When it comes to innovative and excellent education programs, these 13 Inland Empire school districts answered the bell.

They won 2025 Golden Bell Awards , a statewide honor to commend projects that find unique solutions to improve education and better serve students. They are handed out by the California School Boards Association.

Local winners include a Redlands program that lets disabled adults run a restaurant, a coffee and a flower shop and a day on which Fontana high school students apply for college admission — right on campus.

Eight Riverside County school districts won awards, while five in San Bernardino County were recognized.

Fontana High School hosts its ninth annual College Application Submit Day on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, as senior Briana Garcia receives an instant ac

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