Friday, January 18, 2008
New Paso schools superintendent hits the ground running
Kathy McNamara, the new superintendent of Paso Robles’ public schools, has already visited every campus in the district. She hopes to visit every classroom by the end of the academic year.Vista high schools focus on character
A new program at Vista's two main high schools that focuses on positive character traits has already had a positive effect on those campuses, educators said this week.Superintendent takes issue with governor's budget cut proposals
El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Vicki Barber released a statement last week on Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts to education. Barber said that while she appreciated the governor's 'frank discussion and presentation ... on what we're facing as a state,' she disagreed with his description of the financial climate.Glenn County's schools chief gets $20,000 raise
Glenn County's superintendent of schools got a raise totaling more than $20,000 in a 3-2 decision voted Wednesday by the County board of education. The board approved a revised salary schedule, retroactive to Jan. 8, 2007, that will raise Arturo Barrera's pay rate for the year ending Dec. 31, 2007 to $127,555.Edison district finds interim leader
The Edison Elementary School District board unanimously approved a contract with Kern County Superintendent of Schools to provide an interim district superintendent and interim principal for Orangewood Elementary following two administration resignations in the same week.Board rejects pay raise for Oakley teachers
The Oakley school board on Wednesday night unanimously rejected a tentatively approved 4 percent raise for district teachers because of the state's fiscal emergency.County rejects teachers' contract
Teachers in the Acalanes Union High School District will not get the 3 percent raise they were expecting in two weeks because the county rejected their tentative union contract in light of the governor's proposed budget cuts.Opinion: Payroll justice
After struggling for months - and wasting millions - to gain control over their botched payroll system, Los Angeles Unified School District officials now sound optimistic. According to last week's payroll numbers, errors due to defects in the system were below 1 percent, meaning that 99.2 percent of the district's employees were paid accurately. And that's good news - but it's not enough.Strict rules mark schools
At most schools, 10-year-olds don't think much beyond the next recess, but at the Knowledge Is Power Program Academy of Opportunity in South Los Angeles, the idea of attending a top-notch college is drilled into students' heads from the moment they walk through the door at 7:30 a.m. until they leave at 5 p.m.Oakland teachers to seek 20 percent raise
Two years after a narrowly averted strike, the Oakland teachers union plans to return to the bargaining table with an ambitious proposal.
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