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Education Headlines
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Mentor program for Stockton USD hits snags
Tyler Elementary School Principal Henry Phillips was excited six months ago by the possibility of a new one-on-one mentoring program at his school, a plan intended to benefit a select group of male students struggling with behavioral issues and academic challenges.Hacienda La Puente Unified School District names Parulan-Colfer new superintendent
The board majority said Parulan-Colfer was the best choice for the job because of her administrative skills. Previously, she headed up the district's adult education and regional occupation programs.McBride High celebrates grand opening
It cost $75 million to build the 150,000-square-foot campus at Parkcrest Street and Los Coyotes Diagonal in East Long Beach. The campus boasts a number of green features, including an energy-efï¬cient water-cooled central plant and and light ï¬xtures that dim automatically.Accused lunch money embezzler, Judith Oakes, lived lavish lifestyle
Judith Oakes appears to have lived a good life. An accountant for the Rialto Unified School District for more than 16 years, her salary of nearly $80,000 a year was more than twice the $35,000 median income of San Bernardino, the city in which she lives.Suspected Rialto lunch money embezzler allegedly writes confession
Rialto police handed their case against a former Rialto Unified accountant accused of embezzling up to $3.1 million in lunch money to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office Monday. Among the evidence: a letter, purportedly written by Judith Oakes herself, confessing to the crime.Baron: Californians make more, but pay less toward education than those in other states, report says
California has made some historic strides in it efforts to boost school funding and provide additional resources to the neediest students, but a new report finds that spending on each student still falls below nearly every other state, in part because Californians pay less in taxes to support schools.Capo, developer near agreement on $51 million school
Rancho Mission Viejo LLC and Capistrano Unified School District are close to ending more than a year of negotiations over how much the company will pay the district to build a school in its newest housing development, the largest ever planned for south Orange County.Tuolumne schools balk at merger idea
There’s an effort afoot in the foothills to consolidate Tuolumne County schools under a single administration instead of a dozen, a move proposed by a group of local taxpayers and one staunchly opposed by many trustees and community stalwarts.Banks: L.A. schools' iPad effort has a two-pronged image problem
The biggest obstacle to widespread acceptance may not be working out the distribution kinks, but rather convincing a jaded public that the school district's children — most of them poor — deserve such luxury.Complaints detail alleged harassment by LAUSD board President Vladovic
Los Angeles Unified released two redacted complaints late Monday against school board President Richard Vladovic that triggered a three-month investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against two of his former staff members.Monday, October 7, 2013
