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Education Headlines
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Opt-out form not an option
Citing advice from district lawyers, Tehachapi Unified School District's board did not take a vote Tuesday night to make available a form parents could sign to exclude their children from learning parts of a new and controversial anti-harassment curriculum.Special ed student left alone on Simi school bus for more than 4 hours
A Simi Valley special education elementary student was left alone on a parked bus for more than four hours on the first day of school last week, school board President Janice DiFatta confirmed Tuesday.Sonora, Summerville seeking bond $$
Sonora Union High School District students have been going to class in decades-old facilities that could be greatly improved if voters approve a $23 million bond measure in November, according to school administrators. Meanwhile, Summerville Union High School District is attempting to pass its own $8 million initiative — one that would extend Measure Q of 1998 and fund renovations to its most outdated classrooms.SIA Cabinet Report: Lawmakers approve bailout loan for Inglewood Unified
The State Assembly, in a unanimous vote on Tuesday, approved an emergency bailout loan for the Inglewood Unified School District, the ninth California district since 1991 to lose local control to the state.Twin Rivers police brass to resign after board votes to reinstate police dog
Top brass in the Twin Rivers Unified School District police department will submit their resignations today, making good on an ultimatum given last week regarding changes they say are needed in the once troubled force.Brown takes softer line in latest plan to rein in pension costs
The governor would raise the retirement age and cap benefits, but he omits key provisions of his earlier proposal. A vote on the plan is expected Friday.CTA president: Continuing to collectively bargain over teacher evaluation makes sense
CTA supports pending legislation, AB 5 by Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes, that has refocused attention on teacher evaluation. Some have expressed criticism that requiring school districts to bargain over this topic is an “expansion” of bargaining rights. This criticism is incorrect, unwarranted, and contrary to making meaningful changes to an evaluation system aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning.Frey: Report - Truancy is taking its toll
A report based on a nationwide survey of truants — Skipping to Nowhere — released Tuesday by Get Schooled emphasizes the importance of developing new strategies to convince both parents and students that being in school on time each day is important.Mojave Desert parents go back to court over charter school issue
In a continuing legal battle over the state’s parent-trigger law, Mojave Desert parents asked the courts Tuesday to order the Adelanto school board to stop blocking their efforts to select a charter school to take over their failing campus.Fensterwald: Pension reform: top-paid administrators to take biggest hit
The retirement age for new teachers will be pushed back two years; they’ll have to fork over about another 1 percent of their pay into the retirement system. And their bosses – principals and administrators – will see a ceiling of $132,120 as the portion of their pay used to calculate retirement pay. Those in the highest-paid jobs, earning $200,000 plus, may see pensions reduced by tens of thousands of dollars.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012