Friday, August 14, 2009
School board releases Superintendent Lal
Lynwood school Superintendent Dhyan Lal was officially released from his duties by a 4-1 vote during a Monday night special school board meeting.Substitute teachers face crunch in Sacramento County
The market for substitute teachers is flooded with laid-off educators and retirees needing to supplement their incomes.Students from other high schools flock to new Poway USD campus on registration day
For a school that wasn't sure if it would even have enough students for a sophomore class, Del Norte High School sure seemed popular on registration day Wednesday.Four Sacramento-area school kitchens closed in 29-month span
A cockroach infestation, storage of food at unsafe temperatures and improper sanitization of equipment qualified the cafeteria at Foothill High School as the worst in Sacramento County, according to a Bee analysis of Sacramento County Health Department reports over a 29-month period.Escondido: Schools prepare for swine flu trouble
Being alert to signs of illness and paying more attention to school absences are just two precautions county health agency officials suggested to superintendents in a conference call Wednesday on swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus.Riverside Unified School District considers solar farm
The Riverside Unified School District is seeking money that could turn land it owns in the city's greenbelt into a solar farm.Pomona superintendent leaves for Washington after three years of change and success
Bittersweet is how many people describe the departure of Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana. For many, it's painful to see her leave her post as superintendent of the Pomona Unified School District.New Hamilton City district opens school with new leaders
It was a "bee-utiful" day of new beginnings in Hamilton City Thursday — for the new Hamilton Unified School District and for three familiar administrators starting the 2009-10 school year in new roles.Alameda parents file lawsuit over gender curriculum mandate
A group of parents opposed to a controversial anti-bullying curriculum adopted by the Alameda public schools has filed a lawsuit over the district's refusal to excuse their children attending the classes.Acalanes district to seek parcel tax extension
Hoping to preserve a stable source of revenue as funding from the state continues to plummet, the Acalanes school board voted last week to place an extension of the district's parcel tax on the Nov. 3 ballot.Oakley extends lease to private school
The Christian school leasing Oakley's newest elementary school will be there until 2011, and perhaps longer if the economy stays sour.First test for principals: Getting judged on test scores
San Diego Unified is crafting a new, more rigorous way of judging principals that would include whether student test scores, dropout rates and attendance had improved on their watch, a change that could prove controversial with their new union.California could lose federal education grants
Although California isn't eligible for billions in federal grants because of a law that prohibits the state from using student test scores to judge teacher performance, some school districts might circumvent the state and apply for the grants on their own.
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