Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Wayward school bell on way back home
A full-sized school bell that rang out in celebration at Calaveras High School football games for decades is now in police custody while law enforcement investigators try to find out how it wound up at a Glencoe Christmas tree farm.Schools still hope for rural funds
A coalition of rural school representatives is urging the U.S. Senate to include education funding for forested counties, including Calaveras and Tuolumne, in a massive budget bill.Sun Valley High will stay open through January, trustees say
Sun Valley Charter High School trustees will announce during tonight's board meeting that the 5-year-old school will remain open until the end of the semester, Jan. 25, despite declining enrollment and budget concerns, Sun Valley board President Helene Radzik said Tuesday.District tries to win back voter confidence
Months before the expected election on extending a crucial school parcel tax, leaders of the Los Gatos Union School District are working to regain community confidence shaken by the disappearance of $300,000 in computer equipment and a management scandal.Rally planned for teacher accused of anti-Christian comments
Current and former students of Capistrano Valley High School history teacher James Corbett, who is being sued by a student who alleges he made anti-religion remarks in class, are planning to rally outside the school Wednesday morning.High school clinic fills health need
More than 1,000 students a month show up in Southwest High School nurse Lynette Matheny's office. In her 16 years as a school nurse, she's seen hundreds of sports injuries, monitored hundreds of asthmatics and talked to many children with depression.Principal at Preuss abruptly steps down
Following a grade-tampering scandal at the Preuss School, the nationally recognized charter school at UC San Diego that steers low-income and minority students to college, the principal has resigned.Immigration agents detain mom at Oakland school
Immigration agents detained a pregnant mother Tuesday morning at an East Oakland elementary school. The woman's frightened 6-year-old daughter was told to go to class as her mother was led away for questioning, according to staff at Melrose Bridges Academy.Coachella Valley School District warned of state takeover
State education officials have warned the Coachella Valley Unified School District it could be put under state control for failing to meet test-score goals under the No Child Left Behind Act.Drug testing ahead for athletes?
The Mitchell report on steroid use that rocked professional baseball is also sparking new debate on what California should do to deter the use of performance-enhancing drugs among high school athletes.<L.A. Unified chief makes headway on two contentious fronts
School reform moved on two fronts Tuesday as the Los Angeles Board of Education approved a plan for its 34 lowest-performing schools and officials compromised on which of these campuses will join the mayor's effort to turn around troubled schools.
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