Thursday, July 9, 2009
89% of LBUSD Class of 2009 passes exit exam
About 90 percent of the most recent high school senior class in California has passed an exit exam required for graduation, according to state figures released Wednesday.Kaiser Permanente saves summertime school lunch program
For 15 years, Rancho Cordova schools have offered children summertime lunches, designed to combat hunger when school is out of session. This year, however, funding was scarce and the community faced the prospect of being unable to afford the program. Jack Rozance, physician-in-chief of the Permanente Medical Group, said providing the $3,000 needed to staff and operate the summer meal program just made sense.Sac City schools tap N.C. administrator for top post
The Sacramento City Unified School District has offered its superintendent job to a North Carolina school district administrator who ran a multimillion- dollar nonprofit in Boston before going into public education.Some music classes returning to Tustin schools
The Tustin Public Schools Foundation is looking to hire three to five music teachers for a pilot program aimed at replacing music education in Tustin Unified eliminated by budget cuts.School's charter could be revoked
Frustrated over how Helix High School has handled a recent series of teacher sex crimes, Grossmont school district administrators are recommending that trustees move to revoke the charter they issued more than 11 years ago.Feds award school bus grants
The Obama Administration has committed $1.56 million to help clean up 125 dirty diesel school buses in San Diego County.Schools chief releases updated high school exit exam results
In a continued effort to show the Legislature's recent proposal to eliminate the California High School Exit Examination would harm student achievement, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell released updated exam results Wednesday that show students making progress.School funding in doubt as state revenues plunge
Plunging state revenues –down in May and June by as much as $1.8 billion below official expectations -- could wind up costing public schools as much as $8 billion in money they say is owed to them by the state.Teachers vs. Arnold: The sequel
The debate over erasing California's massive budget deficit may now be headed into a new, and particularly bitter phase... as arguably the state's most powerful interest group hammers Governor Schwarzenegger for his suggestion to further reduce spending on public schools.Governor's borrowing plan risks stimulus funds
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget package, which he has touted as a way to solve the state's entire deficit, has a glitch that may jeopardize $10 billion in federal stimulus funds for California's public schools, colleges and prisons.
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