Thursday, March 6, 2008
Parents plead for Conejo schools
While parents implored Conejo Valley Unified School District board members to keep their schools open, a district committee recommended closing two campuses by fall 2009.95 school jobs at risk in Novato
Novato school officials began issuing pink slips to 95 teachers and staff members Wednesday as the district started trimming $4 million from its 2008-09 budget in anticipation of state funding cuts.Jurupa USD saves some jobs
Juggling expenditures will help ensure that 79 of 85 certificated employees keep their jobs in the Jurupa Unified School District at the end of the current school year.Lincoln to close next year
Lincoln Elementary School will be closed next year, the Eureka City Schools governing board unanimously decided Wednesday night, making it the fourth elementary school to be closed since 2001.Plans for Chico High construction move ahead
A new building at Chico High School took two steps forward Wednesday evening. Chico Unified School District's board of trustees approved hiring an architect to design a new building to replace 21 portable classrooms, and took a first look at a proposal to issue the remaining $30.725 million of Measure A bonds approved by voters in 1998.Rosedale votes to give 20 teachers pink slips
The Rosedale Union School District Wednesday voted to notify 20 teachers that they may not have a job next year. The plan, approved 4-to-0 with one board member absent, was less destructive than an alternative that would have cut 34 jobs.Byron school district forms budget group to decide
The Byron school district has taken a special approach to the looming state budget cuts. A budget advisory committee has been formed with parents, teachers, principals and district staff. At Tuesday's Byron Union School District meeting, the group outlined common priorities and recommendations for budget reductions affecting the small school district that serves Discovery Bay and Byron.Dublin schools ask parents to send missives with a mission
Facing budget cuts that he says could have a "devastating effect" on the Dublin school district, Superintendent Steve Hanke is urging local residents to send letters to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and members of the state Legislature.Number of English learners decreasing in O.C. schools
The number of English learners in Orange County public schools has been decreasing steadily since 2002, while the number of bilingual students has been increasing over the same time span, according to a report on the state of Orange County released this week.Memorial Academy's charter at risk
Frustrated and desperate, many parents and teachers at the Memorial Academy of Learning and Technology are waving a white flag – begging the San Diego school board to take them back as a district-run campus. The troubled charter school has been plagued with low test scores, dwindling enrollment and growing unrest among teachers, who say the campus board of directors mismanages the school and governs in secrecy.Teachers part of high school district cuts
Dozens of San Pasqual High School students say Ben Stampfl is a great teacher and they don't think he should lose his job, which is in jeopardy because of plans to trim $3 million from the Escondido high school district's 2008-09 budget.Temecula district weighs closing two schools to cut budget
Two elementary schools are in danger of shutting their doors as the Temecula Valley Unified School District struggles to make up a $10.4 million deficit next school year.Trustees delay vote on cutting teachers, counselors
Moreno Valley Unified School District trustees declined to vote Tuesday on the recommended budget cuts that would eliminate 40 teachers and 12 elementary school counselors.Teachers union settles suit over district's payroll system
United Teachers Los Angeles announced Wednesday that it has resolved a lawsuit over Los Angeles Unified's payroll system and said the school district has agreed to pay interest to 6,700 teachers who were underpaid for six months.School district plans to cut jobs
A year ago, the San Mateo-Foster City School District added a new full-time teacher and full-time teaching coach to each of its three neediest schools: College Park and Horrall elementary schools and Bayside Middle School. Tonight, the school board faces a decision on eliminating those positions.District looks for help with classrooms
The Belmont-Redwood Shores School District may get help from Redwood City and others in the community in providing additional classrooms needed because of a surge in the student population.Hmong Academy faces uphill battle to get FUSD charter
Dozens of parents are pushing to create what they believe would be the first school in California designed primarily for Hmong and Lao children -- an academy where their native languages, culture and traditions would be taught.Alameda high school students walk out to protest budget cuts
Hundreds of students from Alameda's two high schools walked out of class today and marched to the district superintendent's office to protest $2.56 million in budget cuts approved by the school board Tuesday night.Ruling seen as a threat to many home-schooling families
Parents who lack teaching credentials cannot educate their children at home, according to a state appellate court ruling that is sending waves of fear through California's home schooling families.
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