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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Olinda School demolition leaves questions for resident
After weeks of preparation, construction crews started demolishing the vacant former Olinda School campus off of Carbon Canyon Road on Wednesday so the Brea Olinda Unified School District can sell the land it sits on.Hundreds of schools overdue for repair funds
Eight years after California settled a landmark lawsuit promising hundreds of millions of dollars to repair shoddy school facilities, more than 700 schools still are waiting for their share of funds as students take classes on dilapidated campuses with health and safety hazards.Request to waive cost of Clayton Valley Charter High denied
The state Board of Education has denied a request by the Mt. Diablo Unified School District to waive $1.7 million in costs the district must pay to Clayton Valley Charter High.Inspire School to stay on Chico High's campus for two more years
Inspire School of the Arts and Sciences will remain on Chico High School's campus for at least another two years, with direction regarding its final home to be determined sometime in September, the Chico Unified School District School Board decided Wednesday.SBE floats return to matrix sampling assessments
With many questions still to be settled over the future of student testing in California – the notion was broached at Wednesday’s meeting of the California State Board of Education of returning to sampling assessments – and to the days before the No Child Left Behind Act required assessments of every student, every year.Education officials discuss transfer of Monterey Peninsula USD territory into Carmel school district
A group of residents at Rancho Mar Monte near Carmel want to carve out their neighborhood from the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to join the Carmel Unified School District.Security breach delays STAR test results two weeks
The state's annual release of Standardized Testing and Reporting results, known as STAR, will be delayed approximately two weeks due to a breach of security that occurred when some of the questions were posted online from a dozen schools, including two in San Jose, the state Department of Education announced Wednesday.Wednesday, July 18, 2012