Friday, May 2, 2008
Dispute splits Stockton USD
Agreeing on the proper road map is such a daunting task that the district is considering returning a five-year, $3.4 million federal grant it was awarded last year to develop "small learning communities" at Chavez, Edison, Franklin and Stagg high schools.SAN MARCOS: Audit said to find transcripts, reporting errors at charter school
The co-founder and director of a San Marcos charter school resigned last week after an audit determined that three students had graduated without enough credits, school and district officials said this week.School board fires special education head
Tim Walker, the school district's deputy superintendent whose handling of the special education department drew fierce criticism from Santa Monicans and great praise from Malibu residents, was fired at Thursday night's Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education meeting at Malibu City Hall.Concord teachers march against budget cuts and contract
Dozens of Mt. Diablo High School teachers marched in downtown Concord on Thursday afternoon to protest state budget cuts and an unsettled contract that has left 1,900 Mt. Diablo district teachers without paid medical benefits or raises.Trustees postpone vote on St. HOPE proposal
St. HOPE Public Schools administrators have asked Sacramento City Unified trustees to postpone consideration of their request to open a charter middle school in Oak Park.Official sees 'depravity' in cheating case
In an emotional memo to teachers written the day after a cheating scandal was uncovered at Rancho Bernardo High School, an assistant principal revealed details of the investigation and reacted to what he described as the declining morality of some students.Campus construction gets more, lower bids
Community college and school districts with recent voter-approved bond projects are cashing in – or hoping to – on the near-standstill in local construction.School chief's duties shift to mayor's advisor
Less than two years into the tenure of Los Angeles Unified Superintendent David Brewer III, all responsibilities for day-to-day operations at the district have quietly been shifted to a veteran educator who has been a key adviser to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.School milk and lunch prices to rise in Oakland
The rising costs of fuel, grains and fresh fruit, paired with dramatic cuts in state spending, have made it harder for school lunch programs to live within their means. The trend hasn't forced radical changes to cafeteria menus, but food service directors say they won't be able to introduce as many new, healthy offerings, or to replace outdated equipment, as quickly as they had planned.Teachers union elects officers
Teachers have fired a salvo at the Fresno Unified School District, electing union officers who will continue a practice of high-pressure tactics that have resulted in higher pay and union-backed candidates on the school board.Ex-student says she told school official of sex with assistant principal
An 18-year-old former student at Foshay Learning Center testified Thursday that she told a school administrator that she had had a sexual relationship with an assistant principal and that the administrator had advised her to recant statements she had made to police after she expressed concern that the man could go to jail.State senate approves plan on teachers at struggling schools
Legislators on Thursday advanced proposals to help poor-performing schools attract experienced teachers and to make it easier for prosecutors to seize gang members' assets.
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