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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
230 Lodi Unified workers to lose jobs
Trustees, who have worked for more than six months on budget cuts, made several last-minute additions to the budget Tuesday. Among the most notable changes were rescinding layoff notices to librarians, library technicians and some paraeducators at a total cost of $1 million.Trustees debate district chief's fate
Trustees met behind closed doors late into the night Tuesday to evaluate Stockton Unified Superintendent Tony Amato and determine his future.Salinas high school district lays off 13 workers
The Salinas Union High School District Board of Trustees agreed to lay off 13 classified workers during a special meeting Tuesday night. But the action is pending recommendations from the district's lawyer to determine if the layoffs will take effect today or Aug. 1.School board approves budget
The Temecula school board approved a budget Tuesday night that cuts deep into the district's general fund, but retains almost all the employees and programs.Novato cuts school bus service
About 600 Novato students who rode the bus to school this year will have to find another way to get there in the fall. On Tuesday, the Novato Unified School District Board cut its transportation budget for all but special education students as part of an $647,000 cost-cutting measure.Long Beach USD employees could face pay, benefit cuts
Employees of the Long Beach Unified School District could see their pay reduced next fiscal year as part of a possible cost-cutting effort, the school board narrowly declared Tuesday.Online high school offered as alternative
Overcrowded classrooms. A lack of lockers. Too much socializing. These are just some of the reasons Sheree Earle of Upland is considered enrolling her daughter in an online high school.Chino Valley may have to close another school to open Preserve campus
The school district's newest campus, located in the Preserve, is scheduled to open this fall, but it may mean the closure of another school. The increasingly cash-strapped Chino Valley Unified School District expects to lose as much as $19 million in state funding this year as lawmakers struggle to close a $24.3 billion budget deficit.Hamilton High trustees end school's independence
For 93 years, Hamilton Union High School District educated students as an independent district. That ends in July with the high school's consolidation with Hamilton Elementary School. The close of one era was marked Monday, with the final meeting of the high school trustees.FBI probes obstruction of justice claim by former St. HOPE official
The FBI's Sacramento division is investigating a former St. HOPE executive's allegations of obstruction of justice, Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown confirmed Tuesday.School board is nearing OK of balanced budget
After months of sitting through budget hearings and protests, the San Diego school board is one step closer to adopting a balanced budget. But questions over the district's spending plans persist.Corona-Norco district cuts to keep coming
In addition to $52 million in lost state funding for Corona-Norco Unified School District for 2009-10, the district will have to decide how to cut another $20.2 million for 2010-11, the school board learned Tuesday evening.New school sets new standards
New technology, new programs and a different approach to learning are being readied for when VanderMolen Fundamental Elementary School in Eastvale opens July 6.LAUSD to see more state budget cuts to transportation
Union leaders of the Los Angeles Unified School District came together Tuesday to blast proposed state budget cuts to transportation that could total more than $400 million statewide.Vallejo schools superintendent, spokesman on paid leave
Vallejo school district Superintendent Mary Bull and district spokesman Jason Hodge remain on paid administrative leave pending the results of an investigation.Antioch district to alert administrators they may lose jobs
All certificated administrators in the Antioch school district will receive notices they could lose their jobs, the district board decided during a special meeting last weekend.Mt. Diablo school board approves donor sports program
Football players and other Mt. Diablo school district athletes planning to compete in the fall can suit up for practice in August, with the understanding they will be asked to donate up to $400 to participate.Online high school offered as alternative
Overcrowded classrooms. A lack of lockers. Too much socializing. These are just some of the reasons Sheree Earle of Upland is considered enrolling her daughter in an online high school.Gov. Schwarzenegger wants California's schools to adopt digital textbooks
Kids spend a lot of time on the Internet — listening to music, watching videos and researching schoolwork. So why, asks Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, are students still lugging around expensive textbooks? Schwarzenegger's "digital textbook initiative" calls for California's 6.2 million public school students to move away from hard-bound chemistry and calculus books and embrace texts in electronic form.California schools' tough choices
Residents of some affluent cities in this broke state are banding together to make up for cuts in public education, opening rifts between rich and poor school districts.Democrats take on governor over cuts
Democrats started firing back in concerted fashion Tuesday against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts, setting the stage for yet another round of acrimonious debate as the state falls further into the red.California lawmakers ready to battle over taxes
Democratic lawmakers proposed raising taxes on tobacco and oil companies and refused to cut state worker pay as a key budget committee finished its plan Tuesday to solve the state's $24.3 billion deficit
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