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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

District adopts plan for possible cuts

Despite increased taxes and growing government revenue, teachers in the Desert Sands Unified School District should prepare for the possibility of layoffs or furloughs next school year. The Desert Sands school board adopted a plan for upcoming negotiations with the district teachers association during its meeting Tuesday night.

Perris Union setting bar high with English learner programs

Enter Heritage High School’s pilot AVID -- Advancement Via Individual Determination -- program for English learners, one of a number of measures that have helped the Perris Union High School District rank among Riverside County’s most successful long-term English learners programs geared toward students who have been learning the language for more than five years.

Suit dropped against Sequoia district for kicking cheater out of honors class

The father who sued the Sequoia Union High School District for kicking his son out of a sophomore honors class for cheating has dropped a lawsuit challenging the punishment.

School board nixes health, geography requirements

Geography and health are no longer required to graduate from high school in the Temecula Valley Unified School District. The school board approved a proposal to eliminate the two courses from graduation requirements with a 3-2 vote at a meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19.

San Jose Unified to sue county school board over Rocketship Education

Anxious about its ability to plan where to locate schools, the San Jose Unified School District plans to sue the Santa Clara County Board of Education for allowing Rocketship Education to build a K-5 charter school next to the Tamien light rail station in San Jose.

Antioch teacher duct taped boy's mouth shut, claim alleges

The family of an 8-year-old boy filed a claim Tuesday alleging the boy's third-grade teacher duct-taped his mouth shut and that another teacher punished him by placing a chair over him and sitting on it in separate incidents earlier this school year.

Baron: Superintendents in D.C. to talk district waiver with Duncan

Superintendents representing a coalition of 10 California school districts are scheduled to meet with U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today to make a personal pitch for a district waiver from provisions of No Child Left Behind, which they plan to formally submit next week.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

LAUSD to count student test scores as 30% of teachers' evaluation

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy announced Friday that student test scores will make up 30 percent of a new teacher evaluation system, sparking a dispute with union leaders who say that isn't what he promised.

Tom Torlakson honors Hughes Middle School in North Long Beach for environmental efforts

State Superintendent Tom Torlakson paid a visit to the North Long Beach school to announce Hughes as one of four schools in the state nominated for the second annual Green Ribbon School Awards presented by the U.S. Department of Education.

Program reaches out to parents of migrant students

Last week, Stockton Unified's school board approved a program provided by the county office that will instruct parents of 20 McKinley migrant students in a variety of techniques targeting behavioral problems.