Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Schools aim to retain students
According to the latest numbers available from the California Department of Education, Ventura County's dropout rate was 2.2 percent in 2005-06. Although the rates don't always provide a clear picture of the number of students who have left the system, local school officials estimate about 415 students in Ventura County drop out every year.Man sets up shop outside school to protest cuts
A San Leandro man sat in a portable shower chained to the front door of Tokay High School's administration office building Monday morning. The bizarre scene had a purpose for 53-year-old Larry Arnold.New Lucia Mar chief is no stranger to declining enrollment, budget cuts
Lucia Mar school district’s new superintendent says he hopes to create a more unified board and administration that would work together to confront challenges such as budget cuts and falling enrollment.School cuts slammed
Salinas-area middle school students joined state senators on Monday in calling the governor's drastic proposed cuts in education intolerable.San Marcos Unified may cut busing program
The San Marcos school board approved cuts last night that could eliminate the jobs of 76 full-time and part-time classified employees, including bus drivers, custodians and instructional aides.Crowd gathers in Las Flores to protest school cuts
Protesters chanted "Save our schools" this evening as they rallied against proposed cuts in school spending.High schools curb driver's ed as interest dies
In the late 1980s, virtually every high school taught students the rules of the road and then put them behind the wheel of a sturdy car. In 1990, the state pulled the funding that paid for the driver's training, and almost overnight, the behind-the-wheel instruction was eliminated. The state still requires classroom-based driver's education, but that law is largely ignored.Four indicted in misuse of school funds
A Santa Barbara County grand jury has indicted a former school district official in Santa Maria and three former executives of a defunct Temecula company for allegedly siphoning off $3.6 million in state funds intended for school construction.
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