Thursday, December 13, 2007
Pay raises take effect for school district workers
Ventura Unified School District employees will see a bump in salary this month as recently negotiated pay raises take effect. Teachers negotiated a 4 percent salary increase this year, retroactive to Oct. 1, raising a beginning teacher's annual salary from $44,221 to $45,990.Charter accord rejected
Negotiations are expected to continue now that West Covina school board members rejected a proposed management contract 3-2 Tuesday night for the district's top performing school, San Jose-Edison Academy.Audit finds widespread grade-tampering at nationally recognized charter high school
An audit released today found widespread grade- tampering and instances of students receiving credit for courses they never took at the Preuss School, a nationally recognized charter high school.Carlsbad USD unveils preliminary plans for both high schools
The public got its first glimpse of the proposed layouts of a rebuilt Carlsbad High School and a new high school when architects unveiled preliminary site plans Wednesday night. In all, the $86 million plan to renovate Carlsbad High School calls for eight new buildings and a new stadium.New Durham school superintendent to be named
Residents will get a chance to meet a new school superintendent and a new school district business manager, and also hear a review of how the 2007-2008 Durham Unified School District budget is working out.Fewer dropouts equal fewer homicides
Increasing the graduation rate by 10 percentage points statewide would lower the homicide tally by an estimated 500 a year and prevent more than 20,000 aggravated assaults, according to a report by Fight Crime: Invest in Kids California, a coalition of law enforcement leaders and violence survivors.DA probes Los Gatos schools' missing tech gear
More than a year after the Los Gatos Union School District reported the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of dollars in technology equipment, investigators are focusing on the possibility that it was an inside job.Supervisors hear updated plans for charter school
A Modesto optometrist wants the Stanislaus County Board of Education to take another look at a visual-learning charter school for the 2008-2009 school year.Villaraigosa wins bid to take over seven LAUSD schools
Marking a major political coup, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won his bid to manage seven Los Angeles Unified schools as a majority of parents and teachers voted to partner on education reform, according to results released Wednesday.San Mateo schools expected to approve contract tonight
More than a year after voters approved a $298 million bond issue, the San Mateo Union High School District is getting ready to begin renovations at its seven campuses — for the second time.New president is first Hmong elected to the position
Tony Vang, who survived a war in his homeland of Laos, on Wednesday became the first Hmong to be chosen president of the Fresno Unified School District's board.School boundaries plan spurs debate
In mid-October, Dan Rascher and his wife bought a $1.4 million home in Upper Rockridge so their child could gain entrance to Hillcrest, Oakland's most prestigious public school. Last week, they began to doubt their investment. A proposed boundary shift, prompted by a population boom and overcrowding at Hillcrest, would make Montclair Elementary — a well-regarded, yet less exclusive school nearby — the family's new school.At Preuss, AP test passage rate 26%
The Preuss School at UC San Diego was designed to shatter stereotypes. It enrolled poor and minority students in rigorous course work with a goal of sending them all to college. But this week's release of an audit that found numerous cases of grade tampering and pressure on teachers to pass failing students raises questions about the charter high school's model.School on mission to boost attendance
Sweetwater Union High School District's new attendance campaign has recruited a water-polo-playing art student to help deliver a hip twist to an authoritarian message.Lawsuit targets history teacher's comments
A San Juan Capistrano high school student and his parents filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging that his history teacher violated his constitutional rights by making "highly inappropriate" and offensive statements in class regarding Christianity.L.A. magnet school shows what court battle was all about
Before she arrived at middle school, Itanza Lawrence admits, she cleaved to certain racial stereotypes. Asians were quiet and smart. African Americans, her group, were "ghetto" and "not academically competitive." She doesn't see it that way anymore.
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