Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Budget prospects improve as Lucia Mar confronts its deficit
The budget outlook for Lucia Mar Unified School District may not be as grim as initially predicted. Flexibility in fund usage, program cuts and proposed fee increases have helped the district come up with $2 million to offset its anticipated $9.4 million budget deficit for the 2009-10 school year.TEMECULA: Union boss says furloughs the right thing to do
Temecula teachers union president Anne McNulty said the group's offer to take three furlough days to help the district balance its budget is about more than saving jobs. It's also about saving programs.BONSALL: School business manager will retire in July
After 16 years of balancing budgets and overseeing construction projects for Bonsall's schools, Wayne Jones will retire at the end of the school year in July, officials said Monday.School leader search narrows
The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District has announced the three finalists who will vie to replace Superintendent Ginger Shattuck, who is retiring at the end of June after 15 years in the position.Irvine Unified releases names of 164 temps losing jobs
Irvine Unified School District has released the names of 164 temporary teachers who were told their contracts won't be renewed next school year because of ongoing budget cuts.District's $25.5 million in cuts will increase class size
The Capistrano Unified school board approved a tentative budget plan Monday that would wipe out the popular 20-to-1 student-teacher ratio in the primary grades next fall and increase class sizes across all other grades.Cupertino Union, Moreland school districts seek taxes to boost budgets
Hoping local voters will come to their rescue, two South Bay school districts are seeking to pass parcel taxes to relieve their stricken budgets.District wants state waiver to stretch physical education credit
The Riverside Unified School District will ask the state to let some of its high school students substitute other courses for physical education.'Spirituality for Kids' class draws fire
"Spirituality for Kids" is a class offered in several Los Angeles public elementary schools during the day or after school. Created by a leader of the Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Centre International, a spiritual and educational organization, the program is promoted as a nondenominational effort to teach children to make wise choices. But it is drawing fire from parents and others who say it is illegally bringing religion into public schools under the guise of ethics training.L.A. Unified to rescind layoff notices to about 2,000 teachers
Los Angeles school officials plan to rescind layoff notices to nearly 2,000 teachers, but thousands of less-experienced instructors and other employees still could lose their jobs in the nation's second-largest school system.SEIU, teachers group join against Prop. 1A
A powerful California public employee union formed a campaign committee Monday with two other labor groups to oppose Proposition 1A, a May 19 ballot measure that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have said will solve future budget problems
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