Thursday, July 17, 2008
54 percent in Stockton USD drop out
The stratospheric dropout rate in Stockton Unified School District, where fewer than half the high school students are graduating, has dragged San Joaquin County near the bottom of state dropout rankings, according to statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.All Tribes charter voluntarily closes
Valley Center-Pauma Unified School District trustees were surprised with the news Wednesday night that a small, reservation-based charter school that they were set to close had already "voluntarily" shut its doors.Crisis now clearer
Nearly three in 10 high school students in San Bernardino County dropped out of school in 2006-07, according to a state report released Wednesday. San Bernardino County's 29.9 percent dropout rate was higher than the state average of 24.2 percent. In Los Angeles County it was 27.2 percent, while in Riverside County the rate was 23.7 percent.School district prepares to build, justifies not building
Preparing to build and reasons not to build were both discussed at Chico Unified School District's board of trustees meeting Wednesday. The board heard a report on construction to begin at Pleasant Valley High School and approved a response to the 2007 Butte County Grand Jury Report, focused on reasons for not building Canyon View High School.Paradise school board makes some changes, waits for others
Getting ready for the start of school at Paradise Unified School District means making some changes, such as establishing a new department and deciding to ask parents for money.Indian school under scrutiny to reorganize
Facing revocation of its charter over accusations of financial mismanagement, a school for students living on North County Indian reservations has decided to close and reopen under a different structure.Schools to adopt state fitness test
Getting out of gym class in San Marcos high schools will soon require more effort. In the past, students took two years of physical education classes to fulfill the number of PE credits needed to graduate, and then moved on to other electives. They didn't have to worry about passing tests. But some high school students will have to take more than two years of PE if they can't pass a standardized state fitness test.Catering to the kids
Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista unveiled a food court this week that looks more like one at a mall than a secondary school. The new cafeteria offers smoothies, espressos and wraps, and has HD televisions and student cashiers.School districts change busing tactics under budget squeeze
Buying compressed-natural gas buses, raising bus fees and cutting routes are some of the measures Inland school districts are taking to combat rising fuel prices and shrinking budgets.Moreno Valley school district taking fine comb to budget
Moreno Valley Unified School District trustees are scrutinizing proposed expenditures, big and small, in the wake of financial uncertainty.Column: Charter experiment skews the big picture
It is time to put politics aside and look at what is good for all of the children, not just a few. At present, the charter experiment does not address the needs of all of the children. Should taxpayers' money be used in this way?Valley districts' dropout rates climb under new calculation
A new counting method has dramatically increased high school dropout rates for Fresno Unified and other large school districts in the central San Joaquin Valley, the state Department of Education announced WednesdayColumn: New numbers won't end California school dropout debate
State schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell unveiled newly calculated high school dropout data Wednesday, pegging the overall rate at 24.2 percent. But Alan Bonsteel, president of California Parents for Educational Choice, is unconvinced, saying the new system is still subject to school officials' manipulation.1 in 4 California high school students drop out, state says
Deploying a long-promised tool to track high school dropouts, the state released numbers Wednesday estimating that 1 in 4 California students -- and 1 in 3 in Los Angeles -- quit school. The rates are considerably higher than previously acknowledged but lower than some independent estimates.
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