Friday, May 9, 2008
Boy was playing P.E. game in pool before he drowned
Atascadero High School junior John Erlanson was playing a game of bucket ball in the shallow end of the school’s swimming pool with the rest of his physical education class around 10:30 a. m. Wednesday when something went terribly wrong.VALLEY CENTER: School faces losing charter
The Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District board took a step Thursday toward closing a small charter school, a move one of the school's founders said she intends to challenge.MENIFEE: County board votes against adding high school to Menifee district
Those who want to bring Paloma Valley High School into the Menifee school district vowed to press on with the lengthy unification process Thursday, despite a failing grade from a county advisory board.Durham school trustees make budget cuts
After nearly 12 hours of discussion over three meetings in as many weeks, the Durham school board voted to make more than $225,000 in budget cuts. But the last 15 minutes of Thursday's hearing may change both the cut numbers and even some attitudes in the district.West County school district moves forward with parcel tax plan
West Contra Costa school board members agreed this week that it's not a matter of whether, but when, to take the final formal steps toward asking voters in November to renew the existing parcel tax.High school district needs new bond, superintendent says
The Grossmont high school district's superintendent proposed yesterday that the district seek another bond measure to complete projects that a 2004 bond measure can't cover and to pay for new ones.District will issue layoff notices to 100 teachers
Carlsbad Unified School District trustees unanimously approved issuing layoff notices to 100 teachers yesterday in a move clouded by uncertainties over the state budget for 2008-09.Banning Unified School District votes to send pink slips to 24 teachers
Faced with a shortfall in state funding, trustees of the Banning Unified School District voted Thursday night to send final layoff notices to 24 teachers.Corona-Norco Unified task force looks to improve special education
Improving communication and developing a new intervention plan are among the recommendations being made by a Corona-Norco Unified School District task force on special education.Buses crash on school trip to Yosemite
Twelve children from Newman's Yolo Middle School and an adult were injured Thursday in a bus crash during a sixth-grade day trip to Yosemite National Park.Five more Santa Monica molestation complaints investigated
The president of Santa Monica's school board said Thursday that a "breakdown in communication" prevented the board from fully examining a 2006 complaint against a teacher who was charged this week with molesting five of his female students.LAUSD parents grill experts on lead levels at Woodlake Elementary
Los Angeles Unified school officials Thursday tried to convince parents of Woodlake Elementary School students that they had little to fear from high lead levels in campus drinking fountains, but parents remained skeptical.Fund drive to save Davis school jobs tops $1 million
A campaign to raise money for Davis schools has blown past the million-dollar mark. Janet Berry, president of the nonprofit Davis Schools Foundation, said the group has raised nearly $1.2 million since it kicked off its fundraising drive in March.
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