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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Monterey High academy seeks to become charter school

Coming out to the beach, perhaps more often, is the type of experience MAOS students could get more of if the academy had more flexibility with scheduling and programming. It's one of the reasons Von Saltza and other MAOS teachers would like to convert the academy into a dependent charter.

LBUSD stands to collect millions because of new funding law

Transportation. Additional classes. More support services for students. These are some of the ways community members hope Long Beach Unified School District uses the millions of dollars in extra funding it stands to collect over the next several years, thanks to a new school finance reform law.

Castro Valley teachers to get 3 percent raise

Teachers will get a 3 percent wage boost and increased health benefits under a tentative agreement reached with the school district.

Baron: Middle school science standards divide teachers

The State Board of Education will grapple with physical and metaphysical principles this week when it considers how middle school science should be taught. The question is, does each field of science exist in a vacuum?

Commission: Four Sacramento area school officials took hidden gifts

Four Sacramento-area school officials received free meals from bond advisers and failed to disclose them, according to a statewide investigation into unreported gifts by California’s political watchdog agency.
Monday, November 4, 2013

Family donates to Norris Middle School library upgrade

The library will be 6,000 square feet -- up from 3,800 square feet now -- and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2015. A bigger technology area will have enough room to accommodate more than 30 computers, compared with 16 now.

School superintendent's firing proves expensive for Shandon

When the Shandon school district's board of trustees decided to fire its superintendent earlier this month before his contract was up, it locked the rural district already struggling with state budget cutbacks into paying two administrator salaries.

Fresno Unified's Edison High may get new $3.9 million pool

It's been nearly 15 years since Fresno Unified School District started replacing its high schools' decades-old swimming pools, many antiquated and beyond repair. Now it's Edison High's turn.

Central Unified hopes to avoid LA's tablet problem

As Central Unified School District rolls out its new tablets-for-students program, administrators say they're determined to avoid budget problems and hasty decisions plaguing Los Angeles Unified, which aimed to give each of its students an iPad this year.