Wednesday, February 8, 2012
School district proposes teacher pay cuts
Panama-Buena Vista Union School District officials have given its teachers a "last, best and final offer" that includes pay cuts in trying to strike a contract deal through a mediator.Paso teachers upset by pay turn out for board meeting
Teachers in a packed room implored the Paso Robles School District on Tuesday night to resume salary negotiations that are certain to result in pay cuts.Atascadero district decides to refurbish junior high
Atascadero Junior High School will get a new look but keep its current site, school board members decided Tuesday night. The Atascadero Unified School District Board of Trustees unanimously approved a massive overhaul of the junior high school campus at Lewis and Olmeda avenues.High school trustees unanimously endorse unification with elementary district
Trustees in the Escondido Union High School District unanimously supported the idea of unifying with the Escondido Union School District on Tuesday, although board members admitted the merger was far from a done deal.School district to shut down debris site after complaints from parents
The San Marcos Unified School District has shut down a site used to sort debris from demolished San Marcos High buildings after parents of an elementary school next to the property complained that their children were getting ill.LAUSD tries to 'remake' troubled Miramonte Elementary
When students return to the school where two teachers were jailed last week for alleged lewdness, they'll have new teachers in their classrooms, a new principal in the front office and new workers serving lunch.Parents, districts oppose Brown's proposed transitional kindergarten cuts
In a rally at George Washington Carver School in Long Beach, teachers, parents and community members came to together to voice their concerns.Parents fume over accused LA teachers' pensions
The abuse scandal in the Los Angeles Unified School District has angered many parents and left students heartbroken. And now there’s another issue brewing: pension payments for teachers accused of misconduct.Coachella Valley Unified School District votes to study proposed bond measure
Coachella Valley Unified School District will study the feasibility of seeking a multimillion-dollar voter-approved bond to upgrade school facilities and programs, the board decided Tuesday.District accepts Context charter surrender
The charter for Context Middle School has been surrendered and the Temecula Valley Unified School District will begin closure proceedings, the school board decided Tuesday.Fresno Unified forms task force to boost graduation rates
Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson announced Tuesday that he is creating a high-level task force to find ways to keep students in school until they graduate.Mt. Diablo school board discusses Transitional Kindergarten, Clayton Valley charter, community meetings
Preregistration for kindergarten and a new transitional kindergarten program in the Mt. Diablo school district started Tuesday, but schools may not know until later this year whether they will have money to offer the new program.Lopez: Will L.A. Unified's response to abuse allegations pass muster?
Administrators removed Mark Berndt from the classroom last year, long after complaints were first raised. Now, parents are mixed on transferring the entire staff as the investigation continues and upset that information was kept from them.Supper is now on the menu at some California schools
You’ve heard about free school lunches and breakfasts, but how about school suppers? In California, dinners are now being served to students at almost 200 schools.Baron: LAO wants to redirect QEIA funds
Nearly 30 percent of California schools funded under the Quality Education Investment Act, or QEIA, may be expelled from the program at the end of this academic year for not meeting one or more of the requirements.Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Lodi Middle administrator, principal quit in wake of arrest
A Lodi Middle School administrator who ordered a citizen's arrest on a physical education teacher in December has resigned effective June 30, as has the principal of the school.Gender issue returns to Stockton USD agenda
Stockton Unified Superintendent Carl Toliver is preparing to propose establishing partial-day all-male programs at four K-8 campuses and one high school in 2012-13 as a means of addressing the district's problems with dropouts, suspensions and expulsions.Salinas high school district addresses bullying
The Salinas Union High School District has always dealt with some form of bullying on its campuses over the years but cyber-bullying has become the dominant form of harassment.Deal reached on teacher furloughs in Lake Elsinore
Negotiators for the Lake Elsinore teachers union have reached a tentative agreement for educators to take 12 unpaid days through the next school year to help the district overcome an expected $15 million budget shortfall.Budget overshadows push for local control over schools
Gov. Jerry Brown’s education agenda is framed by an underlying commitment to hand off more control to local school officials, whether it’s over budgets or tests. However, scattered acclaim over Brown’s policy directions is being muffled by growing alarm over the central element of his proposed 2012-13 budget: relying on voters to approve a November tax increase initiative to provide money to schools.New USDA guidelines call for a healthier school lunch program
After 15 years, the USDA has rewritten the rules for what must -- and can't -- be served as part of the federally subsidized school lunch program. Whole grains, once encouraged, will be required. Beans and peas, as well as dark greens and red vegetables, will become staples. Come July 1, chocolate milk will go the way of the deep fat fryer.Alum Rock schools get into health care business
In the lopsided battle to preserve an ever-shrinking budget, the Alum Rock Union School District is making a foray on a new front: community health care.Baron: Will the real Transitional Kindergarten stand up
It’s getting so that understanding the budgetary machinations of Transitional Kindergarten requires a master’s degree, or maybe a Little Orphan Annie Secret Decoder Pin.Fensterwald: LAO praises Brown budget …
With some differences over details, the Legislative Analyst’s Office has commended Gov. Jerry Brown’s overall approach to school spending and what he’d do with the higher taxes he’s asking voters to approve. Where they disagree is over what should happen if the extra money doesn’t come and the state budget has to be cut.L.A. elementary school staff replaced pending sex abuse inquiry
In a dramatic move to quell parents' fears, Los Angeles school officials said they will temporarily replace the entire staff of an elementary school south of downtown Los Angeles, where two teachers have been accused of lewd acts against students.
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