Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Paso school district set to reduce faculty, staff
Paso Robles’ schools will have at least a dozen fewer teachers next year after the school board made budget cuts Tuesday night in response to a bleak state budget outlook.Eureka City Schools finalizes 72 layoffs
The Eureka City Schools Board of Education unanimously authorized the laying off of 72 teachers at a special meeting Tuesday, but officials said the re-hiring should happen in the next two weeks.Lincoln School to reopen
Three years after a budget crisis forced the Salinas City Elementary School District to shut down Lincoln School in south Salinas, the grand old building will reopen its doors to elementary students in August.35 Scotts Valley students hit by chicken pox outbreak
At least 35 children at Scotts Valley schools are being treated for chicken pox as part of an outbreak that began in April, school officials and the county health department disclosed Tuesday.Central Unified weighs bus solutions
Central Unified, a largely rural school district that buses nearly 70% of its students, is grappling with fuel costs and students having to catch the bus as early as 6 a.m, then wait around for class to start.Elementary school principal arrested for alleged coke possession
The embattled principal at Greenfield Elementary School has been arrested for alleged cocaine possession.LAUSD mulls 5th bond measure
Faced with aging campuses and still-crowded schools, Los Angeles Unified officials on Tuesday debated whether to ask voters to approve another bond measure for an ongoing $20 billion facilities construction program that already is the largest in the nation.Driver's ed dropped as graduation requirement
The San Francisco school board voted unanimously Tuesday to drop driver's education as a graduation requirement, agreeing with students that times have changed and the course isn't as relevant to today's teenagers.Column: Brewer treats schools like a navy fleet
The highlight of our 45-minute chat was Brewer's promise that in two to three weeks, 300 to 400 jobs at the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters will be eliminated as he decentralizes the district . . . But that was about it for specifics on how he was going to improve L.A. Unified.School board forms committee to quell Indian mascot uproar
Carpinteria High School's warrior mascot could be staying. The Carpinteria Unified School District board decided Tuesday night that a committee will be formed to make a recommendation on Native American imagery on the school campus.VUSD board names new administrators for five schools
New administrators were named for five Visalia schools at Tuesday night's Visalia Unified School District board of trustees meeting.Mt. Diablo school board cuts $3.7 million
In anticipation of major statewide budget cuts coming down the pipeline, the Mt. Diablo school board voted Tuesday night to slash another $3.7 million from schools over the next three school years.Column: State confronts budget deficit with more gimmicks
Californians and their politicians have been dodging the budgetary bullet for 30 years, refusing to reconcile demands for public services, from education to prisons to firefighting to health care, with a distaste for paying more taxes.Rialto Unified holds Latino Male Youth Summit
Educators and business professionals hope to use their own stories of struggle and success to motivate male Latino students at Rialto Unified School District's inaugural Latino Male Youth Summit.Classical Kids revises charter petition to Romoland school district
A charter school hoping to teach students with both tutors and classroom time submitted a revised petition for Romoland School District officials to consider.Governor eyes lottery profits to fix budget
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will unveil a spending proposal today that calls for borrowing against future profits from the state lottery to help close what is expected to be a $15.2 billion budget deficit in the new fiscal year, administration officials said late Tuesday.No uniformity with layoffs as schools cut budgets
School districts across the state are grappling with ways to cut billions in education spending in response to the state's fiscal crisis. The most direct way is layoffs because employee salaries and benefits represent the largest portion of a typical school district's budget.Some get reprieve in school layoffs
High school English teachers, counselors and librarians got an 11th-hour reprieve from layoffs in the San Diego school district yesterday when the superintendent asked trustees to exempt them from budget cuts
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