Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Police arrest 2 in gas thefts
A former president of a school employees union has been arrested on suspicion of stealing gasoline from the Alisal Union School District, where she's worked for nearly two decades.Board expects to add 11 teachers to 10 schools
Although enrollment in the Mt. Diablo school district has declined 1 percent a year for the past six years, this year there are about 300 more elementary students than expected this fall. Because of this unanticipated boost, the school board expects to approve 11 new full-time equivalent teachers at its meeting tonight, at a cost of $662,508.Trustees are in for big lesson in change
The board that cut $6 million from the operating budget of South County's middle and high schools could face grim finances again next year, yet it also will oversee up to a billion dollars in construction spending over the next decade.State physical fitness rule poses challenges in schools
Students who don't pass at least five of the six parts of a state physical fitness test have to keep taking physical education classes until they pass.Schools fail to meet No Child Left Behind goals
If the system mandated by No Child Left Behind to fix thousands of failing schools were subjected to its own rigorous standards, it too could fail. That's the conclusion of the first large study examining whether school-restructuring programs required by the federal No Child Left Behind education act are actually working.Schwarzenegger to sign budget Tuesday -- 85 days late
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will sign the state budget Tuesday morning, his office said. That would make the budget law 85 days after the fiscal year began, a record in state tardiness.Column: New ballot battle looms - likely in June
Two major components of last week's agreement that ended a months-long stalemate over the state budget will require voter approval – permission to borrow against future state lottery profits and granting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger some budget reforms – and therefore a special election next year is almost certain.
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