Kern County Schools First Day 2025: Live Coverage

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX), Eyewitness News Staff filed the article at 12:00 AM on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 and updated it at 11:40 AM the same day.

Opening day for most major districts

The first day back to school arrived for most major school districts in Kern County. That day coincided with the publication window chosen by the Eyewitness News Staff. The schedule placed the return on a Wednesday morning when the largest systems prepared to receive students.

Reporting from the same staff noted the coordinated start across the county. The update issued later that morning confirmed the districts had opened under the planned timeline. No other start date appears in the ledger for these systems.

Largest districts listed

The ledger identifies three districts as the largest: Bakersfield City School District, Panama-Buena Vista Union School District and Kern High School District. These three appear together as the primary examples of systems welcoming students for the new year. The staff article groups them without additional distinctions on grade levels or enrollment counts.

Each district name stands alone in the source material. The article supplies no further breakdown of attendance boundaries or campus numbers. Readers therefore receive only the three names and the statement that they rank among the largest in the county.

Live coverage window

Live coverage was scheduled for Wednesday morning from 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. on KBAK-CBS. The same plan continued from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. on FOX58. The Eyewitness News Staff placed these blocks directly in the published item.

The two time slots and two stations constitute the only broadcast details supplied. The staff article presents them as the morning coverage without reference to any prior series or additional programming. Viewers seeking the listed windows could locate the segments on the named channels during those exact hours.