Friday, May 15, 2009
Column: 'Dropout factory' no more: Stockton USD's plunging rate is good news
Stockton Unified School District officials announced they'd slashed the district's high-school dropout rate. In Stockton's biggest school district, the rate plunged from 54.2 percent to 17.7 percent.Paso Robles school district employees given pink slips, athletic programs cut
Final layoff notices for 118 employees in the Paso Robles school district have been made official after a unanimous 7-0 vote by the Board of Trustees on Tuesday night.Monterey County Office of Education sends 300 layoff notices but expects to rescind most
The Monterey County Office of Education warned about 300 employees Thursday that they may lose their jobs.Classified contract approved
The Menifee school board ratified a labor agreement with its classified union Tuesday. The Menifee Council of Classified Employees, which represents nonteaching personnel, agreed to a contract that keeps salaries unchanged, but allows raises for those who qualify.Magnet school to start classes, but at alternate campus
School district officials in Vista voted unanimously Thursday to start classes temporarily at Washington Middle School for the unfinished campus of their new magnet high school.Antioch school board votes to cut spokeswoman's job
The Antioch school district will lay off its spokeswoman at the end of June, the school board decided this week. The unanimous decision to eliminate the public information officer position came as a cost-cutting measure, board President Walter Ruehlig wrote in an e-mail.Schools reap federal stimulus funds — and face losing more in state funds
Just in time, Uncle Sam has opened a fat wallet to financially flailing school districts. Yet, the $8 billion in federal stimulus funds for California schools come with a lot of ifs and buts attached, leaving educators struggling to understand how they can spend the largesse.Sacramento area school districts consider second round of layoffs
School officials will be watching state budget revisions and the May 19 special election to decide whether to take advantage of a unique situation that allows them to issue more pink slips.Eminent domain suit vs. Ramona schools revived
A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit by a woman who alleged that if key evidence had not been hidden from her in an eminent domain case, the Ramona school district would have had to pay more for her 52-acre property.Teacher unions suing state in bid for school funds
To secure billions of dollars in additional funding for education, two school employee unions have filed a lawsuit against the state of California.Parent donates portion of salary to school district -- asks others to do same
A parent shocked audience members at Wednesday's school board meeting when she donated 4 percent of her annual salary to the Fremont Unified School District to help balance the budget.Hayward pastor's talk at school prompts lawsuit from parents
Thirty-one parents have sued the Castro Valley Unified School District, claiming the district failed to comply with public records requests for information about a lesbian pastor's on-campus talk.Schools reap federal stimulus funds — and face losing more in state funds
Just in time, Uncle Sam has opened a fat wallet to financially flailing school districts. Yet, the $8 billion in federal stimulus funds for California schools come with a lot of ifs and buts attached, leaving educators struggling to understand how they can spend the largesse.Some L.A. teachers may defy restraining order
Teachers union officials said Thursday that some of their members would not report to work at Los Angeles Unified School District campuses this morning and instead would engage in civil disobedience at the district headquarters to protest potential budget cuts.Column: Scare tactics or the day of reckoning?
Has California's day of fiscal reckoning, postponed for years by political tricks and hide-the-pea financial schemes, finally arrived?Schwarzenegger's budget proposals cut services, school year, state workers
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed dire budget plans Thursday that slash core public services and push California's financial problems into future years as the state struggles to survive a historic economic downturn.Schwarzenegger outlines drastic budget cuts
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a pair of financial disaster plans Thursday, proposing to address the state's budget crisis by slicing up to seven days off the public school year, releasing thousands of inmates from prison and packing others into county jails, cutting off healthcare to more than 200,000 children and drilling for oil off the Santa Barbara coast.
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