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Friday, July 6, 2012
Upland Unified School District eliminates busing for grades 7-12
The school district's Board of Trustees has decided to eliminate home-to-school transportation for students in grades 7-12 to address needed cuts in the 2012-13 fiscal year.$452,000 to pay for Humboldt school projects
Caltrans awarded $48.5 million in state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects on Thursday, including four at Humboldt County Schools.Guzik: Migrant worker children encouraged to consider engineering
As California’s political leaders push educators to link high school classes with career options for their students, an Oxnard high school program has succeeded in getting some of the state’s hardest-to-reach students enthused about careers in engineering.Clayton Valley Charter High School administrators hit the ground running
Although it still looks the same on the outside, a transformation is underway inside Clayton Valley Charter High, which officially opened Monday.School lunches missing the mark for nutrition standards
A California Watch analysis shows 60 percent of the school lunches reviewed by the state in the past five years failed to meet at least one federal nutritional requirement.Freedburg: Over 10,000 students awarded “seal of biliteracy”
For the first time, graduating seniors from around California – more than 10,000 – have been awarded a state “seal” indicating their proficiency in two languages.Thursday, July 5, 2012