Monday, August 11, 2008
New Lodi Unified chief settles in
Lodi Unified School District's newly hired Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer began work Aug. 1. The Record sat down with her recently to discuss the state of the district and some of its most pressing issues.School jobs continue to flourish
Fifth-grade teacher Caitlan Clarke was "nervous but excited" to start work at Lodi Unified's Podesta Ranch Elementary School on July 28, the first day of her first teaching job. Clarke is one of hundreds of teachers who were hired to work in San Joaquin County school districts this year, proving that even in a down economy - and with millions of dollars in school budget cuts - qualified teachers always are in demand.Tam Union has new schools chief
As a Chicago resident most of her life, Laurie Kimbrel wasn't sure what to expect from Marin - until she stopped to rest in a San Anselmo park. "I was sitting on a park bench prior to my interviews, just taking it all in, when several community members passing by stopped to chat," said Kimbrel, who began work as the Tamalpais Union High School District's newest superintendent on Aug. 1.In rare move, new Twin Rivers district is expanding its instruction time
In an uncommon move, the new Twin Rivers Unified School District is adding 25 to 30 minutes of daily instruction time in all of its elementary schools.S.D. Unified hopes hybrid high school hits expectations
The San Diego school district will open a hybrid high school in September in what would be the first in a string of nontraditional offerings designed to prevent students from dropping out while meeting growing demands for alternative education programs.Colfax's charter route will retain links to LAUSD
After operating as a traditional Los Angeles Unified school for more than 50 years, Colfax Avenue Elementary will switch to a charter this fall after a frustrated staff voted to break with the district's rules.Some teachers relieved to have job after all
As teachers prepare to start school in the next few weeks, many in Kern County are happy to have the jobs that seemed so unsure a few months ago.Homeschooling OK, appeals court says
A state appeals court lifted the cloud it had cast on the homeschooling of 166,000 California children and ruled Friday that parents have a right to educate their children at home even if they lack a teaching credential.New name, new life for Belmont school
Veteran school administrator Scott Braxton could not help but wonder about his new assignment, principal of the school formerly known as the Belmont Learning Complex. Was this most infamous of schools safe?Fuel costs changing the way school buses run in districts
Fremont may double its bus fees, to $700 a kid. In Gilroy, elementary students must now live a mile away from school before they can board a school bus. And transportation directors everywhere are working the phones to find the best price on diesel fuel.Column: For tricky California budgets, turn to the old masters
Whenever legislators become frozen in a budget bog, I remember the words of two historic leaders. One was the 19th century chancellor of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck, who said, "Politics is the art of the possible." Meaning, as pundit William Safire put it in his "Political Dictionary": "the need for compromise, asking not 'what must be done' but 'what can be done.' "
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