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Education Headlines
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
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Tracy Unified, union reach deal
A tentative contract agreement raising salaries by more than 2 percent has been reached between the Tracy Unified School District and the union representing classified employees such as custodians, bus drivers and food service workers following a year of negotiations.Claremont Unified approves surplus property sale to homebuilder
The Claremont Unified School District made $18.88 million from the sale of an approximately 9.7-acre surplus property site recently.Return of school bus service requested after death in Rancho Cucamonga
Concerned parents at two schools located near the site where a pickup recently struck a girl and her younger brother, killing the girl, have begun two separate online petitions asking the Etiwanda School District to bring back bus service.Chino Valley Unified continues to test drinking water for lead contamination
Chino Valley Unified officials continue to test water samples at various school campuses after lead was recently detected in drinking water at a dozen school sites.School-based health clinics popping up in Valley districts
Federal Affordable Care Act dollars intended to support school-based health centers are bankrolling clinics that offer low or no-fee services to kids at several Valley districts.Modesto school board takes on funding changes, naming field for coach
Modesto City Schools board members got a primer on the state funding overhaul for education and took the first step toward renaming Beyer High’s varsity baseball field for longtime coach Paul Cornwell.New official leads technology initiative in West Contra Costa schools
Chief Technology Officer Mary Phillips joined the West Contra Costa school district last summer with one of the most important mandates facing schools nationwide: Improve education by bringing students and teachers up to date in learning technology.Teachers protest L.A. Unified's process for misconduct investigations
Critics say district's approach to misconduct allegations presumes guilt and results in dismissal for even small infractions.Adams: Community schools gaining traction under state’s new funding formul
Efforts to create full-service community schools that focus on serving the “whole child” with a wide array of services are gaining traction under the state’s new funding formula for schools.California schools fear losing millions for low-income students
Major California school districts fear they will be shortchanged millions of dollars in funding for their low-income students under new state rules requiring them to verify family incomes every year.Report: In Silicon Valley, 'successful' schools fail poor and English-learning students
Silicon Valley public schools are largely failing poor students and English learners, a report issued Monday asserts, indicating that even schools in wealthy neighborhoods perceived to be highly successful are inadequately preparing these students, considered the hardest to educate.Monday, December 9, 2013