Thursday, June 25, 2009
Column: Students will suffer as bilingual education declines
In a bilingual student's education, the transition from Spanish to English normally takes place around the third or fourth grade; it's a gradual process. Now, however, without the necessary waivers, it could happen as early as kindergarten, first or second grade.Teachers at 2 school districts OK pay cuts
Teachers from East County school districts that are dealing with severe state funding reductions have agreed to pay cuts in exchange for fewer working days when classes are not in session next school year.Board will examine travel requests
A plan that appears to approve trips for South County high school trustees and the superintendent to Washington, D.C., Chicago and even England has been put on hold after questions about costs with money so short.Sports saved at East Side Union High School District
So the games may go on at East Side Union High School District after all. At a special board meeting tonight, trustees are expected to vote on a budget that would preserve school sports for the next year after six months of uncertainty that had parents, students and coaches scrambling to raise money and look for outside funding sources.Redlands Unified school board OKs budget, for now
The 2009-10 budget plan the Redlands Unified School District Board of Education green-lighted Tuesday night came with a disclaimer -- information is subject to change.Barstow USD denies science school charter petition
A Victorville-based charter school that wants to start a school focused on science, math and technology in Adelanto has been denied a charter by the Barstow Unified School District due to concerns of an “unclear operational plan” and an “unsound educational program.”New Haven school board adopts $104 million budget
Although the New Haven school board managed to pass a spending plan for the new fiscal year without laying off teachers, increasing class sizes, eliminating transportation or cutting after-school activities, trustees have been warned they may have to make such cuts in the next two years.Vote expected tonight on San Leandro school budget
San Leandro school trustees, having already sliced and diced 2009-10 programs and staffing, figure they'll get through the next school year. That's if the San Leandro school district budget, up for adoption tonight, isn't decimated too much more by state budget cuts now being decided in Sacramento.Decision day Thursday on Wildomar charter school
The Lake Elsinore Unified school board is expected to decide the fate of a proposed Wildomar charter school at a special meeting today.County schools chief to retire
Fredrick Wentworth, the county's superintendent of schools since 1991, informed the San Joaquin County Board of Education at a meeting Wednesday afternoon that he will retire when his elected term ends Dec. 31, 2010.Grand jury report discusses retirement plans in school district
For the second time in as many years, the Santa Cruz County grand jury has investigated Pajaro Valley Unified School District, this time taking a close look at the way district officials gave retirement benefits to upper-level employees.Ivy Academia charter schools under investigation
The Los Angeles district attorney issued search warrants this week at several Ivy Academia campuses, one of the state's top performing charter schools, in connection with an ongoing investigation, officials said Wednesday.California Assembly takes up King City school bailout
The bailout plan for the King City Joint Union High School District cleared its first Assembly review Wednesday. The Assembly Education Committee approved Senate Bill 130 by Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, to provide up to $13 million in state aid to the financially struggling district.Foundation cuts ties with Antioch schools
The Antioch school district's three-year affiliation with an education reform foundation aimed at improving schools through better governance has been severed.Liberty school district makes some cuts, braces for more
High schools here already have taken a $1.4 million hit, and now they will be experiencing more hardships. Liberty Union High School District trustees whacked an additional $2 million from next year's budget Wednesday to avoid ending the 2009-10 fiscal year in the red.Valedictorian says Accelerated School barred her from making speech
Aurora Ponce is senior class president, boasts a near-perfect A average and is UC-bound with plans to study engineering. But according to the 18-year-old and her supporters, officials at the Accelerated School, a collection of South Los Angeles charter schools, have barred Ponce from making her valedictory speech at Saturday's graduation as punishment for participating in a student sit-in to protest increased class sizes and the elimination of college prep classesTaxes or cuts, there's simply less to spend
Whether the state budget mess ends with more cuts or more taxes, the economy won't know the difference – at least in the short run, economists say.Democrats' budget-balancing plan crashes and burns
California's budget mess got even messier Wednesday, with the failure of legislators to reach a compromise on spending cuts, the state controller warning he will issue IOUs next week instead of checks, and no clear idea of what to do next.
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