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Education Headlines
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Panama-Buena Vista poised to send bond measure to voters
A recent poll of about 400 voters in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District showed 59 percent would "probably" or "definitely" vote for a $147 million bond measure aimed at upgrading classrooms, security systems, computer labs and other facilities, trustees heard Tuesday.Tehachapi approves K-5 anti-bullying curriculum
Tehachapi Unified School District's board on Monday approved anti-harassment curriculum for its kindergarten through fifth-graders, and held off on approving a form that would allow parents to opt-out their children from learning those new lessons.Some schools are in decrepit shape; it will take billions to fix
More than 6.2 million students attend K-12 public schools in California, but the conditions of the classrooms they sit in, playgrounds they run on and cafeterias they eat in are largely unknown. Unlike 22 other states in the country, California does not have a statewide inventory of its public school facilities.Baron: Undocumented students await rules on deferred deportation
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented students and young adults in California, brought to this country when they were very young, will learn a little more today about their likelihood of remaining in the United States legally for at least two years.LAUSD working to connect with parents through Facebook, Twitter, social media
Los Angeles Unified is going viral as it connects parents, students, the community and even employees with what's going on at local campuses and the district at large.Marines aim to counter teachers' opposition to recruiting students
It's a ritual reenacted countless times since 1923, when young men first began coming to boot camp to see if they were tough enough to be Marines. But last week's group was not composed of frightened young recruits. Instead they were high school teachers, guidance counselors and administrators from school districts in the Los Angeles and Sacramento areas.Eureka City Schools finalizes principal positions; Humboldt native to be new Lafayette principal
A new principal is set to take the reins at Lafayette Elementary School this fall, leaving other Eureka City Schools principals in their current positions.Buyout for Twin Rivers school official tops $260,000
Twin Rivers Unified School District has agreed to pay Deputy Superintendent Ziggy Robeson more than $260,000 to buy out her contract, The Bee has learned. Robeson has been on paid administrative leave since April, when the Sacramento Police Department began investigating her role in alleged wrongdoing in the Twin Rivers school police force.Jerry Brown joins union's Vegas party
Leaders of the 215,000-member California School Employees Association are urging voters to approve Gov. Jerry Brown's call for higher taxes this fall to help save the state's cash-strapped schools from even more cuts. But when it comes to spending their own cash, the union bosses prefer Las Vegas.Tuesday, July 31, 2012