Thursday, April 24, 2008
50 Eureka teachers appeal layoff notices
About 50 teachers attended procedural hearings Wednesday to appeal layoff notices, as well as send a message to Eureka City Schools.Oak View's new superintendent to bring a Chiechi-like outlook
Michael Scully, principal at Fairsite Elementary School, kissed a pig to get students to raise test scores and read books. He has also shaved his head, eaten worms, been doused with green slime, dressed up as a woman and worn a tutu to school for the same reasons.Starting July 1, Scully will replace Principal and Superintendent Bill Chiechi, who will be retiring after 29 years at the district.Durham schools seek ways to close deficit
In an often passionate but always cordial interplay, teachers, administrators and staff members of the Durham Unified School District tried desperately to squeeze economic blood from a stone.School board brings back services
The Pleasanton school board modified its list of budget cuts for next year, taking off the chopping block elementary school reading specialists and other services, but may add administrative cuts later.FUSD can raise fees, study says
Fresno Unified trustees received a study Wednesday night that gives the school district the legal right to raise developer fees on all new homes and commercial projects built within district boundaries.For many California ninth-graders, it's shape up or more PE
In California public schools, kids have been tested for physical fitness for many years. If they could do the push-ups and run a quick mile – great. If not – no big deal. This spring, that is changing for many of the half-million ninth-graders across the state. For the first time, high school freshmen in many districts must pass five of six fitness exams or face the possibility of extra years in physical education classes.Oakland: When school bullies get out of hand
Anthony Cataldo of Oakland first raised concerns about aggressive bullying at his son's elementary school last year after Zachary lost four teeth on the playground - but he said he received only a verbal assurance that things would change.California students log improvement in English fluency
One-third of California's 1.4 million nonnative students demonstrated enough English fluency this year to gain access to higher-level and college-prep course work, a modest improvement over last year, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Education.
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