Monday, March 3, 2008
Putting unification on ballot is backed
The California Department of Education has recommended in favor of a local decision to allow Camarillo-area voters to choose whether to create a new, unified school district.As budget shrinks, classes could swell
While talks of spending reductions in schools have focused on programs, teacher layoffs and equipment purchases, holding down class size is a major worry for many educators. San Joaquin County districts face budget reductions of many millions of dollars.Lake Elsinore district planning school closure and layoffs
To balance the budget for the upcoming academic year, the school district will consider closing Jean Hayman Elementary School in Wildomar and eliminating the positions of 62 teachers, the district board decided in a special session Sunday.School's class shift criticized
Sacramento City Unified officials overhauled Hiram Johnson High School's master schedule in November. In the shuffle, at least two dozen students designated as "English-language learners" were removed from an intensive language tutoring class and placed mostly in elective classes including piano, art, French and Spanish-for-Spanish-speakers.City schools chief to retire
M. Magdalena Carrillo Mejia, superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, announced Friday she will retire this summer when her contract expires.Gompers resists sharing space
The Chollas View school that fought for autonomy from the San Diego school district is gearing up for a battle over its turf.School district seeks more cuts
In its proposed second round of budget reductions for next school year, the Long Beach Unified School District plans to save nearly $20 million by cutting summer school offerings, middle school sports teams, counselors, school supplies and other measures.Tahoe district hires Paradise schools chief
Steve Jennings, superintendent of the Paradise Unified School District, will soon be leaving to take a comparable position with the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District.School board cuts $2.5 million at Sunday special session
Lake Elsinore school board members agreed Sunday to cut an additional $2.5 million from next year's budget by eliminating several positions, trimming textbook funds and closing a magnet program at Railroad Canyon Elementary School.School districts prepare to lose millions
School districts countywide are bracing for what could be one of the sharpest education cuts to the state budget since the late 1970s and are weighing their options: hiring freezes, school closures, early-retirement incentives and layoffs.Bill would protect journalism teachers who defend student free speech
State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Mateo has introduced a bill, SB 1370, to prohibit schools and colleges from retaliating against employees for standing up for students' free speech rights.Schools plan for cuts as. districts wrestle with budget priorities
Inland Valley school districts are bracing for what could be one of the sharpest education cuts to the state budget since the late 1970s and are weighing their options: hiring freezes, school closures, early retirement incentives and layoffs.Districts facing cuts still recruiting teachers
Kern County school districts are recruiting teachers despite talk of layoffs. Kern High School District’s head hunter, Russ Clark, scoured the northeastern United States for teachers last week even as the district is considering eliminating 90 teaching positions, spokesman John Teves said.Local school officials ponder drastic cuts
School districts across Kern County are preparing for what could be unprecedented cuts to education, including teacher layoffs, class size increases and the elimination of electives.Massive teacher layoffs loom across O.C.
The county's 28 school districts are deep in efforts to develop plans to cut about $204 million, or 5 percent, from their operating budgets in the face of a mounting state budget crisis.Milpitas teacher who showed abortion film to 8th-graders quits
The Milpitas science teacher who showed eighth-graders a graphic anti-abortion video remains on paid leave but has resigned from teaching at Russell Middle School effective June 30.Schools operate in crisis mode
After crossing their fingers that they could avoid layoffs, teachers from Santa Ana to Kern County learned last week that they may not have jobs as their districts struggle to balance their books in anticipation of a $4.8-billion education cutback proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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