Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Lucia Mar trustees rescind layoff notices
Emotions ran high Tuesday night as a crowd watched the Lucia Mar Unified School District’s board of trustees rescinded 70 layoff notices given to teachers last month.Trustee tours precede possible Sacramento school closure
Looking for insight about schools they might close, Sacramento City Schools trustees today will tour several facilities that face potential shutdown because of declining district enrollment.Students pick crops to commemorate Chavez day
About 60 students from Andersen Elementary in Newport Beach spent the morning today at the Incredible Edible Park picking crops for Second Harvest Food Bank to commemorate Cesar Chavez day.Stimulus dollars to be released for schools
The first round of school dollars from the economic stimulus law is going to states this week. Public schools will get an unprecedented amount of money – double the education budget under President George W. Bush – from the stimulus law over the next two years.Air near Cupertino school to be checked for chromium from cement plant
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that it plans to test air quality at selected schools nationwide to better understand whether outdoor toxic air pollution poses significant health risks to students.LAUSD board delays vote on layoffs of 8,500
The Los Angeles Unified school board Tuesday postponed a contentious vote to lay off 8,500 employees after local Congress members joined a chorus of teacher and parent opposition to the plan aimed at keeping the district financially solvent.Long Beach USD planning cuts to security, police services
The Long Beach Unified School District this fall plans to make cuts to its school security office and reduce services it gets from a partnership with the Long Beach Police Department, district officials said.Report: Two O.C. districts among most segregated in U.S. suburbs
Two school districts in Orange County contain some of the most racially segregated suburban schools in the nation, according to a Pew Hispanic Center study released today.At least $66,758 spent to fire Capistrano superintendent
he Capistrano Unified School District has spent at least $66,758 in legal fees over the past three months to fire Superintendent A. Woodrow Carter, according to invoices from the school board's law firm.Community support spares Richmond after-school programs
After-school programs that were forced to close or reduce services at three Richmond elementaries in early March are serving hundreds of students once again thanks to donations from businesses and a nonprofit organization.L.A. Unified cuts $140.6 million from budget
Los Angeles Unified School District officials Tuesday approved $140.6 million in budget cuts, but postponed a more difficult decision that could have cost thousands of jobs. At a packed meeting marked by demonstrations and impassioned speeches, the Board of Education acted on only one of two measures recommended by Supt. Ramon C. Cortines.
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