Monday, August 25, 2008
Schools struggle to pay for technology
Amid looming state funding cuts and other budget woes, schools throughout Ventura County are still trying to keep up with the latest technology and abandon obsolete equipment this fall.Restrictions asked on use of district's idle site
Residents of La Costa Valley want the San Dieguito Union High School District to guarantee that property once slated for a middle school will not be sold for houses or shopping malls. But it's unclear whether the school district can even make such promises.About 1,300 fewer kids riding school buses daily after third of routes cut
School bus cutbacks in the Poway Unified district have reduced the number of student passengers by as many as 1,300 a day, officials said as the first week of the 2008-09 year ended."In God we Trust" could be discussed again by school board
A revision to board policy could have Fountain Valley School District board members doing a double take on already-considered agenda items, including the posting of "In God We Trust" in the district board room.District getting SMART on tests
Flouting federal standards that call for ambitious progress on standardized test scores through 2014, the San Diego Unified School District has set its own slower pace for improvement that it says is more realistic yet plenty rigorous.Dealing with their diabetes
Stockton Unified health services coordinator Gayle Asuncion said when she started with the district in 1980, it was "rare" for students who required insulin to attend school. But last year, Asuncion said, the district was aware of 56 students diagnosed with diabetes, 45 of them suffering from the juvenile form.Board to advance retiree health benefits financing plan
The San Marcos Unified School District is moving forward with a plan to invest money from bonds it plans to sell in January so it can use the interest to pay off both the bond and future retiree health insurance bills.Principals skeptical of reform
As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's school partnership takes over 10 of Los Angeles' lowest-performing schools, his ambitious reform plan is being met on the campuses with both skepticism and hope.Back to school: Ailing economy strains students, parents
Children across the country will return to school this year to face a money-hungry bully: the unstable economy. Soaring food prices will extract more lunch money from students, while higher pump prices mean children will either pay more to ride a gas-guzzling bus or won't get a seat at all. Field trips are being reduced or scrapped altogether to save fuel.Guns at school can get students expelled
Having any kind of a gun at school, even a look-alike toy gun, can get a student expelled for at least a year, as required by state law and education code. Both Chico Unified School District and Paradise Unified School District established responses to such situations long ago, but their boards of trustees recently revised policy language to match California School Boards Association recommendations.Algebra - it's everywhere
Algebra. The very word can twist the stomachs of otherwise well-adjusted adults, dredging up memories of nonsensical X's and Y's and a lifelong loathing of math. In July, the state Board of Education decided every eighth-grader must have a healthy dose of algebra - a decision critics attacked as failing to recognize the lack of qualified math teachers and the high failure rate for the middle school students already taking it.
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