Thursday, May 29, 2008
Lodi teachers to get 1% pay raise
Teachers in the Lodi Unified School District will receive a 1 percent pay raise in the 2008-09 school year. The raise comes in a tough budget year, when school districts are being asked to slash budgets and were not provided a cost-of-living adjustment increase from the state.Students, staff will bid school goodbye
After nearly 70 years, Spring Valley Elementary School will close June 20. La Mesa-Spring Valley School District officials are closing the school after the last day of the school year because enrollment has dropped and some of the buildings need expensive repairs.At schools, 'T' is for termites
Termites are getting the best of Roosevelt Elementary School in Salinas, where many of the wooden window frames have been gnawed beyond repair. On Tuesday, Election Day, the district is banking on the passage of an $80 million bond - Measure T - to improve dilapidated facilities at Roosevelt and 11 other campuses, including Lincoln School, which will reopen in August after being closed for two years due to budget problems.Financial picture brightens slightly for strapped schools in Fontana, Rialto
School officials in Fontana and Rialto say the governor's May revisions to his budget plan have helped improve their district's fiscal forecast but caution against settling on current figures in unsteady economic times.Jurupa Unified asks board member to pay almost $32,000 in legal fees
The Jurupa Unified School District wants board member Michael Rodriguez to pay more than $31,000 in legal fees that the district ran up while defending itself against his lawsuit.POWAY: Board rehires 110 teachers, scales back bus routes
More than 100 teachers, counselors and nurses in the Poway Unified School District were told Tuesday night that they will be able to keep their jobs next school year.ENCINITAS: Academy to restructure in response to district notice
Four board members of the Theory Into Practice Academy were expected to submit their resignations during a late night meeting Wednesday as school leaders fight to keep the two-year-old institution open.VALLEY CENTER: Charter school supporters question presence of sheriff's deputies
Supporters of a small American Indian charter school said Wednesday they were upset that sheriff's deputies attended the last two Valley Center-Pauma school board meetings during emotional discussions about the possible closure of the school.CARLSBAD: Schools may benefit from increased property values
The Carlsbad Unified School District could be in better shape next year than administrators expected, partly because more property tax money is coming in as the number of students is leveling out, school officials said Wednesday.Turlock schools hires superintendent
The Burlingame superintendent who rose to national attention after taking a critically acclaimed memoir of apartheid South Africa out of eighth-grade classrooms was named superintendent of the Turlock Unified School District on Wednesday.Novato teachers take pay dispute to parents
Novato teachers passed out leaflets to parents dropping off and picking up children Wednesday, noting 200 teachers have left the district in the past five years and saying officials must bring salaries up to par.Shutdown of charter stuns kids
A last-minute fight to raise funds to save LEAP Academy charter high school failed this week, leaving more than 100 students in the lurch as they try to find new classes for the fall.Clovis West boosts blacks' scores
Nick Davis is 17 and black and proud to be a junior at Clovis West High School, a campus with a high concentration of white students. Nick is in the right place, says the education think tank EdSource. It ranks Clovis West the best school in the Valley and third in the state when it comes to helping black students achieve far above average on test scores.Special ed twins get OK for Buchanan graduation
Twins Alyssa and Amanda Reta will join in graduation ceremonies at Buchanan High School after all. The Clovis Unified school board Wednesday unanimously voted to make an exception for the sisters and six other special education students who did not pass the high school exit exam but otherwise were on track to graduate. The students will receive letters of recommendation, not diplomas.Benefit game scores big time for Chico USD
Since baseball was the theme for the Chico Unified School District's first major fundraiser Wednesday to help combat budget restraints, local officials won't mind hailing the event as one heck of a way to get on base.Beloved camp seeks help with up-KEEP
The metal-framed dome classroom is quietly corroding beneath a dozen weathered and cracking canvass tarps strapped down with 100 or more ropes. Layers of patchwork ply-board floor has rotted in some places and is awaiting repair.
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