Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Officers return to Ventura high schools
After a four-year hiatus, police officers returned full time to Ventura high schools as classes began Tuesday in the district. Uniformed officers were a regular sight on Ventura Unified School District campuses years ago.Some Twin Rivers teachers upset about extended class time
A decision to add 25 to 30 more teaching minutes every day for elementary children in the new Twin Rivers Unified School District has upset many teachers there.Algebra 1 requirement highlights teacher shortage
Now that the state has mandated Algebra 1 for all eighth-graders within three years, a deeply entrenched problem has become even more urgent: California does not have enough qualified teachers of mathematics.POWAY: Students return to classes, without buses at many schools
Parents parked their cars along winding residential streets, squeezed illegally into vacant spots beside red curbs and escorted hundreds of students from nearby homes and drop-off spots Tuesday. For several thousand kids and their parents the school traffic is a new, added inconvenience, as they grapple with the elimination of most elementary school busing and a handful of middle and high school routes for the first time this fall.Ross Valley school board cuts jobs amid protests
Over the protests of parents, students and former students, the Ross Valley School District board cut three staff positions in what its members hope will be the last round of layoffs triggered by the state budget crisis.People make their wish list for superintendent
The Riverside Unified School District needs a superintendent who can improve communication with employees and the community and bring up academic performance among all students, according to a report on the views of employees and community members. The survey was part of the district's search for a new superintendent to replace Susan Rainey, who retired at the end of July.Long Beach USD moves to close school
The Long Beach Board of Education on Tuesday took the first step toward closing a controversial charter school that district officials have accused of mismanagement. The board voted 4-0 to issue an intent to revoke the charter for MATTIE Academy, a school for at-risk youths that opened last fall.Teachers hired back at last minute
The walls in Karen Netterville's classroom at Chico High School presented shining white blankness Monday afternoon, just four days after the start of school.Blind children will have to find their way at a new Oakland school
Parents and special education advocates were alarmed by the school district's decision to relocate a well-established program for the blind — an announcement that wasn't made until June, on the last week of school. The move uprooted not only the seven visually impaired children at Montclair Elementary School, but students in a special education class at Glenview Elementary School were shuffled to a third school, Bella Vista Elementary, to make room for them.
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