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Education Headlines
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Stockton USD fills No. 2 post
For the first time in more than six years, Stockton Unified has a deputy superintendent, a clear second-in-command in the event of an unexpected void at the top of the district's management ladder.Helene Galen donates $1.5 million for Rancho Mirage High School theater
The Palm Springs Unified School District will rename the new Rancho Mirage High School theater after accepting a $1.5 million gift from a local philanthropist.Alisal plan looks promising
Once one of the state's lowest performing public schools, MLK, a fourth- through sixth-grade school in the Alisal Union School District, had been removed from the dreaded "Program Improvement" list.Classroom expansion for Irvine special education program raises ire
A proposal to add one more portable classroom to accommodate special education students at College Park Elementary led to a series of heated exchanges at Tuesday's Irvine Unified school board meeting, and calls from some parents to cap enrollment to the program.Contractor: Officials demanded meals
Henry Amigable’s testimony, in response to questions from prosecutor Leon Schorr, is part of 4,000 pages of grand jury transcripts released Tuesday in the widespread corruption case involving 15 South Bay school district officials and contractors.Contractor: 'They drank all my liquor'
Some officials wanted lobster. Others wanted campaign cash. At least one wanted no part of the gifts and dinners and trips that were routinely paid for by contractors doing business with South County schools. According to thousands of pages of grand jury testimony released Tuesday, Sweetwater schools and Southwestern College operated a brazen pay-to-play contracting practice that saw millions of dollars of work go to contractors willing to pick up the tab for trustees and administrators.Fewer districts in financial peril, report shows
Only about half as many school districts this year are in financial jeopardy compared with last year, a state report released Tuesday, May 28, shows.Upland Unified School District deficit drops to $8 million
Upland Unified School District now faces an $8 million deficit for the 2013-14 fiscal year, down from a projected $9 million.Chino Valley Unified increases bus fee for students
Chino Valley Unified students who want to ride the bus will have to pay an additional $10 in the 2013-14 school year.Inglewood schools once again face financial uncertainty
The troubled Inglewood school district is once again facing severe financial uncertainty. The school system was taken over by the state last September when Gov. Jerry Brown approved legislation granting $55 million in loans to the district. But officials announced Tuesday that the district had depleted its reserves and used about half of those loans in the first year.Mt. Diablo school board begins superintendent search
The Mt. Diablo school board hopes to interview candidates for superintendent in early August, after seeking input from the community next month.Parent trigger group in Watts votes for 'choice' school
The third group of parents to successfully use California's parent trigger law has chosen to turn their Watts school into a "school of choice. "Fensterwald: Nine districts resubmit ‘stronger’ application for NCLB waiver
Nine California districts resubmitted their application Tuesday for a waiver from key provisions and sanctions of the No Child Left Behind law after spending weeks revising the application in response to dozens of questions by a panel of reviewers from the U.S. Department of Education.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013