Friday, April 24, 2009
Pomona district rescinds all teacher layoff notices
After making sure that $10.3 million in federal stimulus funds is coming its way, the Pomona Unified school board on Thursday morning voted 5-0 to rescind all layoff notices that had been distributed to certificated employees.Yosemite Unified troubles detailed in grand jury report
A former school superintendent in the Sierra foothills made false statements, secretly recorded meetings and committed other illegal and unethical acts, the Madera County grand jury said Thursday.Bullard teacher's threatening e-mail probed
Fresno Unified School District has placed a Bullard High School teacher on paid administrative leave while it investigates a complaint about an e-mail he sent to employees and friends containing racially offensive remarks and threats of violence.Poway teachers OK pay cut, fewer work days
he Poway Unified teachers union has agreed to a 2.7 percent pay cut in exchange for five fewer work days for each of the next two school years.Canoga High goes solar
Undeterred by Thursday's cloudy skies, Canoga Park High School became the first Los Angeles Unified campus to start installing solar panels, which will generate 50 megawatts of power by 2012.West Contra Costa school district slashes jobs, increases class sizes
As a way to help close the school district's budget gap, the board voted 3-2 this week to increase kindergarten class sizes from 20 to 24 children and third-grade sizes from 20 to 28. The move — subject to bargaining with the teachers union — will save the district an estimated $3 million a year.Teachers' attendance at hearing costs nearly $30,000 in subs
Nearly 300 Mt. Diablo school district teachers and other employees attended a hearing Thursday for employees receiving layoff notices and were replaced by substitute teachers at a cost of about $30,000.Administrators union asks LAUSD to reconsider cuts
In a letter to the Los Angeles Unified School District this week, an administrators union has asked that the Board of Education reconsider its vote to approve nearly $600 million in cuts.'Teacher of the year' also tops layoff list
Phil Hohensee accepted his "Teacher of the Year" award on Thursday night. It's an honor, Hohensee said, one that would have been a bit sweeter if he knew he'd be returning next year to his English classes at Cypress High School. Instead, he's almost certain to be laid off.
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