Monday, April 20, 2009
Stockton USD diplomacy
This week, the district revised its graduation policy so that students who haven't met graduation requirements but are close - they are shy some credits or haven't passed one or both sections of the exit exam - can still take part in commencement ceremonies as long as they agree to follow up with summer school or exit-exam preparation to eventually earn a diploma.For schools, sour economy has silver lining
A significant number of parents who have lost jobs in the past year are choosing to use some of their free time volunteering in schools, according to an informal survey of principals and parent leaders in San Joaquin and Calaveras counties.560 teachers still are needed to retire early
So far, just 73 teachers have put in for early retirement from the San Diego Unified School District – barely more than 10 percent needed to make a delicate budget-cutting plan work. An additional 560 teachers – out of about 9,000 – need to apply for the annuity package by May 8 to avoid deeper cuts.School board set to vote on job cuts
The Poway Unified School District board will vote tomorrow on whether to eliminate 127 positions that would include custodians, secretaries and clerks, library and music assistants, and groundskeepers.Few job prospects for future teachers
For the past nine months, Kristen Thengvall has spent countless hours in local elementary school classrooms working towards her teaching credential. But when May hits, Thengvall may be facing a crisis along with countless other credential graduates across the state: unemployment.Many school districts scaling back or eliminating woodshop
The Colton Joint Unified School District may cut its woodshop programs at both Bloomington and Colton high schools because of budget concerns. DuBois received a preliminary layoff notice in March.School budget pact is waiting
On the agenda for tonight's Modesto City Schools board of trustees meeting is an Enochs High School construction project, an agreement with the teachers union to reduce salary and workdays for 2009-10, and high school attendance boundary changes.Schools like Sendak face uncertainty
Current plans call for Sendak Elementary School to lose seven of 36 teachers and staff - some of the best and brightest - and seniority rules could force former teachers, who had left the classroom years ago for desk jobs, into some of those vacant positions.Parcel tax would fund San Ramon Valley schools
Five years ago, the San Ramon Valley school district needed two tries to successfully pass a parcel tax to stop what it called drastic budget cuts. Now — with the tax expiring and state budget cuts again reducing money to schools — the district is again coming back to voters for its second attempt to renew the tax, again at a higher amount. And once again, the district is facing vocal opposition from those who say the money is not needed.Charter schools to increase 50 percent in Santa Clara County
President Obama's recent endorsement was "a game changer," making charters a bipartisan issue, said Gary Larson of the California Charter Schools Association. But charter schools' growth had been on track well before the president extolled their virtues in a March speech.Strip-searches at schools go to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a case on strip searching in schools. Its decision, the first to address this in schools, will set legal limits, if any, on the authority of school officials to search for drugs or weapons on campus.In California, another deficit looms
California's fiscal woes aren't over yet.Only months after state lawmakers in February had to raise taxes and slash spending to close a $42 billion budget deficit, legislators in May will begin work on filling a new multibillion-dollar shortfall.
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