Friday, September 12, 2008
S.F. mayor, principal visit truant kids
Several San Francisco teenagers who frequently skip school got an unexpected knock at their front door Thursday morning - and found Mayor Gavin Newsom and their principal standing on the doorstep.Ex-custodian charged in attack on principal
A former custodian was charged Thursday with pistol-whipping a principal at an Oakland elementary school for trying to get him fired, officials said.Escondido school class sizes to shrink
After starting the year with at least 30 students in each kindergarten classroom, the Escondido Union School District next month will return to 20-student classes.Students rally for Rocklin teachers in pay fight
For more than a year, the Rocklin Unified School District and its teachers have been in a standoff over benefits and the size of salary increases in a new contract. On Thursday, a group of Rocklin High School seniors rallied in support of the teachers and to explain - with the assistance of a megaphone - how the latest labor tactic is affecting them.Eagles Peak hires new leader
Eagles Peak Charter School will have a new temporary leader starting next week. The school's board of directors voted Tuesday to hire Don Haught as interim deputy director to replace Art Townley, who's leaving after three months in the temporary post.Prosecutors will be safety specialists at 10 L.A. middle schools
City prosecutors will become campus-safety specialists in at least nine low-performing middle schools in crime-prone areas, according to an announcement Thursday by L.A. City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo.Pomona USD leaders get a peek at district facilities study
School district leaders on Thursday got a look at a portion of a new facilities study that focused on real estate in the district's control and how best to use it.Hayward school trustees reject changes to cafeteria staffs
The Hayward school board lent a sympathetic ear to concerns of cafeteria workers Wednesday night and ultimately voted not to tweak the staffing recipe in lunchrooms across the district.Charter high school in Livermore denied by county office of education
The Alameda County school board has rejected plans from the Livermore Valley Charter School to add a high school.Police find source of dead animals found in Dublin High lockers
The dead animals recently found stuffed inside Dublin High School lockers were taken from the morgue of a local animal hospital, police say, but they still don't know who was responsible.Some California dropouts finish high school but don't succeed beyond, study finds
A little more than half receive a high school diploma or equivalent, but 90% never enroll in college or drop out after they do, according to the California Dropout Research Project.Schools struggle without budget
Education leaders said Thursday that the state's prolonged budget stalemate is threatening the financial solvency of school districts around the state and has deprived students of learning opportunities.State budget impasse tough on public schools
Teacher Melissa Roman is supposed to have just 20 kids in her Algebra 1 class under a state program meant to keep math classes small so students learning English can get enough attention. Instead, she has 43.California education secretary quitting
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's fourth education secretary in five years resigned on Wednesday, saying he was ready to start "a different chapter of my life." David Long, the former superintendent of schools in Riverside County whom Schwarzenegger touted as having "the most unbelievable experience" last March, lasted 18 months on the job.No budget on Monday? Schools to lose billions
Schools are bracing for a stoppage of state funding for things like school supplies, special education and student transportation because a state budget has not been passed.
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