Friday, September 5, 2008
New superintendent slated to take reins at Coast Union
A contract with Chris Adams was finalized by the Coast Union board last week. Adams will replace former Superintendent Pamela Martens, who led the district for 11 years before leaving June 30 to become superintendent of the Sonoma Valley Unified School District.Charitable donation earns S.J. employees surplus iMacs
Two-hundred used surplus iMac G3 computers were up for grabs for Office of Education employees this week in exchange for either a duffel bag full of clothes or 5 pounds of food for local organizations.Paradise ex-cheerleader coach sentenced
A former cheerleader coach was sentenced to 90 days in jail and four years probation, and was also sternly warned any violation of her probation will send her to state prison and force her to register as a sex offender.Switch of principals concerns Arizona Middle School parents
The parents of several Arizona Middle School students asked the Alvord Unified school board to reconsider the reassignment of the school's popular principal during a board meeting Thursday night.12 comeback campuses in county taken off watch list
A dozen local schools received confirmation yesterday that they've beaten the odds. Years of low state test scores had landed them on a federal watch list that some say brands schools as failing. Not many schools get off the list. These did.Study: Black, Latino students catching up to whites, Asians
The release of the 2008 Accountability Progress Reporting (APR) program came with some good news: Schools were narrowing the stubborn achievement gap between white and Asian students and those who are African American, Latino or learning the English language.State falling way behind No Child Left Behind
California schools, required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act to lift more students over a higher academic hurdle this year, instead stumbled and slipped back, as nearly 1,400 fewer schools met test-score targets.
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