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Education Headlines
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Lodi district to close school
Lodi Unified trustees voted unanimously to close Tokay Colony Elementary as the school's enrollment figures continue to decline and an eleventh-hour effort to transform it into a technology magnet school drew little interest.Newest charter school gets OK
The Foothill Leadership Academy, the county's newest charter school, has now moved past all required county authorization to open next year. An agreement between the academy and the Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Office was presented Monday evening at the county Board of Education's monthly meeting.Long Beach school board votes to close Hill Classical Middle School, convert it to CAMS-style high school
Hill Classical Middle School will close and convert into a high school modeled after the California Academy of Mathematics and Science, the Board of Education for the Long Beach Unified School District voted unanimously Tuesday at its bi-monthly meeting.Desert Sands Unified to pursue new election-by-district system
A mid-valley school board will pursue a plan to divide its district into five voting zones, limiting the power of individual voters but ultimately ensuring more widespread representation by the Desert Sands Unified school board.School officials failed to report gifts from bond firm
The state’s political watchdog has proposed fining 83 California public officials for receiving lavish meals, rounds of golf and other gifts from a Los Angeles bond firm, but failing to properly report them.Sunnyvale, Campbell, Loma Prieta school tax measures leading
Three Santa Clara County school tax measures cruised to victory Tuesday evening, two of them comfortably reaching the required supermajority threshold..Mt. Diablo school district and teachers union declare mutual impasse
The Mt. Diablo school district and teachers' union agreed Tuesday to declare impasse in contract negotiations.Moraga school parcel tax ekes out narrow win
A temporary parcel tax that would raise more than $1 million annually to help fund the Moraga School District's four schools and halt program cuts appears to have won a narrow victory Tuesday.Ex-Livermore teacher says he lost coaching job because he's gay
A former Livermore football coach and English teacher claims he was harassed and fired from his coaching job because he is gay.Fensterwald: Advocates pile on criticisms of draft funding formula regulations
On the eve of a critical public hearing, key supporters of the Local Control Funding Formula are urging the State Board of Education to substantially change draft regulations instructing school districts on how to carry out important parts of the new law.Funding for L.A. Unified's iPad program uncertain after three years
A $1-billion plan to put an iPad into the hands of every Los Angeles student and teacher could prove difficult to financially sustain after about three years, based on figures provided by the L.A. Unified School District.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