Monday, August 4, 2008
Natomas board overrules schools chief, will seek restitution
Reversing the stance of its superintendent, the Natomas Unified School District board on Friday agreed to seek restitution from its former facilities chief, who pleaded no contest last month to felony conflict of interest.Charter schools get technology grant
Robotics and other science and technology studies are coming to Escondido Charter High School and its affiliate, Heritage K-8 Charter School, in a big way after the school received more than $100,000 in grant funding.Compromise ends impasse over bond
East County voters will decide in November on a $417 million bond measure for major high school projects. The Grossmont Union High School District's governing board voted 5-0 Thursday to seek approval of a bond that would raise property taxes for 25 years.A second chance to fulfill dreams
When Ricki Younn didn't graduate high school in June, he thought he missed his chance to become the first in his family to earn a diploma. After passing two literature classes in summer school, Younn finally put on a cap and gown on Wednesday to fulfill that dream.Translators work with words at Inland school district parent meetings
San Bernardino City Unified is one of several Inland school districts that offer Spanish interpretation at board and community meetings. School districts in Hemet, Riverside and the Jurupa area all provide translators, but mainly on an as-needed basis and in a less high-tech way than San Bernardino.Book examines four new teachers' experience at high school
Donna Foote spent a year at troubled Locke High School in Watts observing and documenting the workaday struggles of four new teachers. In her recently published book, "Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches With Teach For America," Foote delves into the lives of the teachers she met and reveals much about the high school.3 districts safe from budget cuts
Three school districts in San Luis Obispo County, which educate nearly 8,000 students, join an elite group in the state that sit on such high-priced real estate that they get most of their financial support from property taxes.County schools on tight budgets
In three weeks, many of San Luis Obispo County’s 35,000 public school students will return to find campuses where there will be fewer teachers and janitors, shabbier books and hallways collecting more dust than usual between cleanings.Sacramento-area schools add algebra requirement to the equation
When the state Board of Education dropped its bombshell last month requiring algebra for all eighth-graders, many predicted a mess. There is truth in all of the gloom and doom. Yet in many places in the Sacramento region, schools are facing the new algebra mandate – which is expected to take hold in three years – with resolve and optimism.Fiscal uncertainty remains for San Mateo County schools
Local school boards have passed budgets for the 2008-09 fiscal year, but that doesn't mean education leaders feel any better about their finances.Schools to discuss upgrade plans
The hourlong meeting will provide details of work to be done as the result of the February passage of Stockton Unified's $464.5 million Measure Q construction bond.Beverly Hills case blends free speech, public schools and cyber-bullying
What may have been just another typical middle school moment became a serious headache for school officials when one of the students uploaded the conversation as a video on http://YouTube.com. Because of the Internet posting, Beverly Vista School officials found themselves grappling with their responsibility to ensure a student's well-being and the ambiguous limits of their authority on the Web.Oakland high school is just for immigrants
The students at Oakland International High School form a real-life melting pot. The school opened its doors a year ago at a former middle school on Webster Street in the Temescal neighborhood to serve a diverse group of high school students with some things in common: They are all relatively new to the country, they are trying to become fluent in English, and nearly all qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch, an indicator of low socioeconomic status.Budget, slew of bills face California lawmakers today
For the 23rd time in the last 32 years, California has begun a new fiscal year without a budget, leaving it unable to pay its suppliers, fund some school programs and pay the salaries of elected officials and their staffs. It also has delayed payments to certain health-care providers that care for the poor.
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