Tuesday, August 25, 2009
District offers jobs back to teachers
About half of the teachers laid off by Desert Sands Unified School District in May were invited back to teach this school year.Schools will be slow to close due to swine flu; Marin parents urged to keep sick kids home
The new policy aims at avoiding school closures to slow the spread of the disease. Instead, the policy, developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, relies on parents to keep their kids home from school if they're infectious.Loleta Elementary appointed new superintendent
Loleta Elementary School has a new superintendent and the Baltimore native has two new programs in the works for the school.In the red, US school districts cut yellow buses
It is a dilemma facing thousands of parents across the country, as cash-strapped school districts from California to Florida have cut bus routes to chip away at spending.Rise in class size hits local schools
While most elementary school districts held close to the 20 students-per-class maximum in grades K-3 last year, some classrooms on Monday were five, six or even a dozen or more students over the limit.Grier, board discuss offer from Houston
Superintendent Terry Grier told the San Diego school board yesterday that he would accept an offer to run the Houston school district should he get a contract that meets his expectations.Modesto schools retain medical absence rules
Reversing their earlier position, Modesto City Schools trustees Monday night decided not to adopt a policy change that would have granted junior high and high school students excused absences to leave school for confidential medical services without parent knowledge.Mt. Diablo school board may spend nearly $100,000 to study special education
Attempting to cut special education costs while improving services, the Mt. Diablo school board expects to spend nearly $100,000 in federal stimulus money to study its programs.Villaraigosa supports opening up L.A. Unified schools to outside operators
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa voiced his support this morning for an expanded version of a controversial resolution that would allow charter school operators and other groups to apply to run city school district campuses.LAUSD takes on `school choice' plan
Backers of a bold initiative that would allow private operators to take over about a third of Los Angeles Unified campuses plan to draw hundreds of reform-minded parents to a rally today to pressure the school board to pass the measure.
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