Wednesday, July 8, 2009
School grant brings religion to the table
The San Joaquin County Office of Education is set to receive a $1 million federal grant to train teachers and develop curriculum to teach the role of religion in the development of U.S. history, according to an announcement Tuesday.School board finalizes 28 support staff layoffs
School officials in Oceanside reluctantly finalized layoff notices Tuesday for 28 support employees, including custodians, groundskeepers, clerks and instructional aides.Marin schools offer to give up funds to avoid state cuts
Kentfield schools Superintendent Mary Jo Pettegrew wants the state Legislature to take $600,000 of her district's funds. That's because Pettegrew worries that the Legislature, struggling to deal with California's $26.3 billion deficit, might otherwise take $880,000 or more of the categorical funds Kentfield uses for programs like capping class sizes, gifted and talented education and teachers' aides.Recall effort targets four of five Durham USD trustees
After months of controversy, four-fifths of the Durham Unified School District Board of Trustees are the target of a recall effort.Priorities set for athletic upgrades at Riverside schools
A priority list for $23 million in projects to improve athletic facilities at Riverside Unified School District campuses was approved by the school board Tuesday.State education leaders decry governor's proposal to suspend Proposition 98
Saying that local schools already have suffered enough from budget cuts, state education representatives on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of leaders decrying the governor's proposal to suspend a 1988 ballot measure guaranteeing minimum funding for education.California leaders in no hurry to break budget impasse
Despite plunging tax revenues, Wall Street's unwillingness to loan the state money and billions of dollars worth of IOUs hitting mailboxes, California's leaders are displaying a seeming lack of urgency to close the state's $26.3 billion deficit.
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