Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lodi Unified 100 employees may be laid off
Lodi Unified School District trustees approved a plan Tuesday that could result in layoffs of up to 100 classified employees, a move made to help bridge the district's estimated $16 million budget shortfall.Elkhorn Elementary to stay open
Elkhorn Elementary School will remain open and will not be relocated. Lodi Unified School District trustees Tuesday voted 4-3 to keep the fourth- through eighth-grade north Stockton campus for Gifted and Talented Education students intact at 10505 N. Davis Road.King City high schools leaders lobby state for emergency loan
A state Senate committee today is expected to decide the fiscal fate of King City Joint Union High School District. School officials are in Sacramento trying to drum up support for a $13 million emergency loan from the state because the district is out of money.Office of Education blocks employee's return
For a second time, the San Diego County Office of Education has moved to block a fired employee from returning to work even though a judge ordered him reinstated because the agency failed to consider his whistle-blower complaint for alleged unethical practices.Temecula school layoffs may just be four
After months of budget talks, layoff notices and angst over losing jobs, the Temecula school district could end up laying off as few as four employees as administrators struggle to reduce costs in anticipation of a $9.2 million budget gap next year.Federal aid to schools raises hopes, questions
Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money may be coming to Marin's schools, but school officials say the funds are unlikely to offset the effects of state budget cuts.Study: School exit exam hurts minority, female graduation rates
The California High School Exit Exam disproportionately hurts graduation rates of minority and female students, according to a study released Tuesday that was partly based on Long Beach data.Ferndale school board addresses lawsuit threat
In response to allegations that Ferndale Unified School District board members violated the state's open meetings law, the board revisited several past items Tuesday which had been previously discussed during closed-door meetings.Justices hear arguments over school strip search
The Supreme Court seemed worried Tuesday about tying the hands of school officials looking for drugs and weapons on campus as they wrestled with the appropriateness of a strip-search of a 13-year-old girl accused of having prescription-strength ibuprofen.Some cities make gains in curbing dropouts
The high school dropout problem is getting better in some big cities where it's most severe, a national study found.School bonds to finance high-tech renovations
San Diego schools stand to get wireless Internet and other technology upgrades called for in the $2.1 billion Proposition S bond measure at a quicker pace than expected, thanks to interest-free federal construction bonds.Popular teaching tool could be curtailed, cut
Born out of a discrimination lawsuit filed against the San Diego Unified School District more than 30 years ago, the Off-Campus Integrated Learning Experiences program – known by the acronym OCILE to parents, teachers and students – stands to be severely cut back or eliminated to help offset a $146.7 million deficit to the district's $2.1 billion operating budget.Turlock board says yes to cuts to help close $3.3 million budget gap
On Tuesday night, the Turlock Unified School District Board of Trustees voted to use nearly half its federal reimbursement for time spent connecting students to low-cost health care — $840,000 — to help balance next year's remaining $3.3 million budget gap.State withholds funding, so Salida Union will borrow from county
To help pay its bills for the rest of the school year, Salida Union School District officials must take out a $4.5 million loan from Stanislaus County. Trustees were updated on the move Tuesday night, noting their frustration with state officials and politicians. The district's annual budget is about $26 million.Mayor: Deep cuts will 'kill education in L.A.'
With the leadership of his schools in doubt, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday sharpened his attack on L.A. Unified plans to layoff nearly 7,000 employees and said the teacher's union needed to make concessions to get the school district through the rough patch.Martinez school board mulling $1.8 million in budget cuts
School board members are considering a list of possible cuts totalling $1.8 million — but that is not enough to fill the hole in the budget.West County school board to tackle layoffs, class-size increases
The West Contra Costa school district board tonight will discuss for the third time whether to increase class sizes and lay off employees as a way to partially close a $25.7 million budget deficit.Schools use race-based assemblies to push standardized tests
Students at Laguna can go to any rally they want, but the gatherings are designated for specific races – African Americans in the gym, Pacific Islanders in the theater, Latinos in the multipurpose room. Laguna Creek Principal Doug Craig said dividing the students by race allowed staff to talk about test scores without making any one ethnic group feel singled out in a negative manner.Column: Stanford study of exit exam shows fallacy
California's education crisis will not be solved by quick fixes such as exit exams, no matter how superficially appealing they may be.Exit exam hinders female and non-white students, study says
California's high school exit exam is keeping disproportionate numbers of girls and non-whites from graduating, even when they are just as capable as white boys, according to a study released Tuesday.Proposition 1B would provide $9.3 billion for California schools
A proposition on the May special election ballot would provide $9.3 billion for California schools if voters also agree to extend recent tax increases for up to two additional years.
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