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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

Some staff say breaks not given

Part-time employees in Lodi Unified schools have not been given 15-minute breaks as required during their four-hour shifts, their union leaders have complained, and the district's denial of a formal grievance could lead to an investigation by the state Division of Labor Standards Enforcement.

Grand jury uses Paso school district as warning

The San Luis Obispo County civil grand jury recommends that the region’s 10 school districts make further budget cuts and pursue additional tax money to balance their budgets.

California voters don't like midyear cuts targeting education, Field Poll finds

Nearly three-quarters of California voters oppose the automatic, midyear spending reductions that would balance the state budget if a November ballot initiative to raise taxes fails, according to a new Field Poll.