Friday, November 14, 2008
King City High district in crisis
Declining enrollment and a huge bill for teacher back pay have caused a budget crisis so severe it may force the state to take over King City's high school district. Facing a $3.4 million deficit in its 2008-09 budget, the King City Joint Union High School District may seek an emergency loan from the state Department of Education, according to Rory Livingston, the district's assistant superintendent for business.VISTA: School officials get grim budget news
Vista Unified School District trustees got grim budget news and honored one of their departing colleagues Thursday at a meeting that had its ups and downs. The district may have to cut as much as $13.4 million from next year's budget because of increasing expenses, dwindling revenue, and declining enrollment, said Donna Caperton, the district's chief business officer.Developer plans to sue Chino Valley Unified School District over school opening
A major regional developer has threatened to sue the school district over its decision to open the new school in the Preserve for students from throughout the district.Charter wants to add middle school grades
Achieve Charter School may soon add a seventh and eighth grade. Although the Paradise Unified School District school board made no decision at its meeting this week, some teachers came to express opposition.Martinez school superintendent retires
Schools superintendent John Triolo is retiring at the end of the month, after a little more than two years at the helm of the small district.Makeover in school district detailed
In an ideal world, the San Marcos Unified School District already would have the $628 million it would need to complete a long list of modernization projects. That's what district officials estimate it will cost, with inflation, to rebuild San Marcos High School, upgrade the district's older schools to the same standards as its newest ones and add buildings on various campuses.Murrieta elementary, middle arts schools to share administrations
Lisa J. Mails Elementary School and Dorothy McElhinney Middle School will operate under a single administrative unit during the 2009-10 school year under a proposal approved by the Murrieta Unified School District board Thursday night.School hate crime probed
Sheriff's deputies are investigating an apparent hate crime at Saugus High School in which someone drew a swastika and wrote an anti-gay slur on a student's locker.A hit with numbers
A local middle school algebra teacher known as the Rappin' Mathematician was named one of five California teachers of the year yesterday.LAUSD halts most spending in effort to save $300 million
Facing a midyear budget cut of up to $300 million, the Los Angeles Unified School District has issued an immediate halt on filling open positions, using district credit cards and spending on a variety of contracts.
November 2008 | ||||||
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
1 |
||||||
2 |
8 |
|||||
9 |
11 |
14 |
15 |
|||
16 |
22 |
|||||
23 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
|||
30 |
||||||