Friday, May 1, 2009
Increased class sizes loom in school districts
With local school districts faced with mounting state funding cuts, district cuts to teaching staff have inevitably resulted in larger class size projections for next year.School district to cut library hours, learns of more state funding losses
A divided board in the Escondido Union School District on Thursday voted to reduce library hours at its elementary and middle school campuses, a move designed to trim $223,000 from next year's budget.Parents protesting school closures hope Heatley leaves
Some parents in the Chino Valley Unified School District hope Edmond Heatley gets a new job. They are parents of children whose schools are closing next year as part of budget cut recommendations made by Superintendent Heatley and approved by the school board earlier this year.Sacramento group still fighting for new high school
Susie Shields is still fighting for the high school she was promised, the one mandated by court order for the Sacramento City Unified School District to open no later than this fall. However, it doesn't appear the east Sacramento parent will win that battle any time soon.When schools close because of swine flu, parents caught in upheaval
So what's a parent to do? Some kid at their school might have swine flu. Now, their kid has to stay home — for seven whole days.Swine flu closes four more Santa Clara County schools
Santa Clara County health officials Thursday shuttered four more schools after two children came down with probable cases of swine flu and a cluster of students at a San Martin elementary school had flu-like symptoms.Charter school supporters ask board to approve start-up petition
Proponents of a Southwest Riverside County charter school made their case Thursday at a public hearing before the Lake Elsinore Unified School Board.Local schools alert parents to swine flu symptoms
Schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties alerted parents Monday about swine flu precautions but reassured them that no cases had been reported in the area.Discipline comes under scrutiny in Antioch schools
As of April 4, the number of suspensions in Antioch public schools this year had fallen by 1,797 compared with the same period last year, according to data recently released by the school district — a figure that could validate teachers' months-long complaints that administrators aren't cracking down on students who act violently, bring weapons to school or habitually defy teachers.State's English learners' test scores improve
Of the 1.3 million children in kindergarten through 12th grade who took the California English Language Development Test this year, more than 39 percent scored "early advanced" or "advanced," compared with 36 percent last year, the state Education Department reported Wednesday.
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