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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Upheaval atop Stockton USD police force

Lt. Frank Gordo, a member of the Stockton Unified police department for 18 years, was placed on paid administrative leave last week by interim Chief Eric Holman, the latest upheaval in the department in the past two months.

School merger petitions circulate

A group of Tuolumne County residents will soon circulate petitions seeking support for its proposal to unify the 11 school districts in the county. The committee has worked with County Clerk and Auditor-Controller Debi Bautista and County Superintendent of Schools Joe Silva to develop petitions.

Chino Valley Unified board opposes transgender bill

Chino Valley Unified board members voted 4-1 at its Thursday meeting in favor of a resolution that opposes Assembly Bill 1266, a state law that will require public schools to allow students to use bathrooms and locker rooms based on the gender they identify with and to gender-restricted activities like sports.

Santa Ana dress code change angers some teachers, parents

Efforts by Santa Ana Unified to restore uniformity to a patchwork of inconsistent and occasionally stringent dress code policies across the district is being met with resistance and even anger by teachers and parents at one of the city's top schools.

Sweetwater teachers protest over healthcare benefits

Hundreds of teachers and their family members gathered at the Sweetwater Union High School District administration center Monday to protest what they say is an 11th-hour change in health care benefits just days before open enrollment begins.

School iPads to cost nearly $100 more each, revised budget shows

Providing Apple iPads to Los Angeles students will cost nearly $100 more apiece — or $770 per tablet, a new school district budget shows. This potential sticker shock can be avoided, but only after the L.A. Unified School District has spent at least $400 million for the devices.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Davis school district settles parcel tax lawsuit

Davis school trustees settled a lawsuit Thursday that had challenged a $3 million annual parcel tax expected to reduce class sizes and fund academic programs.

Budget deficit at foster youth school

A persistent budget deficit at the county’s boarding school for foster youth has education officials looking at ways to boost San Pasqual Academy’s enrollment and cut costs.

'Excess' teachers going back to work

More than 100 teachers in San Diego Unified went into session in September with no official job assignment for the school year, due largely to enrollment shifts and increases in class size that required