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Education Headlines
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Calaveras Unified trims staff as enrollment dips
Calaveras Unified trustees this week voted unanimously to send layoff notices to three part-time classified employees - a van rider, a custodian, and a yard duty worker. The district's teaching staff is also going to be smaller, with five fewer teachers reporting to district classrooms when a new school year begins late this summer, according to District Superintendent Mark Campbell.School merger study nixed
The Sonora Area Foundation has turned down the Tuolumne County Office of Education’s request for a study on merging Summerville High and Sonora High into one district, the latest setback for advocates of school district reorganization.Coachella Valley Unified silent on Jose Ramirez future
Although at least one assistant principal feared he would be transferred from his post during a Coachella Valley Unified school board meeting on Tuesday night, the board did not approve any such move, the district superintendent said.Fresno Unified leaders approve alternate approach to discipline
More than 200 people rallying Wednesday against excessive suspensions and expulsions were buoyed by a commitment by Fresno Unified school leaders to embrace an alternative approach to discipline.Twin Rivers board won't try to oust president
Cortez Quinn will finish out his term as president of the Twin Rivers Unified School Board after colleagues threatened to oust him. The school board voted 4-2 Tuesday night not to publicly consider removing Quinn as president before his leadership term ends in June.Santa Ana Unified's credit rating slumps
The Santa Ana Unified School District has experienced "significant" financial deterioration over the last two years, according to Fitch Ratings, a leading municipal credit watcher that downgraded the district's credit rating by two notches this week.SD students could get city bus passes
Some San Diego students who endure long and sometimes dangerous walks to and from school would be eligible for free city bus passes under a pilot program unanimously approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday.Pajaro Valley begins campus construction projects
District leaders announced Wednesday $1.2 million in spending on the playgrounds, which will include making them accessible to children and adults with disabilities. Work will start this summer if state officials approve designs.Sweetwater board cuts adult ed
A vote by the Sweetwater Union High School District board Tuesday left students enrolled in adult education programs hanging. The elimination of the Regional Occupational Program and Career Technical Education effective June 30 leaves a hole in local efforts to prepare students for employment.County educators deny Oxford Preparatory Academy appeal
The county Board of Education rejected an appeal by Oxford Preparatory Academy to open a school in the Carlsbad Unified School District on Wednesday night. CUSD trustees had turned down the Chino-based charter school’s proposal in December.New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change
Under proposed new national science standards, students would learn concepts more thoroughly, including how human activity is driving global warming.Two environmental fixes on 50-acre Chico school site OK'd
In a split vote and after hearing a last-minute plea from another firm, the Chico Unified School District trustees voted to purchase environmental mitigation credits for a 50-acre parcel of land that was originally purchased to house a third high school.Parents choose L.A. Unified-charter partnership to run school
Parents at 24th Street Elementary School have overwhelmingly chosen a partnership between the Los Angeles Unified School District and a charter operator to run the persistently low-performing Jefferson Park campus.Wednesday, April 10, 2013