Monday, August 10, 2009
Big plan on campus
The signs are everywhere: Historic Tracy High School is being rebuilt from the ground up.Back to school, with fewer teachers, larger classes
Kindergarten classes with 28 students. Middle schools with no sports. Counselors with 500 students to manage. Shorter library hours. And perhaps most dramatically, a school year shortened by as many as five days.One month late, Luther Burbank School District passes budget
One month late, the Luther Burbank School District in San Jose approved a 2009-10 budget, enabling its employees and vendors to be paid for July. By missing the state-set deadline of June 30, the Burbank district couldn't make any payments last month.School board approves bi-literacy policy
More than a decade after California voters all but banned bilingual education, San Diego schools will encourage – and teach – students to embrace a second language under a new and ambitious bi-literacy policy.Colton High program helps students graduate
Two years ago, a group of Colton High School juniors on the road to academic-ruin agreed to participate in the first run of a privately funded education program. Of the 30 students who originally signed up for the program, six transferred to other schools. Of the remaining 24, 22 graduated from high schoolClovis Unified considers backing boundary shift
The Clovis Unified School District will consider shedding its neutrality and backing Clovis parents who want to change boundary lines and move into the district from Fresno Unified.Local schools grapple with cuts
Thank goodness for federal stimulus dollars -- that's the mantra coming from local school districts right about now. "Without the stimulus money, I don't know what we would do this year,” said McKinleyville Union School District Superintendent Dena McCullough, adding that while her district is facing $711,000 in state cuts, it's receiving $755,000 in federal funding.$2.8 million in six weeks -- that's a lot of principal dunking and lemonade
Led by two education foundations, parents, teachers and community members set a goal to raise $2.8 million over six weeks to save Pleasanton school district programs lost to state budget cuts.Inter-district transfers have academic, fiscal implications
Imagine a firm with what it is convinced is a superior product, losing revenue because of demographic changes beyond its control. The company faces two choices: Accept the loss of revenue as inevitable, or offer its services to potential consumers in adjacent communities.Parents cautious when it comes to back-to-school spending
Roxanne Samara is getting a double whammy this back-to-school season. The high school science teacher's school district reduced its budget for classroom supplies, and she's a mother of two school-age sons who need clothes, backpacks and other gear.Budget cuts put new textbook purchases on hold
The state budget that closed a $24-billion gap last month dramatically reduced state spending for textbooks. The state Board of Education won't approve new books for kindergarten through eighth grade until January 2016 at the earliest, and districts have postponed approvals of new high school books as well.Sacramento-area schools have big plans for federal tech funds
Local school district officials have many ideas for spending their share of the $71.6 million in federal stimulus funds that will be distributed by the state in the coming months.Columnist: Teachers union needs to be a leader
A.J. Duffy walked into the restaurant like a man on his way to a fight, with quick footwork and fierce eyes. We'd been sparring from a distance, and now here we were, face to face at a downtown eatery.California could be disqualified for competing for $4.35 billion in federal education stimulus funds
Faced with a dire choice over being loyal to the state's powerful teachers union or claiming their share of billions of dollars in new federal funding, Sacramento legislators are re-evaluating a law that prevents the state from tying student test scores to teacher performance.Layoffs, raises: It's a mixed bag for Sacramento-area teachers
Most teachers in the Sacramento area will receive raises when they return to school. These increases are automatic "step" increments, and many teachers don't consider them raises.
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