Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Show care, schools panel urges adults
Luz Lopez met a teacher at Fillmore High School who changed her life. That's the message a task force wants to spread throughout Ventura County schools and communities. The group - called Building Assets, Strengthening Individuals and Communities - was commissioned by county schools Superintendent Charles Weis two years ago and issued a report Monday that called for a new focus on dealing with high-risk student behaviors, such as drug abuse.Concerns arise as school enrollment declines
Do the portables at your child's school need to be replaced? Are the desks needing repair? The to-do list at Tuolumne County schools may remain, and possibly grow. Enrollment is down in almost every district in the county, so budgets will be tightening even more in coming years.State high school grads not earning degrees
California beats the national average for college students with a degree but needs to get more high school graduates to aspire to higher education in the first place, according to a recent report.County education officials back Fallbrook district's unification plan
The San Diego County Board of Education voted 3-2 Monday to recommend that the Bonsall Union School District be allowed to expand and educate students through 12th grade, even though a report prepared for the county by an independent consulting firm indicated that the redistricting would not meet three of the state's nine conditions.More schools are in trouble, experts warn
Since 1990, seven California school districts -- four of them in the Bay Area -- have faced fiscal crises serious enough to thrust them into state control, millions of dollars in debt. On Monday, experts warned members of the state Senate Education Committee that more districts are poised to find themselves in a similarly dangerous position as their enrollment -- and state funding -- shrink.Brea teacher arrested for allegedly threatening to kill student
A Brea Junior High teacher was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a student, police said today. A 12-year-old boy on Thursday had told the counselor that language arts teacher Brian Wilcher threatened him, Lt. Jack Conklin said. Wilcher allegedly told the boy to change teachers next semester or he would kill him, Conklin added.Youths who lost homes in wildfires given iPods
More than 100 high school students in the Poway school district who lost homes in the October wildfires have received a surprise gift – iPods donated by Apple.Teachers' readiness rated
San Joaquin County reduced its number of underprepared teachers by nearly half during the last school year, according to a report released Monday on the status of California's teaching work force.Science teachers hard to find
The first time John Eymil visited Atwell Island he saw something he thought no longer existed in this area -- a horned lizard. The chance to study this restoration area is what attracted Eymil to Alpaugh, a small farming community in southwestern Tulare County. The Hanford resident started teaching classes this school year at Alpaugh High School, which has had a difficult time the past several years recruiting and keeping science teachers.FUSD, teachers clear hurdle
After 19 months of negotiations, the Fresno Unified School District and the Fresno Teachers Association said Monday that they have reached a tentative three-year contract.Schools try to ease fears after child porn arrests
Two Los Angeles area schools -- one private, one public -- dealt Monday with the aftermath of the arrests of veteran teachers suspected of downloading child pornography. Both campuses tried to reassure parents and students over safety concerns while also protecting the privacy of their faculty.
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