Monday, January 7, 2008
School district seeking new boss
Lodi educators will be spending the first quarter of 2008 searching for a superintendent whose focus will be raising test scores and improving academics in the struggling district.Plan lists ABCs of school reforms
Setting the stage for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Year of Education, a panel whose members he appointed has proposed a sweeping set of reforms that would help define the debate, including performance-based pay for teachers, universal preschool and full-day kindergarten.School districts brace for budget woes
In light of an estimated $14 billion statewide deficit and talk in Sacramento of midyear budget cuts to education, Southwest Riverside County school district officials said they are bracing for tight and troubling fiscal times ahead.School sites sales speak-outs set
The public's time to have their say on the fate of several Eureka City Schools properties is nearly here, and they'll have two nights to voice their opinions.School board to decide on future of charter
The Livermore school board is scheduled to make two important decisions on the future of the Livermore Valley Charter School on Tuesday.Alternative high school to get a second look
The Pleasanton school board will take a second look at the possibility of adding a small, alternative high school.School boundary controversy sparks resignations
A harshly condemned proposal to force some San Clemente children to attend an elementary school more than three miles from their neighborhood campus has led to the resignations of at least seven members of the 24-person committee tasked with finding a solution to the school's crowding problem – and a retreat by the remaining committee members from presenting an aggressive recommendation to the school board.Board to weigh geographic trustee areas
November ballots in South County will include propositions for new rules on who can run for school boards if the county Board of Education approves two petitions on Wednesday.Schools chief leaves with no regrets
It was a Saturday in July 2005 when hundreds of people packed a San Diego school board meeting to witness the unanimous vote that hired Carl Cohn as superintendent of California's second-largest school system. His last official day was Dec. 31.Inland school janitors use break to tackle heavy tasks
Students and teachers returning to Inland schools this week after the holiday break may notice shiny floors, the smell of tile cleanser, tidy and well-stocked classrooms, sanitized bathrooms and sparkling kitchens. School districts typically take advantage of the opportunity when classrooms and hallways are virtually empty.LAUSD payroll prompts measure that would punish contractors
Charging that the Los Angeles Unified School District is wasting taxpayer funds and dragging its feet in filing a lawsuit against the company responsible for rolling out a problem-plagued computerized payroll system, a state assemblyman said he will introduce a bill Monday to urge the district to recoup any lost money.Governor has lots of proposals to fix California schools
In his State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to announce an ambitious but controversial education agenda that includes merit pay for teachers, more local control of school finances, and essentially barring 4-year-olds from entering kindergarten.Dream dies for retail site at school
A relic of the tortured Belmont Learning Complex project was laid to rest last month when school officials voted to spend $35.9 million to turn an abandoned shopping center shell beneath the school into a training and testing center for teachers.California's grim budget picture stalls 'Year of Education'
The mood was buoyant just a few months ago as some of the state's best minds in education gathered to debate what school reforms to make in 2008, a year Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had anointed California's "Year of Education." Since then, much of the enthusiasm has fizzled as the state's fiscal outlook has deteriorated.
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