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Education Headlines
Friday, November 22, 2013
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Oxnard Union school board not ready to vote on controversial union agreement
Debate on the construction plans for a new Camarillo high school got personal and political Wednesday as the Oxnard Union High School District board considered a labor agreement with union leaders.Temple City's school board decides not to renew superintendent's contract
In a 4-1 vote the school board decided not to extend Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith's contract for another year. Kang-Smith has been Temple City Unified School District's superintendent since August 2008. Her contract will expire June 30.California requests federal school testing waiver
State officials are expanding plans for this spring’s aggressive overhaul of standardized school tests, now planning to give most students new computer-based assessments in both English and math, instead of just one subject.As San Juan inquiry drags on, board hires second replacement
The San Juan Unified School District board has named a second interim leader to run the district while existing Superintendent Glynn Thompson remains on paid leave amid complaints that he created a hostile work environment.Top Sacramento City schools administrator tapped as interim superintendent
Board members for Sacramento city schools tapped a top district administrator Thursday night to serve as interim superintendent after Superintendent Jonathan Raymond leaves his post at the end of this year.Grossmont District amplifying recycling efforts
Waste Management, the district’s trash pickup service, has given the district a recommendation in which “right sizing service” will save the district $40,000 a year. With additional revenue streams from paper recycling and glass, CRV bottles and cans, Grossmont could save up to $60,000 a year.Alpine still trying to get a high school in town
A group that calls itself the Alpine High School Citizens Committee says it is closing in on reaching the number of signatures it needs to get another step closer to bringing a high school to the semirural town.Alameda County superintendent race gets competitive
Sheila Jordan spent two years grooming a hand-picked successor to replace her as superintendent of the Alameda County Office of Education, but now that protege is confronting an increasingly competitive 2014 election.State expands field tests of Common Core-aligned assessments
The field test of California’s new computer-based assessments will be expanded so that nearly every student will take exams next spring in both math and English, rather than being limited to one or the other, officials said Thursday.Fensterwald: Torlakson seeks testing waiver to avoid conflict with feds
Faced with potentially tens of millions of dollars in fines, the state Department of Education has headed off a confrontation with the federal government over standardized testing.Thursday, November 21, 2013