Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Despite concessions, jobs may still be cut
Increased financial uncertainty fueled by the defeat of education funding propositions in Tuesday's special election prompted the Lodi Unified Board of Trustees to table a proposal to rescind layoffs of administrators.Cash-strapped Stockton USD loses $40K over flu
The $40,000 flu. When Stockton Unified announced layoffs, around 215 staffers invoked their right to a hearing. The law required Stockton Unified to hire about 134 substitute teachers on hearing day. About 80 counselors and a few administrators also got the day off. But the district's outside counsel fell sick with severe flu. The hearing was canceled. Estimated cost: $40,000.Deep education cuts may loom; turnout sparse
On a day when voters stayed home in droves, San Joaquin County public school officials were gloomy, but advocates for mental health services and preschool programs were celebrating following the resounding rejection of several propositions in the state's special election Tuesday.Monterey County education leaders plan for cuts after measures fail
For three months, school administrators have been planning their budgets for a "worse-case scenario." That vision came true after Tuesday's special election.Mt. Diablo schools parcel tax fails
The mood was glum as teachers, parents, and trustees reviewed Measure D election results Tuesday, showing the $99 per parcel tax failing with far less than the two-thirds support it needed to pass. With nearly all precincts reporting, about 59 percent favored it.Letter rips St. HOPE board
The man highly touted as Kevin Johnson's replacement at St. HOPE Public Schools outlined a list of legal and ethical concerns about the operation of the charter schools in an eight-page resignation letter.Pomona USD superintendent gets D.C. task
President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he intends to nominate Pomona Unified School District Superintendent Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana as assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education.Corona-Norco's school district sets furlough dates
To help with the last round of budget cuts, teachers and classified school employees, a category that includes food service and school office workers, custodians and others without teaching credentials, agreed to take two furlough days to save more than $3.5 million that otherwise would have resulted in job losses.Ruptured spleen, other injuries get Hayward student $150,000 in settlement
A student who suffered serious injuries in February 2003 when gang members attacked him just outside campus security offices at Hayward High School has settled his suit against the school district, both lawyers involved in the case confirmed this week.Daly City students demand moratorium on fast food restaurants
Teens who want more healthful food options near Jefferson High School recently approached city officials and asked for a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants.Column: Teachers give the Education Mayor a failing grade
"Your attention, please. Will Antonio Villaraigosa please report to the principal's office at Roosevelt High. Immediately." Yes, folks, I'm once again calling out the Education Mayor, as he has called himself.Entire Groveland school board recalled
Voters in a small rural school district near Yosemite National Park voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to oust all five board members, according to unofficial returns, the first time in memory that an entire school board has been unseated.Rejection at polls deepens the deficit to $21.3 billion
The defeat of Propositions 1A through 1E means the state budget's $15.4 billion river of red ink will deepen to a projected $21.3 billion. That's because 1C, 1D and 1E included $5.9 billion officials had hoped to borrow from the state lottery and special funds for children's development and mental health programs, but needed voters' permission to do so.Column: Angry voters whack budget, politicians
Voters – feeling the financial pinch and angry at politicians' inability to fix the state budget – soundly rejected five ballot measures Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders said were vital to closing the state's chronic budget gap, including $16 billion in future taxes.California voters kill budget measures
The "big five" elected leaders -- Schwarzenegger and the legislative chieftains from both houses -- are slated to begin closed-door meetings today upon the governor's return from Washington, where he spent election day after casting a last-minute absentee ballot.
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