Monday, January 14, 2008
Wood shop slowly disappearing
The buzzing of table saws, once a staple in the schedule of many high school students, is fading as wood shop offerings have dwindled at schools throughout San Joaquin County. Career technology courses are now focusing more on computers and off-campus work study.New gym at Potter Junior High a hit with kids, adults
Educators unveiled a new $7.9 million gymnasium at Potter Junior High School on Friday, heralding the 14,000-square-foot building as the first indoor sports facility at Fallbrook's only middle school.LAUSD eyes new school on Long Beach site
At a community meeting scheduled Wednesday, district planners will discuss demolition of a Long Beach warehouse to build a high school for Carson students. The Los Angeles Unified School District's choice of location - approved by the board in April - has riled neighbors and triggered a lawsuit from the city of Long Beach that could be decided in late February.O.C. schools grapple with state's proposed $4 billion cut
A 10 percent cut to education could lead to scores of teacher layoffs, loss of even more music and arts programs, and less funding for athletic programs, said many local educators in response to the governor's state budget proposal.Computer-based math program in 13 of 31 schools
The addition of a computer-based math program is one of several changes Vista Unified School District has made to enrich its math and science curricula over the past few years, district officials said at a board meeting Thursday.Chico USD must make some program improvements
Since Chico Unified School District is one of the 98 districts around the state designated as "program improvement," some form of corrective action will be required of it. But even though state officials have been discussing various sanctions and solutions, exactly what they will be is sketchy.Continuity appears to work for charter school
Mueller Charter School is the first of the Chula Vista Elementary School District's 44 kindergarten through sixth-grade campuses to keep its kids for seventh and eighth grades.P.E. plan would divide sexes
Most high school students have only ever known co-ed P.E. But someday soon boys and girls in the Kern High School District might have a choice to sweat in single-sex classes.LAUSD payroll crisis nearing an end
A nearly year-long payroll crisis is nearing an end as Los Angeles Unified officials said Friday they have stabilized a new computerized system that has overpaid and underpaid thousands of employees since February.Parents, teachers outraged at proposed $5 billion cut
Parents, teachers and education advocates up and down California reacted with outrage Friday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to cut nearly $5 billion from public schools over the next 18 months.Governor's budget would be a major setback for schools
The budget cut respite, if there ever was one, is over. Public school officials said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts in education funding for 2008-09 would reach deep into classrooms.Opinion: Gov.should take real steps toward education reform
There are some good reasons for gloomy forecasts, namely, the state is facing a $14.5 billion deficit. But, the question remains, in the face of the budget deficit, how do we move forward?Schools seek to speed up fixes for pay mistakes
Like everyone, school staffers make mistakes. Over the past three years, San Diego public schools accidentally overpaid roughly $2.7 million to employees, auditors hired by the district discovered. That's not unusual, auditors said, but the way San Diego Unified gets the money back is.Editorial: Despite tight budget, aim high for education
California, global home of the information economy, says the Governor's Education Quality Commission "has woefully inadequate data systems that lag behind those of nearly every other state in the nation." That's a costly embarrassment. The state spends money in an attempt to improve education but has little idea what works and what doesn't.Finding right mix for school funding
Grim as this year's budget may be, a better fiscal picture lies ahead for K-12 education. State revenues will eventually rebound, as they historically have, and declining enrollment will make more money available per pupil over the next five years. Additional dollars won't make a difference, however, if we don't act now to change how California funds its public schools.
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