Friday, July 30, 2010
Vista USD recall attempt fails to make ballot
An effort to recall three Vista Unified School District trustees has failed to make the November ballot because the small group organizing it didn't turn in the needed signatures by Wednesday's deadline, a county official said.School employees' attempt to oust longtime union hits roadblock
Last month's successful effort by a group of Poway Unified School District employees to replace their longtime union hit a bump this month when the old labor organization challenged the union-busting election.Merced elementary dress code policy has date in court
McSwain Union Elementary School District put its fashion foot down this year after it adopted a fairly stringent dress code policy.Schools chief bars free request for athletes
Los Angeles Unified School District's superintendent vowed Thursday not to impose donation requests on the parents of athletes, overturning a fundraising plan reluctantly advanced by sports administrators.Column: National standards would harm math curriculum
If the State Board of Education votes yes on Monday on the national standards, many California politicians will claim - falsely - that they maintained the rigor of California academics. In fact, however, the proposed K-7 content is clearly insufficient to prepare students to take algebra by grade 8, and enrollment of disadvantaged students in challenging math courses will surely plummet.Oakland school board says yes to $20 million parcel tax measure on November ballot
Oakland school trustees gave the green light to a $20 million parcel tax aimed at boosting salaries for school district staff and teachers — the lowest paid in the Bay Area.Santa Rosa school board won't seek parcel tax yet
Facing nearly $14 million in potential cuts, Santa Rosa school board members will continue to debate whether to ask voters to support a parcel tax, but it will not appear on a ballot before 2011.Board seeks to shutter failing charter schools
Failing charter schools across California could be shut down by the state Board of Education under a major policy shift aimed at ensuring that the alternative public schools fulfill their role as models of academic innovation.Better or worse off with common core?
The announcement that California is a finalist for Race to the Top all but guarantees that the State Board of Education will adopt common core standards, as amended, in English language arts and math when it meets Monday. The state would sacrifice 40 out of 500 points on its application if it didn’t – and any chance of winning up to $700 million.Thursday, July 29, 2010
Ed roundup: Bakersfield CSD continues after-school program
Bakersfield City School District trustees on Tuesday renewed the district's contract for the after-school program with the Boys & Girls Club in the amount of $2.3 million.Stockton USD trustee reinstated to committees as probe continues
As an official investigation into where Trustee Sal Ramirez lives continues, his fellow board members have reinstated him to the committees from which he was removed in May after The Record reported he was living 60 miles away in Davis.School board votes against further soil tests at Kelly
School trustees in Carlsbad Wednesday voted unanimously against testing any more soil at Kelly Elementary School unless the residents requesting it raise the money to pay for it. The Carlsbad Unified School District Board of Trustees said it felt evidence from previous studies and tests has shown the campus to be safe.School officials fuming over lobbyist scandal
Sonoma County educators are expressing anger over revelations that the longtime executive director of the California School Boards Association had charged thousands of dollars of personal expenses on association credit cards -- including $11,000 at casinos -- all while making more than $540,000 a year.Los Angeles USD athletes may be stranded
The financially challenged Los Angeles Unified School District will for the first time ask parents to help pay for buses to take student athletes to high school sporting events this coming academic year. If enough money isn't raised, games could be canceled – a possibility that poses a dramatic threat to sports-crazed secondary schools.Underperforming schools increasing in East County
East County schools on the PI list have nearly doubled, rising from 13 schools in 2008 to 23 schools in 2009. An updated list is to be released next month.Fresno USD approves site for new southeast school
Fresno Unified school trustees on Wednesday approved a site for a new elementary school that will help alleviate classroom overcrowding in the southeast part of the district.6 Furlough days Targeted for Anaheim Schools
The Anaheim Union High School District recently announced the dates for the six official furlough days for the 2010-11 school year.West County schools to attempt parcel tax in November
West Contra Costa voters will decide on a school parcel tax this November. School board members unanimously chose this week to move ahead with a tax of 7.2 cents per square foot of building area, or $7.20 per vacant parcel, each year for five years.Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Primary Years brings I.B. classes to younger set
The Primary Years Academy, for kindergartners through fifth-graders, opens Stockton Unified's long-established and rigorous International Baccalaureate program to the district's youngest children.Crowded classes greet teachers on first day as Lodi Unified contract talks continue
District officials were prepared for close to 30,000 students to file into Lodi Unified schools, where they were met by increased class sizes and bare-bones staffing in comparison with years past.Toliver named superintendent of Stockton USD
School is in session, and just in time, Stockton Unified has a new permanent leader - or, rather, an old one who will be sticking around for a while.Districts consider building third high school
In a perfect world, a second high school would be ready to open in Menifee in 2014 when the other two high schools serving the community meet capacity.District to give teachers small pay raise
Carlsbad Unified School District teachers will get a small raise retroactive to last year as part of a new contract agreement aimed at restoring pay they lost when the district cut three training days last year.Eureka, school district moving forward on Jefferson School sale
The process has been slow going, but the city of Eureka and the Eureka City Schools district appear to be getting closer to completing the sale of the Jefferson Elementary School site.
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