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Kern County superintendent’s office highlights CampKeep program, expansion plans and access for foster and SPED students
Summary
Assistant superintendent Russell Santos told trustees CampKeep served roughly 8,171 students and 1,342 adults in 2025–26 across two coastal campuses, described COSA certification and fundraising, and said the program is expanding outreach to foster, special‑education and migrant students while staffing remains a constraint.
Assistant Superintendent Russell Santos presented an overview of CampKeep, Kern County’s residential outdoor environmental‑education program, and told the board the program reaches thousands of students annually while working to expand access for foster, special‑education and migrant students.
Santos described CampKeep as a standards‑based residential program with two coastal campuses (Keep Ocean and Keep by the Sea) and said both campuses recently…
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