Thursday, August 7, 2008
Column: The bottom line on taxes
Death and taxes may be inevitable, but among the Los Angeles City Council, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and, most important, California voters, opposition to taxes is not.State's budget woes halt some schools' maintenance
Two Santa Maria Valley school districts put off summer maintenance projects that they consider vital because the state budget crisis left them short of funds needed for completion.$300M bond for school construction voted down
The school board has rejected placing a $300 million construction bond on the November ballot.Oak Ridge has whole new look
Finally, next week, students, staff members and the surrounding community will get to see what's been going on at the fenced-off Oak Ridge High School campus.School starts with free bus rides
Middle school students in Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin will be getting free rides for the first two weeks of school this year.West county education committee raises $15K for parcel tax campaign
A committee advocating for passage of a West Contra Costa school district parcel tax in the fall raised $15,525 from January to June, according to documents filed with the county elections department.School district flip flop, sandals OK on campus
The school district has flip-flopped on its new student dress code and will now allow the popular sandals at Paso Robles High School.Lafayette schools hire new superintendent
The Lafayette School District hired a new superintendent Wednesday night — Fred Brill, an administrator in the Oakland school district who had previously been principal of Lafayette's Stanley Middle School for nine years.Settlement on school bus fixes to cut fumes
The state's largest school bus operator has agreed to renovate more than 2,000 buses in California to run cleaner, settling a lawsuit that accused it of exposing children to diesel exhaust in leaky passenger cabins.
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