Friday, August 1, 2008
Getting students back on track
Pacific View, which serves mostly high school students but also enrolls some students in kindergarten through eighth grade, specializes in getting teenagers back on track and headed toward graduation. The school serves about 370 students in San Diego, Imperial, Orange and Riverside counties.Rocklin school trustees reconsider charter school petition, grapple with fairness issues
Trustees of the Rocklin Unified School District are reconsidering a petition to open a college-prep seventh- to 12-grade charter school at an existing Rocklin high school.New Eureka schools superintendent wants to create magnet district
The new superintendent of Granite Bay's Eureka Union School District has announced his plans to create a magnet school district that would attract parents seeking a more innovative curriculum for their children.Principal removed over AP testing violations
Trabuco Hills High School Principal Dan Sullivan, who was blamed by students and parents for the invalidation of 690 Advanced Placement exams at his school earlier this month after his staff failed to follow national testing protocols, has been removed from his post, district officials confirmed Thursday.Westminster School District sends $130 million bond to ballot
A $130 million school bond aimed at constructing new classrooms, upgrading science labs, replacing worn plumbing, adding new restrooms, and dozens of other projects will go before voters in the Westminster School District in November.Trustees found looking through superintendent's desk
Two Capistrano Unified trustees, including the school board president, were found in the superintendent’s office looking at papers on a day when all district offices were closed, a district official said.New leader of Orange Unified begins tenure
After making the move from Colorado to Orange County on Wednesday, Renae Dreier begins her tenure as superintendent of the Orange Unified School District on this morning.SAN MARCOS: Bayshore Prep hires executive director
Bayshore Prep Charter School hired an executive director Thursday, apparently meeting one of the most significant conditions handed down by the San Marcos Unified District in June, charter school officials said.School board places bond on ballot
The school board has agreed to place a $235 million bond measure before voters. Pomona Unified school board members voted 3-1 Thursday to place the item on the Nov. 4 ballot.School district continues to grapple with unfunded retirement liability
West Contra Costa school district workers have a perk that many employers no longer offer: lifetime retiree health benefits. But that comes at a high cost to the district: an estimated $495 million, which covers benefits for all currently eligible employees and their spouses and amounts to almost twice the district's annual operating budget.$7-billion L.A. school bond joins November ballot
The Los Angeles Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to place a $7-billion bond on the November ballot. It would be the largest local school bond ever -- by far -- and would allow officials to tax property owners for building and repairing schools for the next 10 years.
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