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Adams: Exercise in, junk food out at nation’s schools, CDC study finds

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Questions about new school funding formula remain

As schools start up again this week, local officials are learning more about a funding system passed by the Legislature in June. But because the Local Control Funding Formula is so different, school leaders still have questions as Sacramento hashes out the details.

Coast Unified superintendent leaving for job in Sacramento

Chris Adams, superintendent of the Coast Unified School District, has accepted a new job with the Association of California School Administrators in Sacramento. He said Monday his new title will be assistant executive director for the association, and his job will include an emphasis on professional development for administrators.

Galt high school district sets record for new teachers

The record number of new teachers at Galt Joint Union High School District this school year appear to be settling in. Of the 15 new hires, 13 were for Galt High School alone.

Winship Middle School opens; community helped make it happen

Winship Middle School was once again filled with smiling, energetic students when the school reopened Monday thanks to community support after being closed for four years.

Madera Unified teachers, administrators reach tentative deal

Madera Unified teachers and the district have reached a tentative agreement on an employment contract that’s held both sides at an impasse for months.

New Haven Unified appoints 'interim co-superintendents' while searching for permanent schools chief

The New Haven Unified School District board has appointed two high-ranking employees to serve as co-interim superintendents of schools while the ongoing search for a permanent superintendent continues.

Adams: Exercise in, junk food out at nation’s schools, CDC study finds

Increasing numbers of school districts nationwide have adopted policies to prohibit junk food sales, ban tobacco use during school events and require physical education classes in elementary grade levels, according to a major new study released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Competition rejoins race to lead county office of education

Had you asked them only weeks ago whether they soon would be running political campaigns, Gary Dei Rossi would have told you that he was happily retired and Jeff Tilton would have expressed complete contentment with his job at New Jerusalem Elementary School District in Tracy. But with the surprising announcement earlier this month by Mick Founts that he will not seek a second term as superintendent of the San Joaquin County Office of Education, the lives of Dei Rossi and Tilton have taken swift and dramatic turns. Both are in the early stages of a nine-month marathon to replace Founts.

New Inglewood Unified leader rescinds wave of campus security layoffs

The move to undo the wave of about 40 layoffs and demotions amounted to one of the first major decisions by Don Brann since he became the troubled district’s latest state-appointed administrator in June.

Adams: School bullying prevention efforts falling short, state audit says

Responding to concerns that schools should do more to stop bullying, a new state audit found that most schools do not track whether their anti-bullying programs have made campuses any safer and that schools are inconsistent in how they record and resolve bullying incidents.