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Education Headlines
Monday, October 1, 2012
Lucia Mar instructors reach deal on training program
Members of the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association have overwhelmingly approved changes to a training and evaluation program that was put in place at seven schools in the South County district in 2011.Garvey school board members give superintendent raise, contract extension
The Garvey School board by a 3-2 vote Thursday approved a salary increase and contract extension for Superintendent Sandra Johnson over the opposition of hundreds of students, parents and teachers, who threatened employment strikes and recall elections.West Marin voters face school tax renewal
In 1984, the Shoreline Unified School District became one of the first districts in California to receive voter approval for a parcel tax. Since then, the district's voters have renewed the tax every time they have been asked. This year's initiative, Measure C, would extend the $184.70-per-parcel annual tax for another eight years. The tax would increase 2 percent each year.Financially struggling Sierra Unified draws wealth of candidates
School board candidates are hard to come by in some Valley school districts. Not in the Sierra Unified School District. Ten candidates -- three of them incumbents -- are vying for four seats on the Sierra Unified board, which oversees one elementary school, a middle school, a high school and an alternative school in the Fresno County foothills.Board rules that Rocklin school district reinstate four nurses
The Public Employment Relations Board has found Rocklin Unified School District retaliated against four nurses and ordered the district to reinstate them with two years of back pay, plus 7 percent interest.School board to welcome new superintendent
A rare mountain meeting of the Hemet Unified School District board Tuesday, Oct. 2 will double as the first public platform for the district’s newly hired superintendent.Combination classes on the rise in elementary schools
In Temecula, the number of combination classes has doubled since last year, rising from 16 to 32. In Murrieta, combinations have more than tripled, from 11 last year to 35 this year. Even Romoland, a small K-8 district, has seen an increase in combination classes. District officials say after years of budget cuts, they can no longer afford the extra teachers needed to ensure that all students are in single-grade classrooms.Santa Clara County school board may be stuck with former superintendent's condo
Whether they like it or not, the Santa Clara County Board of Education may be stuck with $175,000 or more in losses from the underwater luxury condominium that ex-Superintendent Charles Weis is trying to unload.Program will link gas fill-ups with philanthropy site benefiting East Bay classrooms
Chevron USA is working with an online educational charity network to fund supplies and other classroom programs for K-12 teachers in public schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Throughout October, a dollar from all fill-ups of at least eight gallons at participating Chevron and Texaco stations, up to $5 million, will go to directly support public education in nine communities nationwide, including Alameda and Contra Costa counties.Banks: Prop. 30 isn't perfect, but if it fails, the results will be tragic
The measure's biggest selling point is what happens if it doesn't pass: Massive, crippling mid-year cuts in public schools — from pre-kindergarten programs to Cal State and University of California campuses.Teaching teachers about students' grief
Every day, in every school, there are students who are grieving. Some mourn the loss of a parent. Others, the loss of a relative or friend. By high school graduation day, 90 percent of schoolchildren will experience the death of a loved one. Five percent will lose a parent by age 16. And they bring that mourning to school, a burden that can leave them unable to learn.Educators greet changes to school-ranking system with cautious optimism
Local school officials are cautiously welcoming a new law that will reduce the emphasis on student testing when calculating school rankings and academic progress.Baron: Governor signs off on bill ensuring free public education
Gov. Jerry Brown has approved legislation that settles a lawsuit over public schools illegally charging students for educational activities and materials such as textbooks, exams, and field trips.Walters: California's school funding confusing
If you want your head to spin, try to figure out how much money we spend each year to educate California's 6 million K-12 school students. Official agencies and outside groups publish numbers, but they rarely agree.Friday, September 28, 2012