The state Board of Education put off approving which low achieving schools would be awarded money for plans to turn themselves around and improve student achievement.
That leaves the fates of four county schools that applied for the funds up in the air.
"This is not a 'done deal' yet it appears," Alyson Evans wrote to me. She oversees grants at San Diego Unified, where the sole school to apply, Burbank Elementary, was not slated to win funds.
Only two of the eligible San Diego County schools were slated to get funding, under
San Diego Unified School District is suing an employee firing panel that disagreed with its decision to fire a teacher who was convicted of child molestation, then freed after his convictions were overturned.
Thad Jesperson, formerly a teacher at Toler Elementary, was automatically fired when he was convicted six years ago. He was put on trial three times, but ultimately his conviction was thrown out because of jury misconduct and inadequate legal representation, the
Two of the four struggling San Diego County schools that vied for help turning their schools around are poised to get funding, if the state follows through on its recommendations today.
Earlier this year, the California Department of Education made a list of persistently failing schools that were eligible for up to $6 million if they set forth a convincing plan to improve student achievement. Six schools in San Diego County made the list.
To compete for the money, the schools had to choose from four options, which included