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Thursday, June 6, 2013
Monterey Peninsula USD approves dual language charter school for Seaside
On Monday, trustees with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District unanimously approved expanding the dual language program from K-5 to K-8 and begin the process to move all grades to Marshall West and create a dual language charter beginning in 2014.Freedman: It’s about time! Reforming due process in Special Education
In the long saga of education reform, with all its talk, writing and action, Special Education has been largely on the back burner. Reformers seemed afraid to touch it—until now.Fresno Unified OKs $646m budget, Bullard High improvements
Fresno Unified school trustees on Wednesday approved a $646 million budget for next school year and signed off on a plan they previously rejected to renovate Bullard High School.Attorney says no conflict for Barrera
San Diego city schools Trustee Richard Barrera may continue to serve on the Board of Education and in his new position as head of an influential labor group and may vote on issues involving school district employee unions, a legal opinion issued by outside counsel has found.Denair Unified trustees slash school jobs
At their meeting Wednesday night, Denair Unified trustees approved laying off nearly a quarter of the school district's support staff and moved to put a transitional leadership team in place.New San Leandro chief familiar with dire financial times
Mike McLaughlin of the John Swett Unified School District will head 29 miles south to lead the San Leandro Unified School District in less than five weeks.New Haven Superintendent Kari McVeigh leaving school district, citing differences with board
New Haven Unified's superintendent of schools has announced she is leaving the district, saying her differences with the school board over recent management choices fueled her decision.San Ramon teachers get new contract with bonus
Teachers in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District obtained their first contract since 2008 this week, and it comes with a one-time bonus worth 4 percent of their salary.Poor ventilation in California classrooms may make kids ill, researchers say
When it comes to public schools, a majority of California elementary classrooms monitored for a new indoor air study failed to meet minimum state health standards for ventilating classrooms.4 more LAUSD schools qualify for federal anti-poverty money
An LAUSD recount of applications for Title I funding determined that four more schools qualified to receive thousands of dollars in federal anti-poverty money, officials said Wednesday.Azusa Adult School closes doors, hoping for reprieve from state
While teachers pack up their classrooms for the summer, clearing out old papers and books, the educators at Azusa Adult School are getting ready to close their classrooms for good. The Azusa Unified school's last day was Wednesday but everyone from the director to the newest students are hoping for a reprieve.Cuts force Hinkley's only school to close on Thursday
The life center of a town struggling for decades with an infamous plume of contaminated groundwater will close on Thursday, the victim of cost-cutting at the Barstow Unified School District.LAUSD offers $17M to settle 40 more Miramonte sex-abuse cases
Los Angeles Unified School District offered Wednesday to pay $17 million to settle about 40 claims filed by students who say they were molested by two teachers at Miramonte Elementary School, according to the district's top attorney.Wednesday, June 5, 2013