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Thursday, October 2, 2014

10-2-14 Cali Education Headlines | CSIS – California School Information Services

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  • Group renews push for school mergers


    The group trying to consolidate Tuolumne County school districts into one will be back out on the streets this fall, trying to keep momentum for what is expected to be a long battle.
     
  • ‘Sexting’ investigation at Coachella Valley High School


    The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has launched an investigation into the distribution of nude photographs among several Coachella Valley High School students.
     
  • Irvine Unified plans new schools as enrollment keeps rising


    Irvine Unified School District has built a school just about every year in the past decade to keep up with the fastest student growth in Orange County and possibly the state, while the county’s overall enrollment slipped.
     
  • Gov. Brown vetoes Sweetwater-inspired reform bill


    Gov. Brown on Tuesday vetoed an anti-corruption bill inspired by revelations of a “pay-to-play” culture among contractors and South Bay public officials at Southwestern College, the Sweetwater Union High School District and the San Ysidro School District.
     
  • L.A. school board authorizes talks on departure agreement with Deasy


    The Los Angeles Board of Education has authorized its attorneys to discuss terms of a possible departure agreement with schools Supt. John Deasy, The Times has learned.
     
  • Student ‘intimidated’ into standing for Pledge of Allegiance gets apology


    Compelling an atheist high school student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance against his will was a mistake rooted in ignorance of his 1st Amendment protections, a misperception that apparently existed throughout the Oak Park Unified School District, the superintendent said.
     

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10-1-14 Cali Education Headlines | CSIS – California School Information Services
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