Monday, April 6, 2009
San Luis Coastal USD teachers expected to protest salary offer
Teachers in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District are expected to turn out in force at this week’s school board meeting to protest the 2.5 percent salary increase offer from the district, as well as the breakdown in labor negotiations.Food is kid tested, district approved
Crowell Elementary, along with six other Manteca Unified schools - Stella Brockman Elementary, French Camp Elementary, Golden West Elementary, Lathrop Elementary, Lathrop Elementary Annex and Joseph Widmer Jr. Elementary - have been honored by the State of California as the first to meet rigorous requirements of the Healthier U.S. School Challenge set forth by the Department of Agriculture.Voters could push deficit past $15 billion
California's recently christened budget is expected to be billions of dollars in the red before the new fiscal year begins in July, although it's a manageable gap, many state officials say. But if voters reject a package of ballot measures in the May 19 special election, then the projected shortfall could push the state's deficit to more than $15 billion, creating a new fiscal crisis.Discord builds over new downtown arts school
A tug of war erupted last week over L.A.'s new downtown arts high school, with some of its biggest supporters declaring that they had given up on the Los Angeles Unified School District and wanted the $242-million campus turned over to a charter school organization.Hands off money for schools, Baca says
Baca and 27 other Democrats signed their names to a letter telling Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Secretary of Education Glen Thomas and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell that the $4.8 billion coming to the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is to be used by local education agencies as they see fit.School windfall of $5.4 million has a hitch
To special education advocates, it sounds too good to be true: $5.4 million in federal stimulus funds, money that could offset the $58 million Marin's school districts spend each year on services for children with disabilities. But school officials say that windfall, some of which the government released last week, comes with strings attached - regulations that will make it all but impossible for districts to use the money to hire teachers or improve existing programs.Two Fresno Co. school districts explore consolidation
Two rural Fresno County districts -- American Union Elementary and Washington Union High School -- are actively talking about the pros and cons of unification. Teachers in the West Fresno Elementary School District, which feeds into Washington Union, also have sponsored a community meeting.
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