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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Wasco schools merger fails
Voters in Wasco on Tuesday voted not to merge the Wasco Union Elementary School District and the Wasco Union High School District.Salinas superintendent Donna Vaughan remembered for her compassionate leadership
When Donna Alonzo Vaughan took the reins of the Salinas City Elementary School District in 2004, the 8,000-student district was facing a $5 million deficit and a possible state takeover.Lodi Unified School District will test on-campus suspensions
Suspended students at Lodi and Tokay high schools may serve their time on campus away from other students if a pilot program at Bear Creek and McNair high schools is successful.Off to the right start: New screening tool offers insight into readiness of county's youngest learners
As she lists off a series of facts about kindergarten-age students across the county, Office of Education Early Childhood Specialist Cindi Kaup can hardly contain her enthusiasm.South Bay Union approves new superintendent
The South Bay Union School District school board has voted unanimously to hire Katie McNamara to be the district’s superintendent. She will succeed Carol Parish who is retiring at the end of this school year.'Boy I spent a lot of money on those people'
The president of the company managing Sweetwater schools’ $644 million bond program told a criminal grand jury that he feared losing his multimillion dollar contract if he did not shower officials with campaign donations, meals, tickets to sporting events and other gifts.Violence and drugs make East Palo Alto middle school unsafe, mothers say
A small but committed group of Hispanic mothers with children who attend Ronald McNair Middle School in East Palo Alto have banded together to pressure the school principal and district to do more about the bullying, violence and drug use they say are prevalent on campus.San Mateo high schools did not discriminate
A federal civil rights investigation has cleared the San Mateo Union High School District of discriminating against Chinese American students who were assigned to schools outside their neighborhoods.RIVERSIDE: Plan would keep adult school open
Even without any money from Riverside Unified School District’s general fund, Riverside Adult School can keep its doors open, the school’s director said.McLaughlin named to lead San Leandro school district
San Leandro school board members have selected a new superintendent from Rodeo to lead the 8,800-student, 900-employee district beginning July 1.Language immersion program pushed for Vietnamese youth
A group of Vietnamese parents and educators are asking the Garden Grove Unified School District to create the state’s first Vietnamese-English dual immersion program as soon as fall 2014.LAUSD board hears pleas to boost campus hiring, academic programs in 2013-14
Two weeks before the Los Angeles Unified board is set to approve the 2013-14 budget, officials scheduled a special meeting Tuesday to hear how the public wants its money spent. There were no surprises, however, as about two dozen speakers pleaded with officials to use an expected increase in state funding to restore programs lost during the six-year recession.Tuesday, June 4, 2013