Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Lodi Unified may restore some jobs, programs
The Lodi Unified School District on Tuesday unveiled a budget strategy that potentially will revive some coveted school programs and restore some jobs.Lucia Mar school board to cut athletics budget, charge for bus rides next year
The Lucia Mar Unified School District board of trustees voted Tuesday to cut its athletics budget by $100,000 and charge students $1 per day for bus transportation.No need to close schools because of flu, CDC says
Easing recommendations that have closed scores of schools nationwide, federal health authorities said Tuesday that the new swine flu spreading across America is too mild to warrant continued closures.Analysis: Court parsed anti-Christian remarks by teacher
The recent federal court ruling against a Mission Viejo high school teacher accused of displaying hostility toward Christians isn't likely to set a legal precedent but should remind public school teachers that what they say in class can cross murky legal boundaries, analysts say.Encinitas district board picks new superintendent
Trustees have selected a superintendent from Ojai to be the next head of the Encinitas Union School District.The official board vote to hire Timothy Baird, head of the Ojai Unified School District, is scheduled for Monday, after a site visit tomorrow by a team of Encinitas district representatives, said Marla Strich, president of the Encinitas Union board.District looks to save jobs with furloughs
If teachers approve two furlough days, the Corona-Norco Unified School District will be able to keep all its permanent and probationary teachers, even if the programs some work on are cut, Superintendent Kent Bechler told the board Tuesday.Rhodes parents aim to create new charter school
A group of about 50 parents and teachers from Rhodes Elementary are planning to break off from the school to create their own charter school next year, and they're hoping to get district approval within the next 30 days. Last Thursday, the group submitted a petition signed by about 400 parents requesting that Chino Valley Unified School District authorize a charter school called Oxford Preparatory Academy.Health officials give OK to reopen closed swine flu schools
Schools across the East Bay are reopening today after U.S. health officials recommended against shuttering them.Special education and low-income schools get $1.2 billion
California schools are preparing for their share of nearly $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money to be released later this month for special education and low-income campuses.Valley schools to get millions in stimulus funding
Valley schools will gain millions of dollars in additional funding as federal stimulus money is expected to make its way to local districts in the next few weeks.The downside of the small schools movement
For some, the story of "Chef LeBlanc's kitchen" has come to symbolize the empty promises of the small-schools movement — or, at the least, its limitations. While some schools thrived, others have foundered in the face of funding cuts, principal turnover, dwindling enrollment, school choice policies, and the simultaneous surge of competing charter schools, which are tuition-free, but independently run.Oakland's small schools movement, 10 years later
It is often said that there are "two Oaklands," and the city's public education system is no exception to this divide. Some schools are largely attended by the middle class and affluent, and others by the poor and working class. The Interstate 580 freeway, which traces the city's rolling foothills, provides a crude boundary.L.A. Unified pays teachers not to teach
For seven years, the Los Angeles Unified School District has paid Matthew Kim a teaching salary of up to $68,000 per year, plus benefits. His job is to do nothing.
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