Monday, May 4, 2009
Clovis Unified loses health care ruling
Clovis Unified School District must change the way it cares for students with health problems, a decision by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights says.'Probable' swine flu case shuts Davis school
The Davis Joint Unified School District, heeding advice from state health officials, will shut down Holmes Junior High School for at least a week because one of its students has a probable case of swine flu.High school teacher's anti-Creationism comment violated law
A Mission Viejo high school history teacher violated the First Amendment by disparaging Christians during a classroom lecture, a federal judge ruled today.Internships helping fill teacher gaps
They’re a small percentage of teachers in Kern County; there are 215, including 30 in the Bakersfield City School District and 30 in the Kern High School District. But there are efforts to expand the ranks. Districts particularly need math, science and special education teachers.Schools rescind almost all teacher layoff notices
The San Marcos Unified School District has rescinded most of the layoff notices that were issued to 49 probationary teachers in March.Districts adhere to difficult job ritual
It's becoming a familiar ritual: A catastrophic state budget forecast brings warnings of huge school-spending cuts. Local school boards proclaim a funding crisis that forces them to issue layoff notices en masse. Then the budget picture changes, and the school boards cancel the pink slipsSwine flu closes more Bay Area schools
More than 8,000 Bay Area children start this week out of school as educators steer a cautious course in dealing with a novel swine flu bug that has, to this point, caused only mild illness among a few dozen people in the region.High school shut at least 3 days because of H1N1 virus
Tamalpais High in Mill Valley will be closed Monday through at least Wednesday because of a student's confirmed case of swine flu. Dr. Fred Schwartz, Marin County's chief public health officer, made the decision Sunday with county schools superintendent Mary Jane Burke following confirmation of the county's third case of H1N1 influenza virus, aka swine flu. Phone messages and e-mails were sent out to Tam High parents.Swine flu outbreak leaves prom nights empty
This week, the worldwide outbreak reached Lee V. Pollard High School and turned everything upside-down. After officials at the Corona school learned that a 16-year-old girl had possibly contracted the virus, they were ordered by the Riverside County Department of Public Health to close the school -- and, as a result, call off tonight's prom.Schools get federal guidelines for flu closures
California schools where students are diagnosed with probable swine flu should close for two weeks, state health officials recommended Friday. And school districts where more than one school is found to have students with swine flu should consider closing all district schools for a similar period.L.A. teachers union plans 1-day strike
The union representing Los Angeles teachers announced Friday that its members have voted to endorse plans for a one-day strike this month to protest looming teacher layoffs and larger class sizes.Firing tenured teachers can be a costly and tortuous task
A Los Angeles Times investigation finds the process so arduous that many principals don't even try, except in the very worst cases. Jettisoning a teacher solely because he or she can't teach is rare.LAUSD to gut education for older adults
As education in Los Angeles is slashed to the bone, even those who are long past their school days are feeling the pain. Senior citizens are fighting budget cuts proposed by the Los Angeles Unified School District that could gut adult-education programs that help keep them connected to the outside world.School officials call for legislation easing firing of teachers
Top Los Angeles school officials, acknowledging that they have teachers in classrooms who should be fired, called Sunday for new state legislation that would make it easier to dismiss tenured instructors. The teachers union has vowed to fight such a move.
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