Monday, August 24, 2009
The Flame doused at Lodi High
The Lodi High School newspaper, The Flame, has been extinguished. The monthly student publication that has operated for decades has folded due to budget constraints and a decline in enrollment.Schools spreading the pain around: How will the cuts affect your kids?
There will be no back-to-school photo ops for parents trying to get the perfect picture of their little one boarding the Templeton school bus and no middle school volleyball and basketball practices in Atascadero, and class sizes are increasing almost everywhere.Trade Tech prepares for second year
Educators and students at North County Trade Tech High School in Vista are preparing for their second year. School officials say they expect this year to be more successful than their first, largely because they've had a chance to figure out what worked and what didn't.Escondido USD finalizes redevelopment agreement with city
Trustees in the Escondido Union School District have given the final approval needed to divide millions of dollars in redevelopment money to the city and local schools.Troubled Long Beach charter school fails to sell land
Facing possible closure due to financial problems, Constellation Community Charter School had hoped to sell a piece of property to recoup losses stemming from an aborted construction project.Districts finding new ways to combat dropouts
One dropout is one too many - that's the message that echoes through Chaffey Joint Union High School District.Districts soon to have statistical tools to deal with dropout problem
California schools are on their way to finally determining their four-year dropout.Will bigger classes hurt kids?
Veteran teachers have a surprising answer: Not much.Rocklin schools sue state board over academy's charter
The Rocklin Unified School District is taking the California Board of Education to court in an attempt to revoke the charter of Western Sierra Collegiate Academy.School district eyes building for its offices
The Poway school district's plan to buy a 53,000-square-foot building in Carmel Mountain Ranch for its administrative offices will save the district millions — money now spent leasing off-site office space because its current headquarters is too small.Districts focus on swine flu prevention as South Bay schools resume
As South Bay students head back to school, they'll encounter changes — larger classes, more vacation, fewer secretaries and janitors. But none is so immediately obvious, especially at the lower grades, as the war against germs.Empire Elementary School garden barely finished before vandals hit
Empire Elementary students head back to school today, opening books, sharpening pencils, writing about summer vacation. But they won't be gardening. Vandals saw to that.Budget cuts easy to see in Stanislaus County schools
As the new school year gets under way this month, many parents and students are finding out what a second straight year of deep budget cuts can do.Health and education officials gird for flu season
The start of the school year will undoubtedly bring a rise in H1N1 infections, health and education officials said Friday as they urged parents to practice such precautionary measures with their children as hand-washing and the "Dracula sneeze."Parent, lawyer say lawsuit against district is question of parental rights
The attorney and one of the parents who filed a lawsuit last week against the Alameda Unified School District spoke out this week about why they took the action.
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