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Friday, August 3, 2012
West Contra Costa school district finalizes terms of parcel tax, bond measures
The West Contra Costa school district Wednesday settled on the terms of parcel tax and bond measures that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot. The proposed parcel tax will be a five-year extension of a tax passed in 2008 providing $9.6 million annually for five years beginning July 1, 2014.Clayton Valley Charter High School launches transition program for incoming freshmen
Nearly 500 incoming freshmen converged upon Clayton Valley Charter High this week for a transition program aimed at helping to bridge from middle to high school.Despite tough times for education, construction and renovation projects continue
Even as public school districts find their budgets shrinking, necessitating painful cuts to programs and staff, construction is under way at many school sites.Incoming 7th-graders must be vaccinated for whooping cough
With a new school year on the horizon, state health and school officials are reminding families that all incoming seventh-graders must be vaccinated for whooping cough before returning to class.California reaches deep into special funds to pay for schools, prisons, social services
California has 560 funds deemed "special" because in theory they're walled off from general state expenditures. In the face of two recessions, however, California reached deeper into those funds for purposes that fee payers never intended. The state now owes $4.3 billion to special funds, more than five times the amount owed in 2008.Thursday, August 2, 2012