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Many California school board incumbents decided not to run - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Many California school board incumbents decided not to run - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Many California school board incumbents decided not to run

Published: Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

In the Sacramento region, as in the rest of California, school boards have increased class sizes, cut sports and shuttered libraries to balance district budgets.

But voters didn't take it out on incumbents in last week's elections and, in many cases, sitting board members didn't give voters the chance.

Frank Pugh, president of the California School Boards Association, said fewer incumbents statewide ran for school trustee this election year.

"There are a number of incumbents that are just exhausted with the battles between the state

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Gabriel Herrera has never had a Slushy thrown in his face.

In the Sacramento region, as in the rest of California, school boards have increased class sizes, cut sports and shuttered libraries to balance district budgets.
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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that has kept the Sacramento City Unified School District in court for nearly 13 years fending off a challenge to the Waldorf teaching method used in two district schools.


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