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Education Headlines
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Fruitvale sues over defective gym construction
Fruitvale School District has filed a lawsuit claiming that construction companies were negligent in building and installing a gymnasium floor at its junior high school, court filings show.Schools facing tighter budgets
Sonora High School, Summerville High School and Calaveras Unified School District have all approved budgets for the next fiscal year that anticipate steep drops in revenue, setting the stage for more possible cuts to programs.Los Angeles, Long Beach districts scale back summer school due to cuts
A line of students snaked out the door of the Canoga Park High attendance office Monday morning, with scores of teens hoping to get a seat in Los Angeles Unified's smallest-ever summer school program.Galt high school district finally closes books on years-long project
Trustees for the Galt Joint Union High School District have closed the financial books on a years-long project, but not before shelling out an additional $168,612 for construction work already performed.Group contests raises to Central Unified's top employees
Central Unified teachers, parents and faculty say they are not giving up in their fight to overturn a contract approved last month that gives pay raises to the district's top employees. The contract will give five administrators annual merit-based raises each year if they get a satisfactory performance review.School closures loom in San Diego
The merry-go-round of dire and familiar budget cuts continues at the San Diego Unified School District. The school board is once again laying the groundwork to shutter campuses to cope with the state's relentless fiscal crisis.Summer squeeze: LAUSD offers limited summer school classes
With a bare-bones budget of $1 million, the district's Beyond the Bell branch is offering summer school at only 16 of its high schools. Classes are limited to core subjects and enrollment to failing students - seniors get priority - who need to make up credits to graduate.Caltrans awards $48.5 million for Safe Routes to Schools improvements
Caltrans has awarded $48.5 million through its Safe Routes to Schools program to help fund construction of sidewalks, bike paths and other improvements near campuses throughout the state.First LEA waivers looking for relief from pre-K program
As school officials statewide begin preparing transitional kindergarten programs to be offered this fall, nine districts are calling on the California State Board of Education to give them a reprieve from the mandate because of fiscal restraints.Baron: Schools short of API targets prepare to lose millions in aid
Although the State Department of Education hasn’t yet released the final list of schools that will be asked to exit the program, about 30 percent of last year’s 474 QEIA schools fell short in at least one required area. Of those, the schools that missed their Academic Performance Index targets are most likely to be dropped. So far, 39 have asked the State Board of Education for waivers from their API growth targets and all but one were denied. (More on that in a minute.)Monday, July 9, 2012
