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Education Headlines
Monday, June 17, 2013
Teachers in Upland say cuts hit them unfairly
As the June 30 deadline to approve a balanced budget looms, Upland Unified School District and its teachers are still in contentious negotiations that have teachers worried about their financial stability.Ontario-Montclair School District teachers reject contract offer
The contract, which OMTA members rejected in the third week of May, called for teachers to work a 15-minute-longer workday in return for a 2 percent pay hike.School districts say high-priced leaders are worth the cost
Superintendents, where the proverbial buck stops in each school district, are well-compensated for their time. But, as George Orwell might have said, some superintendents are more super than others.Absence of summer classes a setback for many students
Over the past decade, all three desert K-12 school districts have cut back their summer school options, fading out summer programs for the average students. Summer classes are still offered to smaller groups — special education students, children of migrant workers or high school seniors who need extra credits to graduate — but open enrollment summer programs have disappeared.Witness: District pushed poor underwriter
A former San Diego County investment officer was taken aback when Sweetwater schools officials pushed to have the least qualified bidder selected to market Proposition O construction bonds, she testified to the grand jury.Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change
California's new funding formula gives more money to districts with more needy students and less to districts with fewer needy students.More special-ed kids head to traditional schools
Los Angeles Unified will shift hundreds of disabled students from special-education centers to traditional schools this fall as it accelerates efforts to integrate youngsters with physical and developmental handicaps.Bomb hoaxes at East Bay schools cost district $157,000
In addition to taking an emotional toll on the community, a series of April bomb threats that forced the repeated evacuation of students and faculty from classrooms, including three consecutive days at Deer Valley High, cost the school district an estimated $157,000 in lost learning time, Antioch Unified officials said.As California revenue rises, school districts on firmer ground
The Legislature's adoption last week of the main budget bill should give districts more confidence that they can count on that money in the future. At the same time, Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to overhaul the education funding system provides districts more control over their budgets.Friday, June 14, 2013