Wednesday, June 10, 2009
More strange scenes unfold for Amato, Stockton USD
The seemingly mundane task of scheduling an evaluation for Superintendent Tony Amato was the focal point of Stockton Unified School District's board meeting, but there was nothing routine about what took place Tuesday night.200 Manteca teachers may be laid off
Manteca Unified School District trustees Tuesday night approved a draft budget that includes 200 teacher layoffs and increased class sizes in 2009-10.Bristol is leaving as South Pasadena schools' chief
After just three years on the job, Superintendent Brian Bristol has resigned from the 4,200-student South Pasadena Unified School District. Bristol, 54, will leave the post at the end of this month. He did not specify why he resigned.Wealthier school districts like SL Coastal, Cayucos and Cambria may face state cuts
Officials in the school districts of San Luis Coastal, Cayucos Elementary and Coast Union in Cambria worry that they are no longer as safe from the ravages of the state budget as they once hoped.School board votes to rehire 37 teachers
At least 37 of the 73 Oceanside teachers who received layoff notices will get their jobs back, though for many it will only be temporarily, the Oceanside Unified school board decided Tuesday.Music programs face cuts in Fruitvale school district
The Fruitvale School District School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the district permission for precautionary notices of layoffs and cuts. No decisions will be final until August, but one option is to cut the district's music department.Edison student a possible H1N1 case
An Edison High School student has been diagnosed as the second probable case of H1N1 influenza in Fresno County.Saddleback school board: Shortfall may swell $20 million
Saddleback Valley Unified officials indicated Tuesday that there is virtually no hope of preserving any of the nearly $10 million in programs and jobs slated to be eliminated this fall in response to state cutbacks.Oceanside to use funds to rehire 27 teachers
The governing board of the Oceanside Unified School District voted unanimously last night to use $2.2 million in federal economic stimulus money to send 27 teachers back into the classroom.And the next superintendent of schools is...
Christine L. Frazier was named Kern County’s 19th superintendent of schools Tuesday, as was expected. She was appointed by the Kern County Board of Education to replace Larry E. Reider, who will retire June 30.L.A. school board votes 4-3 on motion to ease teacher firing
The Los Angeles Unified school board narrowly passed a resolution Tuesday to suggest changes to state laws that would expedite the firing of teachers accused of serious crimes.Richmond teachers union protests district cuts
A sign-toting swarm of feisty teachers surrounded West Contra Costa school district headquarters in Richmond on Tuesday to demand that the district reconsider class-size increases and health care caps.S.F. school board restores JROTC program
After three years of emotional debate and back-and-forth votes, the San Francisco school board Tuesday night hit the reset button on the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, restoring the program to nearly its original condition before the 2006 effort to kill it.Two audacious Bay Area schools make Newsweek's list of top 1,500 in nation
Wielding No. 2 pencils and propelled by grit and determination, two audacious high schools have landed in the company of often-decorated academic powerhouses in Newsweek magazine's annual list of top schools in the nation.School counselors, psychologists play critical role
Struggling to make sense of two recent suicides, officials at Gunn High School in Palo Alto are working overtime to make sure at-risk teenagers are getting the help they need. Forums for parents have been organized, outside counseling is available and a variety of crisis resources and hot lines are featured on the school's Web site.California Senate Democrats' budget plan relies on rainy-day fund
Senate Democrats unveiled a budget plan Tuesday that would stave off the deepest proposed cuts to California's health, welfare and student-aid programs by dipping heavily into the rainy-day fund that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants set aside in case the economy continues to sour.
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