Thursday, December 6, 2012

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Education Headlines

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Eureka City Schools, teachers reach tentative contract settlement

The Eureka City Schools and its teachers have agreed on a contract for the 2012-2013 school year, after months of negotiations, Superintendent Fred Van Vleck said Wednesday.

Divided Fresno Unified board gives Hanson positive review

Fresno Unified School District trustees gave Superintendent Michael Hanson a positive end-of-the-year evaluation Wednesday evening, but not without a split vote.

O.C. charter school cleared in state-test misconduct probe

An independently run Capistrano Unified school being investigated for possible misconduct during state standardized testing in the spring has been exonerated of wrongdoing, the school district has announced.

Carlsbad rejects proposed charter school

Trustees in Carlsbad Unified School District unanimously rejected Oxford Preparatory Academy's proposal to start a charter school in the district Wednesday night.

Pop singer Angelina is now an East San Jose teacher after music stardom and tragedy

Angelina Camarillo Ramos, the unlikely pop singer from Union City and Santa Clara University, has come full circle. After a successful run in urban contemporary music and the tragic death of her brother, she's pursuing the teaching career she always wanted. But her students didn't buy it at first.

LAUSD faces 4 new lawsuits in Miramonte case

Attorneys representing victims of alleged lewd acts by a former Los Angeles third-grade teacher filed four lawsuits this week against the school district, after the lawyers refused to participate in negotiations to settle about 175 legal actions stemming from the same case.

Dublin bans new tobacco stores near schools, parks

Enacting one of the East Bay's strictest tobacco ordinances, the City Council gave final approval Tuesday to rules barring new tobacco sellers from opening near schools, parks or day care centers.

Ex-treasurer sentenced to jail, order to repay $37,346 to Sunnyvale PTA

Dawn Saugen, the former PTA treasurer convicted of embezzling more than $35,000 from the Vargas School Parent Teacher Association, was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in county jail and three years of probation.

Fensterwald: Many math students are flailing, repeating courses without success

A big reason California students are pushed to take higher math in high school is to see that they satisfy the admission requirements to a state four-year university. And yet 68 percent of students who haven’t passed one of the required courses, Algebra II, by the end of 11th grade don’t even enroll in math as seniors, giving up on the possibility of applying to a UC or CSU school.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Summerville bond loses by 2 votes

Summerville High School’s $8 million bond measure may get a recount after it failed by only two votes, while Sonora High School will begin cashing in on the $23 million Measure J in coming months.

Classroom yoga topic packs board meeting

Trustees in the Encinitas Union School District told a boardroom filled with parents divided over yoga in their schools Tuesday that they hoped they could find some way of satisfying both sides.

Long Beach Unified school board votes to close Monroe K-8 in Lakewood

More than 650 James Monroe K-8 School students will have to find a new place to learn. The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to close the Lakewood school at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.