Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bonita district slashes 20 jobs
Bonita Unified School District officials approved cuts for more than a dozen positions in its classified services staff Monday.Educators protest budget
Hundreds of educators, students, parents and elected officials gathered at the Alhambra Unified School District office to rally against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed school budget cuts.CARLSBAD: School district approves $5.6M in budget cuts
Carlsbad Unified School District trustees unanimously agreed Wednesday to cut as much as $5.6 million from what they were expecting to spend next year.REGION: Schools cautiously optimistic about revised budget
School finance officials in Southwest (Riverside) County said they were cautiously optimistic about the revised state budget proposal that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Wednesday, but must see the details before they can determine how it will affect local districts.In Marin, revised state budget could aid schools but hurt the county
Despite changes that could restore cuts to education, school and county officials found little to celebrate in the latest revision to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposal.Educators rally in protest
A few hundred teachers, school administrators and campus employees gathered Wednesday to demand that California lawmakers refuse proposed budget cuts to schools.Schools face shortfall even after state funding boost
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday revised his 2008-09 state budget proposal to uphold the minimum funding guarantee for public education mandated by Proposition 98, but schools continue to face about a $4 billion shortfall.School has low student demand
Sacramento City Unified trustees will discuss tonight whether to delay the opening of a new high school – or just abandon it altogether.District devises health plan for retirees
The San Marcos Unified School District has developed a financial strategy intended to pay for the health benefits of retired employees, a future liability expected to cost about $177 million.School board agrees to $5.6 million in wide-ranging cuts
The Carlsbad school board reluctantly approved $5.6 million in budget cuts last night – a reflection of 100 teacher layoffs already made but also of other painful cuts across the district.Trustees want bond measure on ballot
The Lemon Grove School District is seeking to place a $13 million bond measure on the November ballot.District's unfinished business
To get a picture of why the Oceanside Unified School District is asking voters to approve a $195 million construction bond measure on June 3, visit North Terrace Elementary School and then South Oceanside Elementary a few miles away.Educators breathe brief sigh of relief
State and local education leaders were relieved and wary Wednesday when schools seemingly escaped serious harm in the governor's proposed budget.FUSD trustees approve fee boost for developers
Developers will pay higher fees to the Fresno Unified School District for all new homes and commercial projects built within the district's boundaries, trustees said Wednesday.Vallejo school district feeling effects of city's bankruptcy vote
Vallejo's decision to declare bankruptcy last week has caused the Vallejo City Unified School District - a separate governmental entity - to suffer the loss of financing for portable classrooms, the delayed delivery of textbooks, the decline in value of general obligation bonds and a reduction in the number of on-campus city police officers, school officials said Wednesday.Column: Schwarzenegger gives up trying to balance budget
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has now abandoned his goal of fixing the problem that led to his historic election in 2003. With the revised budget proposal he released Wednesday, the governor has effectively conceded that California's era of perpetual budget deficits will not end on his watch.Schools still may come up short, administrators say
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have backed off a worst-case scenario for public education in a new budget proposal, but administrators say his plan still could leave classrooms shorthanded.
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