Thursday, April 2, 2009
Stockton USD axes 163 support staff jobs
At the end of a specially called meeting before an audience of about 300 at Franklin High School, the Stockton Unified school board voted 4-3 Wednesday night to eliminate 163 classified positions, 62 of which are vacant.Durham schools list small classes as big priority
In the midst of a school year that has been more often marked by conflict than cooperation, Durham Unified School District trustees, parents, students, faculty, staff, administrators and community members reached consensus on a collection of important points.Parent asks kids to skip school to protest lack of graduation ceremony
A Panama-Buena Vista Union School District mom is urging parents to keep their kids out of school Friday to protest the district's March decision to end the eighth-grade graduation ceremony.Fresno teachers union quarrel spills into courtroom
A power struggle among Fresno Teachers Association leaders entered a courtroom Wednesday when several board members sought a temporary restraining order against union President Greg GadamsSacramento City Unified tours schools on closure list
Sacramento City Unified school board members and administrators boarded a small yellow bus Wednesday to look for themselves at the handful of schools the district has proposed closing.Board approves furlough days for teachers to save jobs
Teachers in the Alpine Union School District have become the first in the region to take a pay cut to help preserve jobs.Judge rules school shows bias in sports
A federal judge has ruled that Castle Park High School has allowed “significant gender-based disparity” in sports at the expense of female athletes.Schools wait on stimulus
Although the Obama administration Wednesday released some funding for school districts under the federal economic stimulus package, Stanislaus County education officials aren't planning on the extra cash just yet.Valley schools shortchanged on buy-back cash
Public schools serving low-income students could receive federal money to retain educators who face layoffs - an option that might not be available to many campuses serving their well-to-do peers.Liberty school board names next superintendent
Two days after their top administrator announced his retirement, trustees of Liberty Union High School District have chosen a successor. The school board voted unanimously at a special meeting Wednesday to offer the superintendent's job to Jerry Glenn.Bill to keep JROTC in S.F. clears committee
A proposal to force the San Francisco Unified School District to keep the Junior Reserves Officers' Training Corps program cleared its first hurdle Wednesday as it passed through an Assembly committee.Federal funds may not stave off classroom cuts, California educators say
California education officials, girded by the nationwide release Wednesday of $44 billion from the federal economic stimulus plan, are nevertheless worried that the state's share won't be enough or come in time to stave off widespread teacher firings and program cuts.
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