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.Parents want say in school funds
California parents know little about a new law that gives more money to schools that educate poor students. But they're willing to help plan how to spend the money if given a chance.Recycling success threatens funding for San Jose school
Growth in the conservation fund has tapered off, partly because Californians are recycling so well. California's beverage container recycling rates have increased from 52 percent in 1988 to 82 percent in 2011.Oakland public schools to go solar wth SunPower
Sixteen public schools in Oakland are about to get solar panels from San Jose-based SunPower. School districts across California are increasingly turning to solar as a way to cut operational costs, maintain funding for academic program and introduce students to solar science and technology.Thursday, December 5, 2013
Simi Valley neighbors can see school solar panels all too clearly now
In its continuing effort to cut expenses, the Simi Valley Unified School District is installing solar energy panels at all but one campus.Rancho Mirage High finds teens taking responsibility for getting to class on time
Rancho Mirage High School, a new school in the Palm Springs Unified School District, is one of a small number of U.S. schools that have abandoned the traditional strategy of using bells to move students from one class to another.Santa Ana students critique lunch menu options
Josias Lopez stood next to one of 14 food sample tables set up on the Godinez Fundamental High School campus Wednesday afternoon, eying a small plastic plate of pork and salsa verde that his classmate was eating. “How is it? Is it good? Spicy good?” he asked skeptically, before accepting a forkful of the saucy cafeteria food from his friend. The 15-year-old chewed for a minute and then smiled. “Hmmm. My mom makes that!”San Jose charter school helps salvage lives
After they veer off course, many of California's hundreds of thousands of dropouts end up unemployed, on the streets, in jail and worse. For those young people who are lucky and determined enough, the San Jose Conservation Corps Charter School has helped them get back on track.Frey: Parents know little about funding law but want to get involved, EdSource survey find
A new statewide survey by EdSource suggests that parents are eager to get involved in school district spending decisions, but underscores the need for districts to actively engage parents if they are to fulfill their new role under the state’s Local Control Funding Formula.Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Family of boy left on bus files legal claim
The family of an 8-year-old autistic boy who was inadvertently left behind on a school bus three months ago has filed a legal claim naming the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office and the county of Kern as defendants.School merger petition on
Volunteers throughout the Tuolumne County are gathering signatures from voters to put a measure on the November 2014 ballot that would consolidate the county's 11 school districts into one.Sonora Elementary classes resume; arrest made
As Sonora Elementary School students returned to class this morning, law enforcement officials continued investigating the apparent arson fire that damaged 15 classrooms on Nov. 23. A 17-year-old former student has already been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire, and authorities have interviewed a second youth.
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