Monday, June 22, 2009
Budget crisis forces deep cuts at California schools
Without a strong economic recovery, which few experts predict, the reduced school funding could last for years, shortchanging millions of students, driving away residents and businesses, and darkening California's economic future.Court says public must pay for private special ed
The Supreme Court has made it easier for parents of special education students to be reimbursed for the cost of private schooling for their children.Ripon schools suspend some sports, activities
Several sports and other extracurricular activities will be suspended for two years in Ripon schools as officials piece together $1.1 million in cuts for the upcoming 2009-10 school year.Parents get shut out of Kennedy HS graduation
Hundreds of parents and guests were shut out of Kennedy High School's graduation ceremony Thursday, apparently because of a wave of ticket forgeries.Teachers get crash course
For six days ending Saturday at Pittman Elementary in Stockton, Siero and about 75 others - mainly education professionals from throughout San Joaquin County - found themselves living the lives of students trying to learn a foreign language.School safety concerns debated in West County
Better communication and consistent enforcement of campus rules are keys to curbing the recent spike in West Contra Costa school fights and other safety problems, police and district officials say.Middling through: four Mendocino County middle schools
Grand Jurors explored perceptions about the county's sixth to eighth graders, the pressures they face, and the extent to which middle schools are addressing common concerns. According to the report, confirmed concerns include widespread poverty and the number of youth who lack parental support for regular school attendance, positive health habits, and respectful, responsible behavior.Ripon schools suspend some sports, activities
Several sports and other extracurricular activities will be suspended for two years in Ripon schools as officials piece together $1.1 million in cuts for the upcoming 2009-10 school year.Sports fees spread at capital-area schools
Athletic fees are nothing new at Colfax High School. Students have been accountable for a share of their sports operating costs for the last decade. That pay-to-play athletics model is catching on across the region as schools scramble to fill gaps left in their budgets from district cuts.Democrats want California schools to get billions that voters rejected
California voters said no, but Democratic lawmakers are pushing to do it anyhow. The issue involves billions of dollars and a ballot measure so important to schools that the California Teachers Association spent more than $7 million in a failed attempt to pass Proposition 1B.Two students, two schools -- 20 miles and a world apart
Henry Ramirez, meet Kyle Gosselin. We thought you should be introduced, at least virtually, because you have some things in common. You're a couple of low-key, low-drama, low-maintenance 17-year-olds who have just navigated 11th grade at large public high schools.Yet how different two young lives can be.'Don't call me' says Desert Sands USD president
After months of dealing with an increasingly worsening state budget, the Desert Sands Unified School District board president seems to have had enough of people begging him to avoid budget cuts in the classroom.Education chief to warn advocates that inferior charter schools harm the effort
The Obama administration has made opening more charter schools a big part of its plans for improving the nation’s education system, but Education Secretary Arne Duncan will warn advocates of the schools on Monday that low-quality institutions are giving their movement a black eye.State budget crisis: Prepare for finger pointing
On paper, Democrats and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger aren’t worlds apart in their proposals to close the state’s huge budget deficit. But as with everything in Sacramento, every calculation must include the unknown “X” factor, which in this case is Republican lawmakers.Visalia technical education charter school in the works
Visalia Unified School District officials are mapping out the details of a technical-education-based charter school slated to open in 2010.Column: California has no money and few options
Call it the Dance of Death, the Kabuki or the Summer Follies -- the performance they're about to give in California's Capitol is a necessary ritual. But it shouldn't be taken very seriously by the outside world.One crisis, two plans
Two plans have emerged to close the budget deficit, one proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and another passed by the Democratic-controlled conference committee. Here's how some provisions in the two plans compare and contrast.
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