Thursday, August 21, 2008
Use for lot tapped as a school site is still undecided
The fate of a 22-acre empty lot in Moorpark identified as the site for a new school is still unresolved.Some class sizes shrink
Thanks to a special state grant, seven campuses in the Oxnard School District began shrinking class sizes this school year, dropping from 40 to 25 students in some cases.Dougherty Valley welcomes Gale Ranch Middle School
The Dougherty Valley on Wednesday celebrated the new Gale Ranch Middle School, which will open for the first time when the new school year begins next week.Study: Teacher approach to NCLB varies wildly
Teachers across the country work hard to increase student achievement, but report declining morale and high stress under accountability pressures such as the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to studies published Wednesday by UC Berkeley professors and other scholars.Twin Rivers puts brakes on school construction
Leaders for the Twin Rivers Unified School District have decided to slow down by several years a costly new campus going up in East Natomas.Districts grapple with cuts
Around the Sacramento region, from Citrus Heights to Placerville, students will notice fewer adults when they return to classes this month. In the Western Placer Unified School District, staff reductions will be felt in custodial services, kindergarten classes and front offices. In San Juan Unified, four counseling positions have been left vacant, and the equivalent of three full-time vice principal positions were cut.School cuts cause pain
Counselors are a close-knit group in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District, as evidenced by the hugs and misty eyes when Nikka Vaughan-Strivers and Rennie Simpson said farewell to each other last month. Both women had been laid off as high school counselors – part of the Folsom Cordova district's reduction of about 48 full-time equivalent positions for the 2008-09 school year.Paradise USD grievance will be heard before mediator
An outside mediator will be called in to help settle a complaint the Paradise Classified Employees Association filed against Paradise Unified School District in 2002.Schools prize attendance
From simple to slick, school districts in the region use a variety of tactics to get kids to school. Students receive handwritten notes from principals complimenting them on attendance. Administrators call parents regularly to remind them of attendance issues. Other schools reward kids with pencils or pizza parties, or popcorn for an entire class.Del Mar hires new head of schools
Del Mar school trustees last night unanimously voted to hire the head of the Hermosa Beach City School District as superintendent. Sharon McClain beat out 20 other candidates from around the nation.Hemet Unified district launches conservation program
As Inland school districts anticipate increases in electricity and other utility rates while bracing for lean budgetary times, officials at Hemet Unified say they are trying to attack both challenges at once.Majority of `mayor's school' principals transferred out
Just five months after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took control of 10 of Los Angeles' lowest-performing schools, principals at seven of the sites requested transfers that left the mayor's reform partnership searching for replacements a few months before classes started.Charter school leader joins Milken venture
After years of fighting the education establishment to expand rights for charter schools, the head of the California Charter Schools Association announced her abrupt departure Wednesday to join an international education company.August revise?
After proposing a budget in January and issuing the standard "May Revise" after tax returns were counted this spring, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday made yet another budget proposal. He hopes lawmakers will embrace it to end the 52-day standoff over the spending plan.
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