Friday, April 18, 2008
Superintendent Weis accepts Bay Area job
Ventura County schools Superintendent Charles Weis was chosen to head the Santa Clara County Office of Education at a meeting Wednesday night in San Jose. The Santa Clara County school board voted 7-0 to appoint Weis as its superintendent of schools after a months-long search process.VALLEY CENTER: School trustees vote on layoffs
Nearly three dozen school and district support positions were tentatively cut Thursday night when Valley Center's trustees approved a resolution that could save the district about $322,000.Students, parents face sadness and frustration
Now that the decision to close Cohasset and Forest Ranch schools has been made, many parents wonder what's next for their children and their communities.State teachers union chief says California needs more money
Surrounded by about 70 parents, teachers and students holding up signs protesting proposed cuts to local public schools, the president of the state teachers union said today that California must increase its revenue streams to solve the state budget crisis and fully fund education this fall.Numbers say school violence is down, but is it?
Statistics suggest schools are getting safer -- but many teachers and experts disagree. A National Center for Education Statistics analysis, for example, found that the number of violent deaths on campuses decreased between 1992 and 2005, from 57 to 35.School district limits its searches of students' cell phones
In schools across the country, cell phones go on and cell phones get confiscated, often on a daily basis. Students may lose their beloved phone for the rest of the school day. But they don't expect to lose their privacy. In a small town east of Stockton, that is what happened to a senior named Justin Tomek at Linden High School last October.
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