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Monday, March 31, 2014
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More California children unvaccinated due to parental concerns
More than 16,000 California children entered kindergarten this school year without vaccinations because of their parents’ personal beliefs, up 15 percent from the prior year and more than double the number from six years ago, according to new figures from the California Department of Public Health.School district's refinancing measures saves taxpayers
La Mesa-Spring Valley School District has been able to refinance a portion of the Proposition M general obligation bonds and save taxpayers more than half a million dollars.After-school program goes out to bid
National School District officials reversed course this week and decided to put out to bid a $1 million contract to replace its before- and after-school program provider.Modesto school safety patrols step up, but adults have to do their part
The need for someone to help young children cross busy streets as schools let out got a tragic underscoring this week. At some schools, professionals work the crosswalks. At others, staff members do extra duty as the school day starts and ends. But most campuses rely on the nearly century-old tradition of student safety patrols.Modesto City Schools to weigh administrative help and plans for facilities
The Modesto City Schools board will consider adding administrators and approving the first steps toward a new facilities master plan tonight. Board members will also vote on a basic summer school and discuss after-school programs.Personal losses fuel El Camino Real Charter decathletes
Under the direction of sixth-year coach Stephanie Franklin, Thasneem Syed and her eight colleagues on the El Camino Real Academic Decathlon team beat out 64 other schools to win the state title last weekend, earning the highest score in the country this year and the chance to compete at the nationals in Honolulu in late April alongside second-place, three-time defending national champion Granada Hills Charter High School.Should Contra Costa school volunteers be trained to report child abuse?
Contra Costa school employees and possibly even volunteers who deal with students should be trained annually to report child abuse, according to recommendations by the Contra Costa Civil Grand Jury.Fensterwald: Attorneys give final arguments in Vergara suit challenging laws for teacher hiring, firing
Attorneys in Vergara v. California made their final pitches Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The four hours of closing arguments paralleled opening statements two months to the day and 52 witnesses ago, with diametrically different views on whether teachers’ workplace protections harm many – or any – of the state’s most vulnerable schoolchildren.California students' verdict on new tests: Tech is a breeze, content is tougher
he high-tech successor to California's annual STAR exam has been deployed, and the informal verdicts are in. Mastery of online graphing tools and directional arrows is no sweat, even for students who don't use computers at home. But the content is more challenging -- and at times intriguing.Teachers union fights new plan by Sacramento and other school districts to address low-performing schools
Even as the district rolls out the plan, the teachers union – which never signed on – is fighting to stop it. The Sacramento City Teachers Association, in particular, objects to a promise that Sacramento City Unified and seven other districts made to link student test scores to teacher evaluations.Maitre: Oakland Unified considering parcel tax to fund college, career readiness programs
The Oakland Unified School District is studying the feasibility of placing a parcel tax on the November ballot to help fund efforts to expand so-called linked learning, or career pathways, programs at its high schools.Friday, March 28, 2014