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Education Headlines
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Schools count high-risk students to qualify for extra funding
Schools all over the state are seeking an accurate count of this school year's impoverished, foster and English learner students now that a new state funding formula allocates extra money for educating them.Conejo Valley school board eliminates 3 part-time positions
After a heated discussion, the Conejo Valley Unified Board of Education approved the layoff of two part-time employees who provided family services at two Neighborhood for Learning preschool sites.Sonora pool gets chilly reception
Angry community members attended a Sonora Union High School District Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday to question the district's use of more than $4 million in bond measure money for a new pool and athletic facilities.Lodi Unified School District teachers to be reimbursed for out-of-pocket supplies
Lodi Unified School District trustees will give each school in the district an extra 10 percent to reimburse teachers who purchase school supplies out of their own pocket.Coachella Valley school district refinances debt to save $3.4M
The Coachella Valley Unified School District will close a deal to refinance two decade-old debts on Friday, saving the district about $3.4 million over the next 18 years.Sac City schools open, minus seven elementary campuses
More than 40,000 Sacramento City Unified students attended the first day of school on Tuesday, including about 2,300 routed to new campuses after seven elementary school closures.Bill would cancel STAR testing in math, English this year in California's schools
California students and teachers are set to receive a one-year reprieve from standardized testing requirements that have become a routine part of school culture each spring.Three more layoffs approved at Capo
Three layoffs were approved Aug. 28 by Capistrano Unified School District trustees, bringing the number of pink slips issued to nonteaching staff ahead of the 2013-14 school year to 35.Chico school board hears ideas on how to house elementary students
It will be months before any decision is made on how the Measure E school bond funds are going to be spent, but it's a good bet some of the money could go to providing more space for elementary school kids.Heat, computer meltdowns and staffing changes make for chaotic opening of SD schools
From the heat to computer problems to staffing changes, it’s been a bumpy start to the school year for San Diego Unified. A new student software system crashed days before 132,000 students headed back to school Tuesday, leaving middle and high schoolers at several campuses with class schedules that were incomplete, inaccurate or altogether missing. TEducation officials propose to eliminate some standardized tests
California education officials presented a proposal Wednesday that would immediately do away with the standardized reading, math and social science tests used to measure student learning and school performance since the late 1990s.Denair schools prep for possible state takeover
Denair Unified trustees will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Friday to receive a formal notice that moves the district one step closer to a state takeover.Campbell School District opens 'net-zero' building at Blackford School
Incorporating various energy-efficient features, Blackford School in San Jose has opened a "net-zero" multi-use building that produces as much or more energy than it uses.Judge denies Mills High School suit against AP testmakers
A federal judge has ruled that the College Board and Educational Testing Service had the right to strike the Advanced Placement exams of nearly 300 students at Mills High, drejecting the students' bid for a temporary restraining order compelling the companies to validate the tests.Fensterwald: State Board adopts national K-12 Next Generation Science Standards
California became the sixth state to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards with the unanimous approval Wednesday by the State Board of Education. The Board, however, has not yet adopted a timeline for implementing them.LAUSD pays $246,000 in overtime to keep air-conditioners running
Los Angeles Unified has paid out nearly $250,000 in overtime in the last month to keep aging air-conditioning units running on Los Angeles Unified campuses, but that’s just a fraction of the bonus pay racked up by repair crews during a heat wave last year.Fensterwald: Common Core practice test would replace state math and English tests next year
In order to avoid serving two masters – the old state academic standards and the new multi-state Common Core standards – state leaders are now proposing to discontinue nearly all state standardized tests next spring,Wednesday, September 4, 2013