Friday, May 16, 2008
San Leandro, San Lorenzo teachers approve new contracts
Educators in San Lorenzo and San Leandro have approved new contracts that call for salary increases, meaning the two cash-strapped school districts will soon have to make difficult decisions to fund those raises.Budget help not enough for K-12s
Local school districts are breathing easier following an increase in education funding in the governor's proposed budget, but say staffing and program cuts are still planned.Pleasanton school trustee's residency questioned
Questions about whether Pleasanton school board member Pat Kernan lives in the district have led to inquiries by both the school district and county prosecutors.Schools take deep cuts, but mass layoffs averted
Despite earlier predictions of massive layoffs, most Santa Clara County teachers will keep their jobs this year.Schools finalizing teacher layoffs and terminations – 1,166 confirmed
Thirteen Orange County school districts have confirmed layoff and contract terminations for 1,166 educators -- not counting the 573 Santa Ana educators whose status won't be finalized until June.For Inland teachers, final layoff notices not set in stone
Hundreds of Inland teachers who received layoff notices in March learned that they will keep their jobs this week, and hundreds of others received final layoff notices. But even those who received final notice may not end up unemployed. With school districts still preparing their budgets for next year -- and the possibility of more state funding than districts now project -- many of them could be rehired by September.Protesters surround Capitol over education, health cuts
Students protested Thursday on one side of the Capitol against $3 billion in public school funding cuts, while demonstrators on the other side attacked broader, deeper slashes in health and human services programs.State grants to allow new sidewalks near two schools
Children walking to and from a pair of Visalia schools won't have to choose between dodging traffic or walking through dirt or mud after new sidewalks and crosswalks are installed over the coming year.Districts deciding how to cope with state budget cuts
Like many school systems throughout the state, Los Angeles Unified School District officials spent Thursday reviewing financial projections that will include cutting programs and services because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised budget does not provide enough funding.Column: Once again, Schwarzenegger wimps out
There is – or at least should be – only one standard by which to judge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget proposal: Does it stop the "crazy deficit spending" that he pledged to end when he was elected five years ago, or at least make significant progress toward fiscal responsibility?Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bonita district slashes 20 jobs
Bonita Unified School District officials approved cuts for more than a dozen positions in its classified services staff Monday.Educators protest budget
Hundreds of educators, students, parents and elected officials gathered at the Alhambra Unified School District office to rally against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed school budget cuts.CARLSBAD: School district approves $5.6M in budget cuts
Carlsbad Unified School District trustees unanimously agreed Wednesday to cut as much as $5.6 million from what they were expecting to spend next year.REGION: Schools cautiously optimistic about revised budget
School finance officials in Southwest (Riverside) County said they were cautiously optimistic about the revised state budget proposal that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Wednesday, but must see the details before they can determine how it will affect local districts.In Marin, revised state budget could aid schools but hurt the county
Despite changes that could restore cuts to education, school and county officials found little to celebrate in the latest revision to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposal.Educators rally in protest
A few hundred teachers, school administrators and campus employees gathered Wednesday to demand that California lawmakers refuse proposed budget cuts to schools.Schools face shortfall even after state funding boost
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday revised his 2008-09 state budget proposal to uphold the minimum funding guarantee for public education mandated by Proposition 98, but schools continue to face about a $4 billion shortfall.School has low student demand
Sacramento City Unified trustees will discuss tonight whether to delay the opening of a new high school – or just abandon it altogether.District devises health plan for retirees
The San Marcos Unified School District has developed a financial strategy intended to pay for the health benefits of retired employees, a future liability expected to cost about $177 million.School board agrees to $5.6 million in wide-ranging cuts
The Carlsbad school board reluctantly approved $5.6 million in budget cuts last night – a reflection of 100 teacher layoffs already made but also of other painful cuts across the district.Trustees want bond measure on ballot
The Lemon Grove School District is seeking to place a $13 million bond measure on the November ballot.District's unfinished business
To get a picture of why the Oceanside Unified School District is asking voters to approve a $195 million construction bond measure on June 3, visit North Terrace Elementary School and then South Oceanside Elementary a few miles away.Educators breathe brief sigh of relief
State and local education leaders were relieved and wary Wednesday when schools seemingly escaped serious harm in the governor's proposed budget.FUSD trustees approve fee boost for developers
Developers will pay higher fees to the Fresno Unified School District for all new homes and commercial projects built within the district's boundaries, trustees said Wednesday.Vallejo school district feeling effects of city's bankruptcy vote
Vallejo's decision to declare bankruptcy last week has caused the Vallejo City Unified School District - a separate governmental entity - to suffer the loss of financing for portable classrooms, the delayed delivery of textbooks, the decline in value of general obligation bonds and a reduction in the number of on-campus city police officers, school officials said Wednesday.
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