Wednesday, May 7, 2008
No uniformity, communication for fitness standards
A state law went into effect in January regarding physical education, yet many of the people it potentially impacts have still never even heard of it.Grant school district sues county office to get buyout funds
Grant school district administrators haven't been paid roughly $2 million in buyouts their school board approved in March because the county superintendent thinks the payments are illegal and won't issue the checks.Fire causes $100,000 in damage to Fairfax school
A fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to a Fairfax school early Tuesday, fire officials said.Tam district hires Illinois educator as superintendent
An assistant superintendent outside Chicago with roots in Southern California will take over in August as the new superintendent of the Tamalpais Union High School District.Teacher charged with molesting 5 girls; D.A. says there's videotape
A Santa Monica middle school teacher was charged Tuesday with multiple counts of sexually molesting five of his female students, officials said.Jurupa school board fears kids at risk from pollution
Fearing for the safety of children in the district, the Jurupa Unified Board of Education has agreed to develop a resolution asking air-quality officials to reduce the levels of hexavalent chromium around TXI Riverside Cement Co.New charter high school gets board OK
The Long Beach Board of Education on Tuesday approved a new charter high school scheduled to open this fall. The five-member board at its regular meeting unanimously approved the application of Colegio New City Charter School, which is slated to open this fall with about 75 freshmen at 1633 Long Beach Blvd.District removes 2 officials in school sex cases
Two senior Los Angeles school district administrators have been removed from their jobs for failing to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against an employee and then clearing him to work at a Watts middle school, where he allegedly molested two additional students.Column: Admiral Aloof? Admiral AWOL
When it comes to the management of the Los Angeles Unified School District, there is such a rich buffet of material lately, I hardly know where to begin.ICE raids on homes panic schools, politicians
Immigration arrests at homes in Berkeley and Oakland on Tuesday sent a wave of panic among parents in both cities, as authorities mistakenly believed immigration agents were raiding schools.Inland lawmaker's charter school bill now opposed by sponsoring group
A group representing the state's charter schools was thrown for a loop when the bill it asked a legislator to carry ended up being much more restrictive than expected.District considers rescinding layoff notices for two teachers
Two John Swett school district teachers who received layoff notices earlier this year could get their jobs back.John Swett board members will decide today whether to rescind the notices for Rodeo Hills Elementary teacher Megan De La Mater and John Swett High teacher Steven Trotter, whose pink slip spurred hundreds of students to walk out of class and march across the Carquinez Bridge in protest.Partnership expands menu for lunch
Each day at lunchtime, cafeterias and student stores aim to take in as much money as they can during 30 frenetic minutes. They're not supposed to compete. In reality, though, “they've been competing with each other for about a million years,” said Nancy Stewart, food service director for South County's Sweetwater Union High School District.Fire TIP Academy leaders or prove allegations wrong, district says
The Encinitas Union School District is calling for the leaders of TIP Academy charter school to be fired because of allegations of conflicts of interest and financial improprieties.
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