Wednesday, December 12, 2007
A uniform solution
At Cortez Math and Science Magnet School, Principal Janet Alvarez says school uniforms keep children focused on learning. Ontario-Montclair School District Assistant Superintendent Jill Hammond says uniforms take the pressure off families who can't afford to buy the latest clothes.Teachers, district closing in on contract
McKinleyville's K-8 teachers will receive pay raises after the New Year, if the McKinleyville Union School District board of trustees approves the contract at tonight's meeting.Charter school's plans to be reviewed
The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District will take a new look at the Livermore Valley Charter School's high school expansion plans, saying those plans are significantly different from what the school board approved earlier this year.Acalanes slated to vote on adding to health class
If the Acalanes Union High School District follows the proposal of its strategic planning committee, it could be the first district in California to require high school students to take two semesters of health classes, district staff members said.Santa Ana Unified trustees cut $11.4 million from budget
The Santa Ana Unified School Board voted early today to trim nearly $11.4 million in an effort to balance the district's budget. The board still plans to cut an additional $5.6 million later this week to avoid a deficit in the district's $500 million yearly budget.Delano district says dropout study not accurate
Delano High's inclusion in a list of "dropout factories" and media perpetuation of that classification have the school district striking back.District's anti-hate measures assailed
The Poway Unified School District's efforts to strengthen its policy on hate behavior don't go far enough, parents and students say.Board firms stance with those failing eighth grade
San Diego's school board passed a policy last night to prevent failing eighth-graders from moving on to high school – and the board means it this time.New contract for Visalia teachers approved
About 1,300 Visalia teachers are in line for raises -- and no increase in the cost of health benefits -- under a three-year contract approved Tuesday night by Visalia Unified School District trustees.Audit turns acclaim into outrage at Preuss
The academic reputation of the nationally recognized charter school at UC San Diego is being called into question by a new audit showing widespread grade tampering and instances where students received credit for courses they never took.Schools with low-income students honored
They are an all-too-rare group: high-achieving schools filled with children from poor families. On Tuesday, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell honored 239 such schools - including 31 in the Bay Area - as this year's winners of the "Title 1 Academic Achievement Award" for making excellent academic progress among all groups of students.Board approves extension of high schools' JROTC program
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps gets to stay in San Francisco high schools for one more year, the district's school board decided Tuesday night. More than 100 students packed the meeting as the board voted 5 to 2 to extend the program through the 2008-2009 school year.Court upholds magnet schools admission policy
A Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Los Angeles Unified School District can continue to base admissions to its popular magnet school system on the race of the students, sharply rejecting a conservative legal group's argument that the system violates California law.Bomb-making materials found at Newport Beach school
Authorities on Tuesday arrested a 12-year-old boy who they said brought bomb-making materials to his Newport Beach school, stowing some of the items in his locker.An odd civics lesson for 7 L.A. schools
The election Tuesday was unlike any other. At stake was no candidate, no law, no taxes, no bond issue -- only a promise by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to make seven Los Angeles schools a lot richer and a lot better. To vote, a participant didn't need to be a citizen. And some got more than one vote. And another oddity: There was no organized opposition.District will pay superintendent $320,000 ... to leave
Tom Anthony, the embattled leader of the Fallbrook Union High School District, will resign as superintendent Jan. 11 under a $319,931 buyout agreement that took effect Tuesday, officials said. The arrangement requires the district to pay Anthony 18 months of salary -- or $281,000 -- plus health and other benefits through June 2010. Those figures are spelled out in Anthony's contract, which would have ended then.
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