (KRON) — Vaccines have stirred quite the debate among parents in recent years. But on Friday, a Bay Area health department is urging them to get children vaccinated for the human papilloma...
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Gear you may have forgotten for school
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — KRON4 News is getting you ready for school. On Friday night, our tech reporter Gabe Slate shows you some gadgets and gear you might not have thought of, but they are items...
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Study: Kids carrying heavy backpacks can cause back problems
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Parents are being warned after a new study shows that heavy backpacks could be causing problems for kids. Kids shouldn’t carry more than 10 percent of their body weight, doctors...
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Ready 4 School: Safety tips for kids heading back to school
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Students all over the Bay Area are getting ready to go back to school and safety is the top priority for parents. April Yee from Kidpower spoke to the KRON4 Morning News team...
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Barber offers free haircuts for back to school
SAN JOSE (KRON) — It is time to get ready for school. For four years, a San Jose barber has been helping parents cut their back-to-school expenses by offering free haircuts and backpacks. This year,...
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Ready 4 School: Morning routines set the tone for a day of learning
(WFLA) — It’s that critical time between the alarm clock and the first school bell, and it can really set the tone for the entire day. Setting and sticking to a good morning routine not only gets you...
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Overcrowding a problem at Dublin High School
DUBLIN (KRON) — Overcrowding is a significant problem for students at Dublin High School. In fact, schools throughout the district are seeing a big jump in enrollment. School officials tell KRON the...
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Gadgets to keep kids safe this school year
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It is back to school time! And KRON4 is getting you Ready 4 School. On Tuesday night, KRON’s Gabe Slate shows you products that can help keep your kids safe, including...
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Thousands of East Bay students still unvaccinated
OAKLAND (KRON) — Kids in the East Bay start school on Monday, but only if they are vaccinated. With the new immunization requirement in effect, parents are rushing this weekend to get their children...
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Ready 4 School: Safety Tips for Parents
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — With many schools across the Bay Area ready to be in session Monday morning, the Livermore Police Department teamed up to come up with some tips to help parents keep kids safe....
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Teacher’s ‘no homework’ policy goes viral
(KRON) — A letter sent home to parents about a second-grade teacher’s new homework policy is going viral. “I am trying something new,” Brandy Young, a teacher in the Godley Independent School...
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VIDEO: UPS employees give over 1,500 free backpacks to Oakland students
OAKLAND (KRON) — UPS employees came to Lockwood School in Oakland on Wednesday to distribute more than 1,500 backpacks loaded with school supplies to students. For 17 years, they have been working...
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