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Education Headlines
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Monterey Peninsula USD to handle its own financial functions
Despite stern warnings from the county's top school official and a new county financial software system, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District's trustees will begin the process of separating most of their fiscal functions from the Monterey County Office of Education.Take-home netbooks open new worlds for Ballico students
The cutting edge of education technology booted up in Ballico School as excited sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders signed on to netbooks with "anywhere Internet" that they get to take home.Bring your own device, Desert Sands schools ask students
Starting next month, Desert Sands Unified School District students will be encouraged to bring their technology to school.Santa Clara County's former top schools chief wants to unload underwater house onto taxpayers
Retired county schools Superintendent Charles Weis wants to unload his luxury condo in downtown San Jose -- which has lost about a fifth of its value since its purchase in 2008 -- onto his former employers, potentially costing Santa Clara County taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.Tehipite Middle School receives $1 million scholarship endowment
Francine and Murray Farber promised an audience of seventh-graders that every student who graduates from high school and completes requirements to attend college will earn a $1,000 annual scholarship for two years toward college tuition.View on same-sex marriage sinks Berkeley schools superintendent candidate
The final candidate chosen to run the city's schools backed out Monday after parents and teachers criticized his publicly stated views against same-sex marriage.Clayton council to seek clarification of whether its members can also sit on charter school board
The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to seek the advice of the state Attorney General's Office on whether council members can also sit on the new Clayton Valley Charter High School executive board.Tuesday, September 18, 2012