Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Albany schools tightening rules for volunteers
Spurred in part by two recent cases involving volunteers, including one accused of sexual assault, the Albany school district is in the midst of devising a comprehensive policy meant to tighten volunteer requirements.School district builds for its future
The Santee School District will begin $128.7 million worth of construction projects this summer at its nine schools.Ramona trustees begin search for new superintendent
After 10 years on the job, Ramona Unified School District Superintendent Pete Schiff will retire at the end of the school year on June 30. Schiff, 59, announced his plans to retire at a board meeting last week.Ideas rolling in on ways to cut schools' costs
Want music teachers to survive the budget ax? Hoping the school nurse won't get the boot? Worried the computer labs might get unplugged? The solution to the San Diego Unified School District's financial troubles could be as easy as imposing a bad parenting fee, erecting corporate billboards on campuses or switching to 10-hour school days, four days a week.Tough decisions await school board, new superintendent
The San Diego school board has just hired its second superintendent in less than three years. Now a majority of its members have started focusing on their own job security.LAUSD facing challenge of English at home, class
It's at the heart of a growing urgency at Los Angeles Unified School District that after more than 15 years of quiet awareness, more now needs to be done to meet the challenges faced by students whose native language is English but who speak vernacular dialects at home.School lunch menus get lean on meat after recall
Bay Area schools are reworking their lunch menus following the largest meat recall in U.S. history. Many schools had already put beef distributed by Westland Meat Co. on hold as recommended by the state Department of Education late last month. The Southern California company and its partner, Hallmark Meat Packing, face animal-abuse allegations.Oxnard slaying prompts diversity education bill
Prompted by the fatal classroom shooting of an Oxnard student that prosecutors allege was a hate crime, a state legislator Monday announced plans to introduce a bill to expand diversity education in California schools.Judgment day for L.A. teacher union officials
The band of left-wing, dissident back-benchers that took over the city teachers union three years ago faces a verdict this week on its revolution. United Teachers Los Angeles is holding elections, the results of which will affect not only teachers but also school-reform efforts and city politics.
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