Thursday, December 20, 2007
District adds school closure criteria
The Conejo Valley Unified School District board voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve secondary criteria to help determine which two elementary schools will be closed by 2009.Berkeley hires Lodi superintendent
Lodi Unified Superintendent Bill Huyett will leave his job for the top post in a smaller district, after the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted 5-0 Wednesday night to approve Huyett's hiring.Calaveras school teaches kids about recovery
Angels Creek is an alternative-education program for students with substance abuse problems and a desire to stay sober.Financial planner to assess charter school's situation
Sun Valley Charter High School teachers, parents and students didn't get the answer they were hoping for at an impassioned board meeting Thursday night, but trustees proposed a remedy for the five-year-old school's chronic budget problems and to keep the school open.New contracts struck with teachers, staff
Teachers and support staffers will pay a portion of their insurance costs for the first time under new contracts reached this week with the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District.Barnes named interim superintendent for Ontario-Montclair
Ontario-Montclair School District hired a temporary replacement for former Superintendent Sharon McGehee, who left to head Desert Sands Unified School District in November. Dr. Virgil Barnes, former superintendent of Apple Valley Unified School District, was selected by a 5-0 vote Thursday to act as interim superintendent of Ontario-Montclair until a permanent replacement is found.St. HOPE's charter on the line tonight
The Sacramento City school board faces two major decisions tonight stemming from its contentious vote five years ago to turn Sacramento High School into a charter school run by the nonprofit St. HOPE Corp.Site picked for charter tech school
Trade Tech High organizers have found a site for their planned vocational charter school, potentially ending a search that has lasted more than a year and delayed the school's opening.Grand jury calls for action on enrollment
The Sequoia Union High School District failed to enact controls on its open enrollment policy in order to prevent Carlmont High School's population from going over capacity, according to a grand jury report released Wednesday.Ex-principal of Preuss denies role in scandal
The embattled former principal of the nationally recognized Preuss School at UC San Diego attacked university auditors yesterday for blaming her for a grade-tampering scandal, and said they have no evidence to support their conclusions.Jordan High won't join Villaraigosa's school partnership
Jordan High in Watts will sit out the mayor's school reform effort -- at least for one year -- creating complications and disappointment for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
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