Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Stimulus won't fix all of county schools' problems
The money from the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund - part of the federal stimulus package earmarked for K-12 schools - totals $2.56 billion in California, including about $37.4 million for Ventura County. School districts, however, likely won’t start spending that cash just yet.Millions in stabilization money coming to San Gabriel Valley school districts
The state announced Monday that area districts will get more than $30 million in federal stimulus money, but school officials are still figuring what they will do with it.Vote on school loan for King City delayed
State senators decided Monday to take a financial rescue plan for the struggling King City Joint Union High School District off the legislative fast track for now, delaying a vote until the end of May.Vista USD officials recommend delaying magnet school opening again
Vista Unified School District officials are recommending the district wait another year to open its beleaguered magnet high school in eastern Oceanside.Area school districts get federal stimulus funding details
The California Department of Education has announced initial allocations that school districts could receive from the federal stimulus package. Jack O'Connell, state superintendent of public instruction, said school districts are set to receive $2.56 billion in State Fiscal Stabilization Funds.Thermalito school official takes new job
The Thermalito Union School District will lose a valuable member of its family next year, with Superintendent Greg Kampf announcing his decision to leave the district for a position in Lompoc.Schools awarded stimulus money -- but they may not spend it
The federal government released $2.56 billion in stimulus funds on Saturday to support sagging California school budgets, but the approximately $50 million headed for Kern County isn't likely to go to re-hire teachers, send students to summer camp or buy new textbooks.Mt. Diablo school board to vote on final layoffs Tuesday
Nearly $20 million in stimulus money is unlikely to prevent the Mt. Diablo school district from sending final layoff notices to more than 400 teachers.1st confirmed swine flu case in Saddleback Valley district
A fifth-grade student at Rancho Canada Elementary School has been confirmed to have the N1H1 virus known as swine flu, the first such case on a Saddleback Valley Unified campus.Obama wants to turn around 5,000 failing schools
President Barack Obama intends to use $5 billion to prod local officials to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals.Poway district voids 190 layoff notices to teachers
More than two-thirds of Poway Unified School District's certificated employees, such as teachers, who received tentative layoff notices in March will keep their jobs next school year.Federal stimulus money buoys schools
County schools are getting an infusion of $126 million in federal stimulus money, enabling a South Bay district to rescind layoff notices to 48 teachers and counselors.Modesto school district approves more cuts
Modesto City Schools trustees tackled many issues Monday night, including more cuts to employees, salaries and workdays.Parents demand a voice in school budget decisions
Elisa Taub is among a growing army of parents in the Valley and statewide using grass-roots tactics to organize protests, letter drives and marches to try to get elected officials, unions and the school bureaucracy to refocus their attention on the children.Meet the finalists for Oakland schools chief
The Oakland school district is on the verge of hiring its first permanent superintendent since Dennis Chaconas, who was ousted during the 2003 fiscal meltdown and subsequent state takeover.District considers joining trend of selling naming rights
The trend of selling naming rights — long popular in the world of sports — continues to spread to the public arena, with the latest venue being a cash-strapped school district on the Peninsula.Clovis Unified to launch online charter school
District officials are looking to the new virtual school to bolster enrollments that have dipped in recent years because of dropouts, transfers to charter schools and home schooling, said Rob Darrow, the online school's principal. The school will be California's second district-operated online charter school. In addition, companies are partnering with school districts to operate online schools; Corcoran Unified School District is starting one in August.Small school, big numbers
River Valley Charter School began more than a decade ago with a group of parents who wanted a small school that mixed home schooling with classroom instruction. Today the Lakeside school with an enrollment of 210 boasts the highest scores in San Diego County on a statewide measure of high school students.Senate approves software as an alternative to textbooks
California teenagers may be spared having to lug back-breaking loads of textbooks to school under a proposal that would make it easier for campuses to use electronic instructional material.California's deficit has nearly doubled to more than $15 billion
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Monday that California's budget deficit has swelled to more than $15 billion — a staggering figure that he said would grow even worse if voters reject a slate of budget ballot measures next week.Governor: Budget shortfall could reach $21.3 billion if ballot measures fail
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told legislative leaders Monday the state's annual income tax collections are expected to fall this year for the first time since 1938, punctuating a budget shortfall that he said will reach $21.3 billion if voters reject a slate of ballot measures next week.
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