Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Tracy Unified, union reach deal
A tentative contract agreement raising salaries by more than 2 percent has been reached between the Tracy Unified School District and the union representing classified employees such as custodians, bus drivers and food service workers following a year of negotiations.Claremont Unified approves surplus property sale to homebuilder
The Claremont Unified School District made $18.88 million from the sale of an approximately 9.7-acre surplus property site recently.Return of school bus service requested after death in Rancho Cucamonga
Concerned parents at two schools located near the site where a pickup recently struck a girl and her younger brother, killing the girl, have begun two separate online petitions asking the Etiwanda School District to bring back bus service.Chino Valley Unified continues to test drinking water for lead contamination
Chino Valley Unified officials continue to test water samples at various school campuses after lead was recently detected in drinking water at a dozen school sites.School-based health clinics popping up in Valley districts
Federal Affordable Care Act dollars intended to support school-based health centers are bankrolling clinics that offer low or no-fee services to kids at several Valley districts.Modesto school board takes on funding changes, naming field for coach
Modesto City Schools board members got a primer on the state funding overhaul for education and took the first step toward renaming Beyer High’s varsity baseball field for longtime coach Paul Cornwell.New official leads technology initiative in West Contra Costa schools
Chief Technology Officer Mary Phillips joined the West Contra Costa school district last summer with one of the most important mandates facing schools nationwide: Improve education by bringing students and teachers up to date in learning technology.Teachers protest L.A. Unified's process for misconduct investigations
Critics say district's approach to misconduct allegations presumes guilt and results in dismissal for even small infractions.Adams: Community schools gaining traction under state’s new funding formula
Efforts to create full-service community schools that focus on serving the “whole child” with a wide array of services are gaining traction under the state’s new funding formula for schools.California schools fear losing millions for low-income students
Major California school districts fear they will be shortchanged millions of dollars in funding for their low-income students under new state rules requiring them to verify family incomes every year.Report: In Silicon Valley, 'successful' schools fail poor and English-learning students
Silicon Valley public schools are largely failing poor students and English learners, a report issued Monday asserts, indicating that even schools in wealthy neighborhoods perceived to be highly successful are inadequately preparing these students, considered the hardest to educate.Monday, December 9, 2013
Bakersfield students taste test the future at school cafeteria trade show
Robert Terrazas has strong opinions about the cafeteria food at CLC-Tech, an alternative school run by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office.Diabetes part of life for some students in Lodi Unified School District
The rate of students with Type 1 diabetes has remained stable, according to county education officials, but some 90 to 100 students within the district's schools need daily help with their disease.Long Beach elementary students to receive new progress reports aligned with Common Core
Beginning next week, Long Beach elementary school students will receive new progress reports this trimester instead of the traditional report cards issued by the school district.Nonprofits help Long Beach USD, others fill arts education void left by budget cuts
The day before directing a professional orchestra in front of thousands at the Long Beach Arena, conductor Matt Catingub was up early standing in front of about two dozen young musicians in a small middle school band room.Pomona Unified School Board closer to selling surplus properties
Fourteen pieces of real estate in the hands of Pomona Unified School District have moved a step closer to going on sale.Lead discovered in one in three Chino Valley Unified schools' water
The water in one in three Chino Valley Unified schools is contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, according to the district.Palm Springs Unified School District considers selling surplus land
The Palm Springs Unified School District plans to sell a vacant, 80-acre property east of Rancho Mirage High School with enough space for more than 200 homes.Long Beach Unified's finances looking stronger
Additional money from the state for Long Beach Unified made possible by a new funding method could mean the district ends its deficit spending for the first time in decades, school officials told the school board this week.Twin Rivers employees to get a break on health insurance for 7 months
The Twin Rivers Unified School District gave its entire staff an early Christmas present last week – $100 a month toward their insurance premiums for the next seven months.Opening school budget to parent input a work in progress at San Joaquin Valley schools
The extra money heading to San Joaquin Valley schools with the state’s new funding formula comes with a catch – parents get a say in how it will be spent.SD teachers to get schooled in Common Core
As California prepares to roll out its new Common Core academic standards, San Diego city schools have mapped out a massive training effort for its more than 6,000 teachers.School librarian helps students struggling with reading
Program aims to help young children, most with Spanish-speaking parents, whose reading scores aren't where they should be.Fensterwald: Some sober words for school boards amid predictions of plenty
For the first time since the Great Recession, school districts are getting more money this year from the state; some – big beneficiaries of the new Local Control Funding Formula – are getting a lot. School finance experts John Gray and Joel Montero, however, injected a cautionary note during a presentation Friday at the California School Boards Association’s annual convention in San Diego.Friday, December 6, 2013
Sonora Elementary rising from ashes
One fifth-grade class on Wednesday read the story of the phoenix, a mythological bird rising from the ashes to be more beautiful than before - a story akin to the Sonora Elementary School community after a Nov. 23 fire that destroyed most of the contents of 15 classrooms.
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