Monday, June 17, 2013
Small schools anticipate funding cuts
As the Legislature prepares to pass Gov. Jerry Brown's state budget, educators in five of Siskiyou County's small schools are anticipating a significant loss of funding, and the fate of these institutions remains unknown.Teachers in Upland say cuts hit them unfairly
As the June 30 deadline to approve a balanced budget looms, Upland Unified School District and its teachers are still in contentious negotiations that have teachers worried about their financial stability.Ontario-Montclair School District teachers reject contract offer
The contract, which OMTA members rejected in the third week of May, called for teachers to work a 15-minute-longer workday in return for a 2 percent pay hike.School districts say high-priced leaders are worth the cost
Superintendents, where the proverbial buck stops in each school district, are well-compensated for their time. But, as George Orwell might have said, some superintendents are more super than others.Absence of summer classes a setback for many students
Over the past decade, all three desert K-12 school districts have cut back their summer school options, fading out summer programs for the average students. Summer classes are still offered to smaller groups — special education students, children of migrant workers or high school seniors who need extra credits to graduate — but open enrollment summer programs have disappeared.Witness: District pushed poor underwriter
A former San Diego County investment officer was taken aback when Sweetwater schools officials pushed to have the least qualified bidder selected to market Proposition O construction bonds, she testified to the grand jury.Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change
California's new funding formula gives more money to districts with more needy students and less to districts with fewer needy students.More special-ed kids head to traditional schools
Los Angeles Unified will shift hundreds of disabled students from special-education centers to traditional schools this fall as it accelerates efforts to integrate youngsters with physical and developmental handicaps.Bomb hoaxes at East Bay schools cost district $157,000
In addition to taking an emotional toll on the community, a series of April bomb threats that forced the repeated evacuation of students and faculty from classrooms, including three consecutive days at Deer Valley High, cost the school district an estimated $157,000 in lost learning time, Antioch Unified officials said.As California revenue rises, school districts on firmer ground
The Legislature's adoption last week of the main budget bill should give districts more confidence that they can count on that money in the future. At the same time, Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to overhaul the education funding system provides districts more control over their budgets.Friday, June 14, 2013
Azusa school board, Rosedale developer continue talks on K-8 school status
A nearly decade-old agreement between the Azusa Unified School District and a partnership that no longer exists is causing consternation in the city, as the district continues to ask for a school in the Rosedale development.Greenfield superintendent departs for Lompoc post
Superintendent Trevor McDonald has announced he is leaving the helm of the Greenfield Union School District to take the top post in the Lompoc Unified School District.Cause of Santa Ana Valley High School blast remains unknown
Fire and school officials have been unable to investigate the cause of an explosion at Santa Ana Valley High School because the building is too unstable to enter, officials said Wednesday.Natomas Unified trustee on campaign to videotape meetings
Trustee Ryan Herche wants Natomas Unified School Board meetings videotaped. He promised it when he campaigned for his school board seat last year. But last night, the rest of the school board disagreed, Herche said. They said it is too expensive and would take too much staff time, said Herche, the only board member in support of the proposal.New school funding formula 'largest change in 40 years'
It's being hailed as a historic shift in how California funds public schools, a new formula that will simplify an overly complex funding system, increase resources for the neediest of students and give local school districts greater control over how they allocate resources.Ousted superintendent gets year's pay
A year's salary to be paid in monthly installments was the chief item in a retirement agreement approved for ousted San Ysidro School District Superintendent Manuel Paul. Details of the package were voted on shortly before midnight Friday at the regular school board meeting at the Multicultural Complex in San Ysidro.West Contra Costa school district ratifies contract with teachers
The West Contra Costa school district board ratified a three-year contract with its teachers Wednesday evening, calling for 2 percent annual increases in compensation.Group urges teachers' raises based on student achievement
A local advocacy group is pushing for teachers' raises and bonuses based on whether instructors are willing to take on difficult assignments and on whether they deliver measurable student achievement gains.LAUSD students awarded cars, iPads for excellent attendance
Parked curb-side in front of LAUSD headquarters was the neon blue Sonic won by Vanessa Umana, who graduated last week with a 4.2 GPA from Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley. Although rules of the district's Attendance Challenge said students had to have perfect attendance only during their senior year to be eligible to win the car, Vanessa didn't miss a single day during four years of high school - not even when she was under the weather.Fensterwald: State Board handed job of defining rules of new funding system
The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key decisions on how dollars for disadvantaged students must be spent and accounted for.Deasy and new board member Ratliff laud teacher report
Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy on Thursday broadly endorsed proposals from an outside group for attracting and retaining teachers, including more money for those who take on difficult assignments and deliver measurable academic gains.Thursday, June 13, 2013
Schools pull plug on gift-card program
Cafeteria workers at the San Diego Unified School District will no longer receive gift cards, chocolates and movie passes using money from a program to feed needy children.School districts in wait-and-see mode
This year, districts have set their budgets based on a current funding system that almost certainly is about to be scrapped in favor of a version of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed Local Control Funding Formula, or LCFF.State budget deal overhauls K-12 school funding model
Seven months after his tax initiative refueled funding for California's beleaguered public schools, Gov. Jerry Brown has orchestrated what's being billed as a major overhaul of how the state funds K-12 education.Sources: Gas smell reported before Valley High blast
Administrators had recently received several complaints from Santa Ana Valley High School staff about a strong smell of gas in a building where an explosion took place Tuesday morning, according to two sources close to the situation.
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