Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Local parents, groups helping schools deal with downed economy
Area school administrators say they'll spend the next few weeks taking a hard look at how to budget with fewer dollars, thanks to statewide cutbacks in education funding.Students starting school this month as part of new schedule
Some students on modified traditional calendars will go back to school next week, including the Alvord district in west Riverside and east Corona.Modesto City Schools medical change faltering
A controversial proposal allowing junior high and high school students in Modesto to leave school to seek confidential medical services without their parents' knowledge appears headed to defeat.State senators to consider changing law on student scores, teacher evaluations
The state Senate will hold hearings later this month to determine if legislators need to change a California law governing the use of student test scores in order to qualify for competitive federal education reform dollars.Schools prepare for flu's return
SAN DIEGO — The county's public health chief told school officials yesterday to close campuses when 30 percent of students are absent because of flu, a far-higher threshold than officials used in shutting down schools when the swine flu outbreak peaked here in the spring.Dropout rates improve in L.A. Unified
The dropout rate in the Los Angeles Unified School District declined almost 17%, according to figures the district released today.
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