Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Education at a whole new level
Stockton Unified introduces high school students to specialized learning.Lodi Unified reduces layoffs
Lodi Unified trustees on Tuesday night directed district officials to go forward with a revised budget plan that would drastically reduce the number of previously proposed layoffs for 2009-10.San Luis Coastal teachers air their frustrations over stalled labor talks
Teachers from across San Luis Coastal Unified School District packed the school board meeting Tuesday night to express their exasperation with stalled labor negotiations.San Bernardino City Unified plans eminent domain action
After unsuccessful efforts to persuade some owners, the San Bernardino City Unified School District plans to use eminent domain to acquire several parcels needed for two elementary school projects.Fontana school police see rise in drugs, weapons
Classes let out and things heat up for Fontana's school police. On any given afternoon, there may be fistfights to break up outside A.B. Miller High or vandals to find near Fontana High. But lately, officers have also been on the lookout for something far more serious.Trial for ex-Capistrano district chief delayed 5th time
The court trial for indicted ex-Capistrano Unified Superintendent James Fleming and a former assistant superintendent was delayed for a fifth time this morning at the request of Fleming's lawyer, virtually ensuring the pair won't face a jury until nearly two years after their original trial date.Oceanside USD moves forward with renovation projects
Nearly a year after voters approved a $195 million school construction measure, work at several Oceanside Unified School District campuses is under way or expected to start soon.Pellet gun shatters school bus window in Modesto
Modesto police arrested a 17-year-old Modesto boy on suspicion of shooting a pellet gun at a school bus carrying disabled children Wednesday morning, said police spokesman Sgt. Brian Findlen. One of the bus' side windows was shattered. No one was injured.Turlock school board works to trim budget
School board trustees learned Tuesday night just how painful getting rid of a $3.4 million deficit could be: no buses to take students to gifted and talented programs or magnet schools. Fewer high school counselors. Slashing outdoor education.Long Beach USD cuts science camp, some sports
The Long Beach Board of Education on Tuesday suspended an outdoor science program and cut middle school sports funds, among other measures, as part of a plan to save $24 million in next year's budget.Pescadero lawyer sues school district, superintendent over misspent funds
A local resident and lawyer has upped the ante in a simmering controversy over bond funding for a school construction project, filing a lawsuit that accuses the school district and its superintendent of allowing the funds to be misspent.West Contra Costa school board fails to make budget cuts
Despite holding a special meeting for the specific purpose of making decisions on budget cuts, the West Contra Costa school district board came no closer to filling a $25.7 million budget gap Monday night.LAUSD makes big cuts to lobbying office
Just when Los Angeles Unified officials need their advice the most, many of the men and women who help the district secure funding from Sacramento and Washington, D.C., are being laid off to cut costs. LAUSD's Government Relations Office - staffers with expert knowledge on government funding for schools - is being cut to three people from 11.Education programs on the chopping block
For decades, programs like regional occupational centers, high school counseling, or gifted and talented education got dedicated education funds. So-called "categorical" programs made sure there were services to properly educate California's diverse student body, from teaching migrant students to training principals on how to use technology.High school occupational programs threatened
Dusty trophies dating to 1928 line a shelf in the Petaluma High School agriculture shop, where generations of students have learned to fix broken tractor engines or weld fence gates. But the program linked to Future Farmers of America - and to the city’s past as a thriving farm town - could soon go the way of the family dairy or horse-drawn plow under proposed cuts caused in part by state budget cuts.Gov. Schwarzenegger offers assurances for federal education funds
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has assured members of California's congressional delegation that the state will not use federal economic stimulus money earmarked for education to backfill the state's looming budget gap, according to a letter released this week.
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