Wednesday, September 24, 2008
District wants city to help pay for upkeep of facilities
For years, the city and its school district have shared facilities and school sites for after-school recreation and other programs. Money wasn't a big issue - until this school year.School officials call off egg-breaking initiation
If you work hard enough at Cedarlane Middle School, you get to have an egg broken over your head. But that practice may soon come to an end if school district officials axe a ceremony that has become a tradition in recent years.Contract scored for gym at Menifee Valley Middle School
Construction of a gymnasium at Menifee Valley Middle School will kick off next month, school district officials said Tuesday, as trustees approved a $3.5 million construction contract for the long-awaited project.Antioch Unified mulls proposed all-boys charter school
Unwilling to accept the story test scores are telling, two Antioch teachers want to help minority students catch up with their peers by establishing an all-boys school focusing on math and science.'Busting at the seams': Palo Alto schools forced to modify class-size limits
To accommodate an enrollment jump of nearly 200 students in its elementary schools this year, the Palo Alto Unified School District has added portable classrooms, hired new teachers and transferred dozens of students between schools.Redlands school district saves $1.5 million with centralized kitchen
The new central kitchen on Church Street is a$1.5 million cost-cutting initiative to consolidate cooking and baking operations once spread across the Redlands Unified School District.Jurupa teachers retain control of reading list
English teachers in the Jurupa Unified School District will continue to select books their students will read in the classroom, but parents will be warned if the book contains adult themes.Fresno principal accused of pulling student's hair, charged with battery
A Fresno principal has been cited by police for allegedly pulling an 11-year-old girl's hair in a dress-code dispute. Fresno Unified officials on Tuesday also placed Mary Dougherty, principal of Vinland Elementary School in northeast Fresno since 2004, on paid administrative leave while an investigation is conducted.Novice principal takes on challenging first job
Before Carin Geathers became the principal of Burckhalter Elementary School, some friends warned the aspiring administrator that it might be a "dead-end" career move. Burckhalter, a predominately African-American and Latino school on a quiet side street in the East Oakland foothills, was one of two public schools slated to close last year, mainly because of dwindling enrollment. District staff members also said they were concerned by data that showed most of Burckhalter's neighborhood families had chosen to send their children elsewhere..
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