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Education Headlines
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Grand jury faults Oxnard Union for school construction delays
The Oxnard Union High School District has been too slow to fulfill the promises of a bond measure approved by voters in 2004, according to a Ventura County grand jury report.Simi Valley Unified superintendent says she has not resigned
Amid rumors and a published account that she was resigning at the end of the year, Superintendent Kathy Scroggin with the Simi Valley Unified School District said she has not resigned.California Supreme Court ruling energizes opponents of Davis school parcel tax
When Davis voters passed a parcel tax extension last fall, Davis Joint Unified School District leaders hailed the victory as a lifeline that kept their schools whole. Now a California Supreme Court decision in an Alameda case has energized parcel tax opponents who say the Davis measure should be voided, and with it millions of dollars in school funding.Stockton Unified launches revamp of special ed programs
With details still being fine-tuned only five weeks before the start of the new school year, Stockton Unified is embarking on a multiyear effort to standardize and improve its special-education programs.Oceanside: Trip funds had to be spent
Back from Washington’s Gaylord National Resort, Oceanside schools officials on Monday explained why they spent more than $100,000 in federal money earmarked for the education of low-income students to take 61 administrators and teachers to a four-day conference.Redlands school officials delayed telling police of sex allegations
Redlands school district officials waited six weeks to tell police about allegations of a sexual relationship between a student and a teacher who later gave birth to his baby, according to records.Divided LAUSD board elects Richard Vladovic as president
Signaling a seismic shift in focus, the Los Angeles Unified school board on Tuesday elected teachers union ally Richard Vladovic as its president, ending the six-year tenure of reformer Monica Garcia.Oakland: American Indian Model Schools can remain open for now
In a dramatic turnaround for a high-performing charter school ordered to close by the Oakland school district after an audit found its former director funneled $3.8 million in school funds to companies he owned, an Alameda County judge said the school could stay open while it appeals to the state Board of Education.Lawsuit alleges Mt. Diablo school district brushed off past complaints about Concord teacher charged with molesting 11 students
A lawsuit filed against the Mt. Diablo school district alleges that administrators ignored complaints of misconduct by Concord elementary schoolteacher Joseph Andrew Martin years before police began investigating him for child molestation.LAUSD summer school a 'sorry' experience with limited offerings
"Sorry, we're not offering Spanish." "Sorry, algebra is full." "Sorry, your name's not on the list." "Sorry ..." "Sorry ..." "Sorry ..." And so it went early Monday at Chatsworth High School, where a couple hundred students had lined up by 8 a.m. in hopes of securing one of a handful of open seats in Los Angeles Unified's bare-bones summer school program.City College of S.F. trustees lose power
State officials stripped authority from the elected Board of Trustees for City College of San Francisco on Monday and installed a "special trustee" with unilateral powers to try and save the school from losing accreditation in one year.Monday, July 8, 2013