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Education Headlines
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
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California Connections Academy adds staff based on growth
A San Joaquin County virtual school has recently added eight new credentialed teachers to serve students in the Lodi and Galt area.Exiting Orland school boss to get more than $247,000
According to a summation of the cash settlement, which along with the agreement was originally withheld by the district, von Kleist will receive $247,100. Chris von Kleist, recently exited Orland Unified School District superintendent, didn't leave his post with empty pockets.Desert Sands Unified Wi-Fi funds OK'd
The Desert Sands Unified School District will use Common Core preparation funds to buy 6,000 Google Chromebooks and install wireless Internet at the six mid-valley schools that do not have it today.Parents wants board to remove Abraham Lincoln Elementary principal
A small but passionate group of parents have demanded that the Desert Sands Unified School District remove the new principal of Abraham Lincoln Elementary for refusing to call an ambulance for a bleeding student.California measure would replace seniority with performance for teacher layoffs
A ballot measure submitted by a political consultant for education advocate Michelle Rhee seeks to remove seniority as a factor when California school districts lay off teachers, requiring instead that decisions be based on performance and student test scores.Liberty Union High School District battles feral cat problem
Public health concerns have prompted Liberty Union High School District to hire professional trappers in its latest effort to remove the dozens of feral cats that roam campuses.USDA awards $220,000 to Placerville Union schools in tragedy aftermath
Nearly three years after Principal Sam LaCara was gunned down by the school janitor in his office at Louisiana Schnell School, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday it is giving Placerville Union School District close to a quarter-million dollars to “restore a sense of safety and security.”Early education highlighted in Assembly Democrats’ budget priorities
Greatly expanding transitional kindergarten so that it is available to all 4-year-olds is listed among the top fiscal priorities of Assembly Democrats in the coming year.Tuesday, December 17, 2013