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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
How the public views MPUSD is something administrators say the district has battled for years and tried to counteract by organizing community meetings, workshops and other activities to little or no avail.
The Long Beach Unified School District and its teachers union have officially come to an agreement on a contract that compromises over health care benefits and saves the district's Head Start preschool program.
For the first time in years, fewer Berkeley High School students are bringing weapons to school and coming to school drunk and stoned, according to a new survey.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Buena Park School District has been targeted in a lawsuit that says school officials acted improperly when they refused to let a religion-themed organization meet on district property for free last year.
The Long Beach Unified School District today is expected to ratify a new contract with its teachers union after nearly two years of negotiations.
The Jurupa Unified School District board of education on Nov. 19 approved a new district policy that will allow Sikh students to wear a kirpan to school but with strict restrictions. Under the new policy, parents agree to sign a statement that requires the kirpan — a daggerlike object that is a sacred article of faith — to be worn under clothing, to have the blade dulled, to be soldered or sewn into its sheath so it cannot be removed and to have a blade that is 2 1/2 inches or less.
Three area elementary school districts recently received grants from the U.S. Department of Education to increase their counseling departments. Arcata Elementary and Fortuna Elementary school districts pulled in about $1.2 million apiece over the next three years, while Eureka City Schools received $1.1 million.
