Friday, September 19, 2008
Oxnard School District adopts living wage
Oxnard School District officials adopted a "living wage" policy for their employees this week but put off actual salary raises until next year.Stockton USD raiding Lincoln Unified for personnel
As it looks to fill a variety of vacant administrative positions, Stockton Unified School District has turned its attention to neighboring Lincoln Unified.WILDOMAR: Concerns raised about multiage classrooms
District officials plan to study the achievement of students in multiage classrooms at Ronald Reagan Elementary following parental concerns about combining more than one grade in a class.Chico USD budget still has ongoing deficit
The end-of-year accounting for Chico Unified School District showed the district crawling out of a financial crisis, but still not on solid ground.West Contra Costa schools face triumphs, struggles in bond program
Thanks to a voter-approved $1 billion-plus school renovation program, the West Contra Costa school district has several shiny new campuses with light-filled classrooms, state-of-the-art buildings and manicured landscaping. Because of budget cuts, however, the upkeep and care of those glossy grounds has proved a challenge for district officials.Huntington Beach High student sues over crushed finger
A Huntington Beach High School senior filed a lawsuit against the school district saying a "defective" campus door crushed her left index finger.School district reports progress on goals
The Poway Unified School District is meeting most of its own targets for literacy and improvement on various academic measures, although upper grades are falling far short of target scores in mathematics, according to an annual report.School board members agree to strict rules on behavior
They have been mocked for being dysfunctional, chided for their infighting and, most recently, ridiculed as busybodies and micromanagers. Now, in the peak of campaign season – three seats are up in November – when tensions tend to run high, trustees have agreed to a strict new governence code.Time to make deal, teachers tell district
Hundreds of frustrated teachers and their supporters urged the Alvord Unified School Board to settle their contract at the board's meeting Thursday night.Algebra requirement makes problematic equation
It's a math problem without a sure solution: How will California prepare enough qualified teachers to instruct all the state's eighth-graders in algebra by 2011? The new algebra requirement puts extra pressure on the state to turn out adequately trained math teachers for middle and high schools.Teachers escape gravity to impress students
Thirty California teachers learned this lesson Thursday: Floating like an astronaut in zero gravity is as cool as it looks.Column: Revised state budget is still a sham
Both legislative houses passed a hastily drafted budget package early Tuesday morning, only to face a veto threat from Gov. Schwarzenegger, and on Thursday he and legislative leaders had two brief meetings and agreed on a slightly tweaked version. But it's really no more than another get-out-of-town budget that will, more than likely, begin falling apart as soon as it's signed.Finally, a California budget Schwarzenegger and lawmakers can accept
California's agonizing stalemate over this year's state budget appears finally to be ending, but without much confidence that the state government's deeper financial troubles will ease.Governor, lawmakers cut deal on budget
Legislative leaders reached a tentative deal Thursday with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on a $104.3 billion general fund budget after they agreed to satisfy his demands to strengthen a rainy-day fund and eliminate a maneuver to accelerate collection of income tax from residents.
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