Thursday, April 16, 2009
Ojai school district OKs pink slips
The Ojai Unified School District board has agreed to notify more employees that they might lose their jobs or see their hours cut next school year as officials prepare for more possible state funding cuts.Montebello USD unveils new $3.5 million track and football fields
Student athletes at Montebello High School are getting a lot of mileage from their new track and field. The $3.5 million track was made with about 33,000 used tires.Students get incentive to score well on state test
Kern High School District officials are convinced including California Standards Tests scores on student transcripts will pressure them into trying harder so they've created a system to boost scores on the annual exam.Fresno Unified to give academy a $500,000 upgrade
Fresno Unified School District will make improvements at the former Academy for New Americans so the site can be temporarily used for up to 800 students from crowded elementary schools in the area.Clovis Unified superintendent named
Clovis Unified School District trustees named David E. Cash of Claremont Unified School District in Los Angeles County as the new superintendent. Cash will succeed Terry Bradley, who will retire June 30.Playboy shots end Casa Roble coaching gig
Carlie Christine may have been Playboy's Cyber Girl of the Week in February, but she's no longer Casa Roble High School's cheerleading coach. Her short tenure at the Orangevale school ended after some parents alerted school officials to semi-nude photos of Christine from the Playboy Web site.Charter ends, but another may begin
In June, Clear View Charter Elementary School will become the first charter school in Chula Vista to give up its exemption from much local bureaucracy and state regulation and revert to a traditional public school.Teachers union to vote on pay rollback, cutting 5 workdays over 2 years
The Poway Federation of Teachers is considering a 2.7 percent salary rollback and working five fewer days during the next two school years to save teaching positions that could be cut due to the state's economic crisis.Brentwood cancels summer school
Hundreds of Brentwood students having a tough time with their lessons won't be getting extra help in summer school because of state budget cuts.Parents, teachers scramble for money to keep school open
The clock is ticking for the students, parents and staff at Old River Elementary School. Unless the Knightsen School District can come up with a sizeable chunk of $75,000 by May 20, the school, which opened last July, will close its doors.Layoffs would hit Villaraigosa's schools especially hard
The campuses the mayor controls have long suffered from high turnover, and the cuts would boost instability. "I came to do what I consider missionary work," says a Watts principal who could get bumped.Prop. 1A tied to Prop. 1B to fund schools
Proposition 1B will let voters decide on May 19 whether $9.3 billion cut from school funding this year and last should be repaid to schools and community colleges.
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