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Adult education’s unclear future





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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Desert Mirage High School administrators fired

Two administrators at a Coachella Valley high school were fired last week, prompting about 100 students to walk out of class on Monday, the district’s union president said.

Twin Rivers board to look again at early pink slips

A special meeting is set for 7 p.m. tonight for the Twin Rivers Unified school board to reconsider sending preliminary pink slips to teachers and support staff before the state-mandated deadline on Friday. The school board failed to vote March 5 on a staff recommendation to send warning notices to 74 teachers and counselors, as well as 23 support workers.

Group of Escondido charter schools outgrowing space

Popular charter schools run by Dennis “Coach” Snyder on the northeast side of the city are experiencing growing pains. “Our K-8 program is growing and in another year, I’ll be out of room,” Snyder said. “Our Heritage Digital Academy exploded.”

Charter School Conference opens in San Diego

Educators from across the state are in San Diego this week for the 20th annual California Charter School Conference. The four-day event runs through Thursday at the San Diego Convention Center and includes a keynote address from Michelle Rhee, CEO and founder of StudentsFirst and former chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools, and Geoffrey Canada, founder and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone.

Adult education’s unclear future

Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to change funding for adult education has left school districts statewide unsure of how their programs will be affected, prompting precautionary layoff notices to teachers in Vista and South County.

Modesto schools pares layoff notices to 10, to revamp libraries

Modesto City Schools board members Monday night approved reducing 36 jobs, but layoff warnings will be sent to only 10 teachers, school nurses and counselors, said head of human resources Craig Rydquist.

Report: $542 billion needed to update US schools

America's schools are in such disrepair that it would cost more than 270 billion dollars just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions and twice that to get them up to date, a report released Tuesday estimated.

Frey: Districts struggle with governor’s adult education proposal

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal to give the state’s community colleges $300 million to run adult education is leaving K-12 districts in a quandary. Should they assume Brown’s idea will become law, plan to close their adult schools and hope that their local community college will be able to pick up those programs?
Monday, March 11, 2013

School merger talks on

A group of Tuolumne County voters plans to collect thousands of signatures and put the question of school district unification on the 2014 ballot, with the goal of creating a “Tuolumne County Unified School District.”

Monterey County school districts plunge into Common Core testing challenge

A select group of seventh-graders from Carmel Middle School recently took part in a test trial to help debug exams to be used when new California educational standards are in place.

Tamalpais school district, staffers hit impasse in negotiations

After more than a year of negotiations and a failed attempt at state-led mediation, the Tamalpais Union High School District and a key employee union remain deadlocked on salaries and benefits and have called in a state fact finder.

Long Beach's Jordan High prepares for campus overhaul

In early 2014, the Long Beach Unified School District will break ground on its major $135.6 million renovation project at Jordan.