More money doesn’t quell battle over school funding
May 10, 2013, 12:52 p.m.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate Democrats are wrestling over competing plans to make the most significant revisions to California’s convoluted way of paying for schools in a quarter-century. Billions of dollars and the education of millions of low-income students are on the line for generations to come. The goal of both is the same: deploy revenues in a manner that targets the most needy students who are lagging behind in test scores and are at greater risk of dropping out. But how to accomplish that — and how quickly — involve intricacies that divide the traditional allies. That debate will only intensify when Brown unveils an updated budget plan Tuesday. He is expected to detail how he plans to spread out a $4.5 billion surge in state revenues, most of which must go to schools by law. Put simply, Brown
Parent asserts school used special ed student as 'bait' in drug sting
May 10, 2013, 2 p.m.
The parent of a middle school student in Temecula is asserting that school administrators used a 14-year-old special education student as “bait” in an on-campus drug sting against his parents’ wishes, according to a claim filed earlier this week against the Temecula Valley Unified School District. “I’m all for let’s get drugs out of our school,” the boy’s mother said by phone. “I’m the first to say that. But you can’t go about it illegally, and to use a special education student or even a general education student to do drug stings, that’s so reckless. “It’s reckless and dangerous.” The woman -- who asked that her eighth-grade son not be identified out of fear for his safety -- said her son notified her in December that the school’s principal and assistant principal planned his involvement in a sting meant to ...
SD city to look at buying disputed school site
May 10, 2013, 3:35 p.m.The San Diego Unified School District’s attempt to sell off 2.23 acres of prime coastal real estate has taken yet another dramatic turn.