Thursday, July 24, 2008
Summer is busy time for school projects
Class might be out for summer, but schools all over the Mother Lode are buzzing with maintenance and construction projects that can't be done during the school year.OCEANSIDE: SBT to partner with another charter school
The recently closed School of Business and Technology has teamed up with another charter school to offer a place for students to go while administrators try to open a school, officials said Wednesday. Oceanside Unified School District trustees voted this month to shut down the school after it struggled with finances and enrollment for six years.POWAY: District turns off air conditioning to cut energy costs
School officials said this week they're looking at ways to cool down their electricity bill. Poway Unified School District employees have resorted to keeping their doors closed to trap cold air inside, for example, and they're even working in the afternoon with the air conditioners turned off, said Steve Rogers, the district's energy conservation director.Work on disputed Los Angeles USD school set
Construction is set to begin soon on a new campus that will accommodate students from overcrowded Banning and Carson high schools, despite a renewed legal challenge and continued complaints from Carson residents about the lack of student parking on the site.Alta Loma school superintendent resigns
Superintendent Janet Morey of the Alta Loma School District announced her resignation, effective Aug. 8, during the board meeting Tuesday. Morey, who has been with the district since February 2003, will continue in the field of education by working in the Fullerton Elementary School District as assistant superintendent of educational services.School board OKs $2.1 billion bond measure for ballot
After weeks of often-confusing deliberations over what its massive fix-it list should include, the San Diego school board voted unanimously Wednesday to put a $2.1 billion bond measure on the November ballot.Outgoing Riverside school district superintendent aimed high, overcame lows
Susan Rainey isn't happy about the problems that schools face, such as what she sees as a convoluted state funding system and unrealistic demands for student achievement. But Rainey, who has served as superintendent of the Riverside Unified School District for the past decade, sounds optimistic when she talks about students.Poll: Bond backed, not LAUSD
Los Angeles voters support another school bond, but don't trust Los Angeles Unified School District leadership, according to a limited poll conducted for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.Testing group reveals why it voided exams
As a south Orange County high school made plans Wednesday for a mass retesting, the nonprofit group that administers the Advanced Placement exams offered a disturbing picture of the proctoring environment in May that led it to void the tests of nearly 400 students.Home visits aim to keep students from floundering in high school
Begun in 1998 by the Sacramento City Unified School District, its teachers union and Sacramento Area Congregations Together, the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project encourages relationships between educators and parents by going into students' homes.
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