Friday, March 27, 2009

Clip Report for March 26

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 26, 2009

SDUSD's Jackson gives first State of the District address

SAN DIEGOSan Diego schools will become smarter, healthier and greener – despite the recession that is trying employees and compromising some student programs, said board President Shelia Jackson in her first State of the District address Thursday night.

 

San Diego school board president Shelia Jackson says San Diego Unified will become a smarter, healthier and greener school district despite massive budget cuts. She made that promise in the first-ever State of the District address yesterday. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

 

Voice of San Diego
March 26, 2009
Jackson: 'I Want to Dwell on Our Opportunities'

Shelia Jackson, president of the San Diego Unified school board, was feted by State Superintendent Jack O'Connell on Thursday night at an unusual State of the District address that decried the budget cuts imposed by the state and put the school board and its initiatives front and center.

 

KUSI-TV

March 26, 2009

The State of the District
San Diego Unified School District President Sheila Jackson gave the district's first ever State of the District speech this week. Kristen Cusato was there and files this report. To view, click on the video icon above.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 27, 2009

Proposed magnet school no-bus savings doubted Far less than expected seen if service eliminated, district official says
SAN DIEGO — A plan to eliminate busing to 31 San Diego Unified magnet schools would save far less money than the school board touted, a district official said yesterday.

Education Week

March 27, 2009

States Eye Education Stimulus to Fill Budget Gaps Local Officials Crying Foul As Governors Grab for Aid

Desperate for cash to fill growing budget deficits, state governments are starting to tangle with federal and local officials over a $39.8 billion pot of economic-stimulus money that was designed to prop up the budgets of local school districts, but is increasingly being eyed as a patch for states’ own financial woes.

 

KPBS-FM

San Diego Unified school officials are demanding Sacramento lawmakers give the district its fair share of federal economic stimulus money. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

 

KPBS-FM

More private school families are expected to turn to San Diego public schools next year as a result of the economic recession. That's based on a student enrollment forecast released yesterday. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

 

Voice of San Diego

March 27, 2009

Emily Alpert’s “Schooled” Audit Faults Schools for Monkeying with Student Funds

Outside auditors of San Diego Unified found that its schools need to be more careful with money raised by student government groups.

 

KBNT-TV

March 25, 2009

New District Volunteer Policy

Report on the district's new volunteer-screening policy.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Clip Report for March 24

San Diego Union-Tribune
March 24, 2009
Budget problems dominate superintendent's first year | San Diego schools leader says he's not on way out
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/24/1n24grier234713-budget-problems-dominate-griers-fi/?metro
Terry Grier has overseen nearly a quarter-billion dollars in budget cuts since he took the helm of the San Diego school district a year ago today.

KGTV-10
March 24, 2009
Change To Volunteer Screening Policy Questioned
http://www.10news.com/news/19005856/detail.html
SAN DIEGO -- A possible change to the San Diego Unified School District's policy regarding volunteer screening has some parents worried. As a mother of five, Christine Rodriguez thinks safety should come first.

KPBS-FM
March 24, 2009
Charging For Magnet School Bus Service An Option?
http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=14187
Students are demanding the San Diego Unified School District protect magnet school bus transportation next year. The district wants to cut magnet school buses to save 10 million dollars. Parents and teachers also plan to speak-out against that idea at today's school board meeting. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

Voice of San Diego
March 24, 2009
Schooled -- Education Update
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/schooled/
Former Union Leader Passes On

Voice of San Diego
March 24, 2009
This Just In
Buses and Budgets Go Bang at the School Board
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/25/this_just_in/742busing032409.txt

San Diego Union-Tribune
March 24, 2009
They're Making The Grade | La Jolla High Student Named One of Newspaper's Top Student-Athletes
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/24/1s24p-preptu212611-theyre-making-grade/?uniontrib

Congressional Quarterly
March 23, 2009
School Districts Fear Diverted Stimulus Funding
By Lydia Gensheimer, CQ Staff
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003082090
As governors assert their discretion over federal economic stimulus dollars — in some cases even rejecting the money — educators in states that are accepting the stimulus funds say they are worried they may never see their share.

Beacon
March 21, 2009
Contractors join forces to oppose school board's pro-union plan
http://www.sdnews.com/pages/full_story?hash=comments_2118950&page_label=LJVN_home_news&id=2118950&article-Contractors%20join%20forces%20to%20oppose%20school%20board%E2%80%99s%20pro-union%20plan%20=&widget=push&instance=LJ_news_left&open=&#comments_2118950
Union and nonunion contractors are publicly tussling over negotiations with the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) with board members caught in the middle.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Clip Report for March 23

Voice of San Diego

March 22, 2009

A Year of Grier

The honeymoon was short for Superintendent Terry Grier -- very short. As soon as he walked through the all-but-revolving doors of San Diego Unified, Grier plunged into a bruising budget crisis and a bond campaign.

KPBS-FM

March 23, 2009

These Days: Dropouts Take Toll on San Diego Economy

Maureen Cavanaugh: There are plenty of good reasons to tell high school students to stay in school. Young people need a good educa-tion to get a good job, go on to col-lege, and just to have a richer more enjoyable life.

KPBS-FM

Mar 23, 2009

San Diego Unified Leader Marks His First Year

Tomorrow marks the first year Dr. Terry Grier has been superin-tendent of the San Diego Unified School District.

Voice of San Diego

March 23, 2009

Schooled Column

School Board Prez 'Not Sure Yet' About County Run

Punches and Counterpunches on PLAs

KGTV-10

March 20, 2009

Audit: SD School Employees Accidentally Overpaid

Audit: SD School Employees Accidentally Overpaid

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego school employees were accidentally given more than $400,000 worth of tax-payer money, 10News reported.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 21, 2009

Mayor calls new S.D. water limits fair

Mayor calls new S.D. water limits fair

As drought bears down on Cali-fornia, Mayor Jerry Sanders yes-terday set the stage for San Diego's first mandatory water ra-tioning in at least two decades.

San Diego Reader website

March 22, 2009

Trick Play

On March 19 at 6:00 p.m., Hoo-ver High School’s auditorium was filled with people.

Riverside Press-Enterprise

March 23, 2009

Districts struggle with state PE requirement

School districts are debating the best way to teach California high school students about physical fitness, more than a year after the passage of a state law requiring all students to take at least two years of physical education.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 22, 2009

Sports Letters

DIRTY LITTLE SECRET: Regarding the story about Tori Torrescano, a student and softball player at Scripps Ranch High School (“She's just one of the boys,” March 17): Many people in San Diego are under the false impres-sion that high school sports are a pure sort of thing, without preju-dice, rancor, favoritism, politics or bias. They are wrong.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Clip Report for March 20

Voice of San Diego

March 20, 2009

Schooled

A Proposal to Screen School Volunteers

KUSI-TV

March 17, 2009

More Evidence Against Watering Artificial Turf

KUSI's Michael Turko is inves-tigating an attempt to waste water at public expense. Turko says the San Diego School District is mak-ing plans to water ten artificial turf fields at local high schools.

Americantowns.com website

March 20, 2009

San Diego Mesa College To Host Third African American/Latino Male Leadership Summit

190 high school students/24 role models/professionals join together to discuss What does it mean to be an African American or Latino male leader?

Comment

Voice of San Diego

March 19, 2009

Why San Diego Needs Transportation for Dedicated Magnet Schools

By Bey-Ling Sha

The SD Unified School District Board of Education last week voted to eliminate transportation for all magnet programs in the district, yet another short--sighted effort by the board to deal with the budget crisis handed down by the state.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Clip Report for March 19

Voice of San Diego

March 17, 2009

Minus Busing, Will Magnet Schools Lose Their Attraction?

Magnet schools in San Diego Unified have long depended on buses to deliver students from across the city, populating the themed schools with a diverse ar-ray of kids. But a new plan to end busing to magnets could steer families away from the schools and undercut the whole idea of mag-nets.

KPBS-FM

Mar 18, 2009

Parents Upset Over SD Unified's Buget Details

Parents in the San Diego Uni-fied School District are upset over a plan that requires principals to juggle two elementary schools at one time. They’re also angry the district wants to cut school bus transportation to magnet schools. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

KGTV-10

March 18, 2009

District Mulls Bus Cuts For Magnet Schools

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Unified School District is propos-ing cuts in its bus service to all of its Magnet schools, 10News re-ported.

Citybeat

March 17, 2009

Starving the (wrong) beast | San Diego Unified throws the baby out with the bath water

Madison High School student Charles Spencer plays a tuba held together by duct tape.

Voice of San Diego

March 19, 2009

This Just In

Hands Off the School Stimulus, Schwarzenegger!

More Deets on the School Board Trips

Why the Busing Halt Could Be Good

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 19. 2009

Support seen for athletics, arts in online school survey | District sought opinions on where to reduce spending

SAN DIEGO — And the survey says?

An online poll designed to gauge public opinion on where to make cuts to the San Diego Unified School District budget showed overwhelming support for saving music, art and athletic programs.

San Diego Metropolitan Magazine

March 17, 2009

REAL ESTATE

A $200,000-plus radio ad cam-paign opposing the use of a project labor agreement in San Diego Uni-fied School District's $2.1 billion Prop. S construction program is about to begin airing.

La Jolla Light

March 18, 2009

News Briefs

9 LJHS juniors win award

Nine La Jolla High School jun-iors have won the Rotary Youth Leadership Award.

Voice of San Diego

March 12. 3009

Charter Teachers, Fearful of Firings, Push to Unionize a Shaken School

Less than a year after a Barrio Logan charter school discarded its director and cut loose nearly all of its teachers with little warning, teachers in its system of schools are taking their first steps toward forming a union.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 19, 2009

Goal of curfew sweeps: Keeping teenagers safe | Some youths eligible for diversion program

SAN DIEGO — As Sgt. Jeffrey Pace pulls up to a slim woman walking past a party spot on 47th Street, he realizes something isn't right. It's close to midnight. She's too young to be out.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 17, 2009

Giving aid and comfort | Tiny camera is another way Rady Children's Hospital tries to put patients at ease

SAN DIEGO — A visit to the hospital can be stressful for any-one, but the strange surroundings and displeasures that often ac-company medical care can be downright scary for children.

Dow Jones Newswire

March 18, 2009

Recurrent Energy Buys Cash Hungry UPC Solar's Assets

A lack of available project fi-nancing has forced another photo-voltaic project developer to pull up its stakes, as UPC Energy Group has sold off its solar assets to Re-current Energy Inc. for an undis-closed sum.

 

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Clip Report for March 14

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 17, 2009

Benefits manager's work questioned | County employee also acted as a broker

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/17/1n17fringe00134-benefits-managers-work-questioned/?zIndex=68144

A county Office of Education employee tasked with managing a retirement program for thousands of teachers and administrators supplemented his salary for years with commissions on outside in-vestments he sold to those same clients.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2009

Parents protest district's principal-sharing proposal

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/1m14share01423-parents-protest-districts-principal/?zIndex=67025

SAN DIEGO — Parents from around the city lashed out at the San Diego Unified School District yesterday after learning that 22 campuses would be forced to share principals next year to help offset a $146.7 million budget deficit.

MSNBC Website

March 16, 2009

Elementary Schools to Share Principals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29680885/

What do you think of a 785:1 student-principal ratio?

Dozens of small elementary schools will be forced to share principals after a decision by the San Diego Unified School District.

KSWB-TV

March 15, 2009

Pink Slips for Teachers

http://navicast.edtech.sandi.net/mov.php?mid=749&aid=764&cat=00005&br=256

Board member Dr. John Lee Evans was interviewed by Fox 5 on how San Diego Unified avoided sending out pink slips to teachers.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2009

Some of schools' popular programs could be saved

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/1cz14cuts2259-some-schools-popular-programs-could-/?zIndex=66863

SAN DIEGO — Classrooms will be slightly larger. Thousands of parents will have to find transportation to get their children to and from magnet schools. And the smallest elementary schools will have to share principals.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 13, 2009

Old fuel plume still fouls

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/13/1m13plume002513-old-fuel-plume-still-fouls/?zIndex=66286

SAN DIEGOSan Diego schools officials are demanding stronger efforts to clean up an underground plume of gasoline, diesel and oil that has seeped from an abandoned service station to the edge of Patrick Henry High School in San Carlos.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 12, 2009

Catalyst for future scientists | Students learn about careers at tech fair

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/12/1m12tech225738-catalyst-future-scientists/?zIndex=65692

DEL MAR — Sarath Pathuri, 13, wants to build NASA rockets. Sarahi Soto, 11, aims to be a pediatrician.

Voice of San Diego

March 16, 2009

This Just In

Mr. Barrera and Mr. Evans Go to Sacto

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/17/education/schooled/931sactown031609.txt

The Cost of School's DC Trip

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/16/education/schooled/932better031609.txt

Auditors Find San Diego Schools Lax on Overpayments

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/16/education/schooled/933auditor031609.txt

Though Unwanted, Some Teacher Layoffs Still Possible

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/16/education/schooled/937possible031209.txt

'Immoral and Appalling'

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/16/education/schooled/938immoral031209.txt

Listen Up on School Cuts

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/16/education/schooled/939listen031109.txt

'Teachers Need to Know That We Value What They Do'

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/16/education/schooled/941value030609.txt

La Jolla Light

March 12, 2009

La Jolla High’s A team cracks NOSB competition in Washington, D.C.

http://www.sdnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=LJVN_home_news&id=2068739-La+Jolla+High%E2%80%99s+A+team+cracks+NOSB+competition+in+Washington-+D-C-&widget=push&article-La%20Jolla%20High%E2%80%99s%20A%20team%20cracks%20NOSB%20competition%20in%20Washingto

While they will not be getting in the water, a number of La Jolla High students are set to head to Washington, D.C., next month to compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) Competition.

Beach & Bay Press

March 6, 2009

A fine taste for a great cause

http://www.sdnews.com/pages/full_story?page_label=BBP_home_news&id=2028890-A+fine+taste+for+a+great+cause&article-A%20fine%20taste%20for%20a%20great%20cause%20=&widget=push&instance=BBP_left&open=&

"A Taste of Pacific Beach" raised nearly $8,000 for PB schools

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2009

Sports program changing young lives

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/1sz14bigs22515-sports-program-changing-young-lives/?metro

At first glance, Leon Schorr and Desmond Vehar might seem like an awkward fit. First, Desmond's 6-foot 2-inch frame – not including the hair – soars more than a few inches over Schorr. Desmond, 15, spends most of his time at University City High School, focusing on his studies or playing varsity foot-ball; Schorr, 35, spends his days in the courtroom as a lawyer for the District Attorney's Office.

Opinion

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2009

UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL | A smart alternative Why would gifted students score so low?

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/lz1ed14bottom213328-smart-alternative/?uniontrib

This week's budget-cutting flurry in the San Diego Unified School District did not spare the Gifted and Talented Education and the Seminar programs.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2009

UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL | Public workers, public workplace, public money . . . public voice

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/2cz14edit1025323/?uniontrib

Last we heard, school teachers were still public employees. Since taxpayers pick up the tab for teachers' compensation, what teachers do for how much pay is public information.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 14, 2009

Letters to the Editor

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/14/2cz14lets03224/?uniontrib

Teachers union aside, school board budget survey was wise

Monday, March 9, 2009

Clip Report for March 9

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 7, 2009

Q&A: School district challenges

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/07/mz1cz7qanda20387-qamp-school-district-challenges/?zIndex=63294

Shelia Jackson is president of the San Diego Unified School Dis-trict's board of education. First elected in 2004, she became part of a new, labor-friendly majority after the November balloting.

KNSD-TV

March 7, 2009

iHigh Is In Session

Reporter Catherine Garcia has the story on San Diego’s first virtual high school.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/iHigh_Is_in_Session_San_Diego.html

KSWB-TV

March 6, 2009

Breakfast in the Classroom at Normal Heights Elementary School

Station covered visit by the USDA commissioner to the school. 

Voice of San Diego

March 9, 2009

This Just In

Why Do We Have So Many Gifted Kids?

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/09/education/schooled/945studies030909.txt

Flooded with E-mail on Gifted Kids!

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/09/education/schooled/946flooded030909.txt

School District Cleans Out Earmarked Funds

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/09/education/schooled/947earmarked030709.txt

More School Districts Turn to Layoffs

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/09/education/schooled/948layoffs030609.txt

'Unwilling to Negotiate Seriously over Any Other Issues'

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/09/education/schooled/949negotiate030509.txt

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 5, 2009

School Calendar: City Edition | UPCOMING EVENTS AT SAN DIEGO UNIFIED

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/05/1cz5sked213822-school-calendar/?uniontrib

March 7: Chorale Honor Con-cert, 7 p.m., Brown Chapel, Point Loma Nazarene University, 3900 Lomaland Drive. The top singers in San Diego County schools per-form. Tickets are $2.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 6, 2009

Reality show can be a 'drag' | Some trouble so far for 2 county schools

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/06/1n6reality024734-reality-show-can-be-drag/?zIndex=62840

A reality television show that peeks under the hood of high school auto shops has pitted Oceanside's “homeboys” against Ramona's “cowboys” in weekly installments that leave two com-munities with questions long after the cameras have disappeared.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Clip Report for March 5

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 5, 2009

Union critical of school board survey on proposed cuts | Panel seeks public's input on its Web site

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/05/1cz5survey213823-union-critical-school-board-surve/?zIndex=62138

SAN DIEGO — A survey that polls the public on potential cuts to the San Diego school district budget is pitting parents against educators and should be discon-tinued, according to the teachers union.

Voice of San Diego

March 4, 2009

'If They Pull This One Off, It's a Miracle'

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/05/education/839layoffs030409.prt

Led by a new school board, San Diego Unified is trying to do what was once called impossible: balanc-ing its thinning budget without laying off a single employee.

KNSD-TV

March 4, 2009

District Wants Most-Experienced Teachers to Leave

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/District-Wants-Most-Experienced-Teachers-to-Leave.html

Senior teachers with the San Diego Unified School District are being offered an incentive to retire.

Peninsula Beacon

March 4, 2009

JROTC gun ranges given brief reprieve

http://www.sdnews.com/pages/full_story?article-JROTC%20gun%20ranges%20given%20brief%20reprieve%20=&page_label=BCN_home_news&id=2023928-JROTC+gun+ranges+given+brief+reprieve&widget=push&instance=BCN_right&open=&

School officials are allowing Mission Bay and Point Loma high school students in the Junior Re-serve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) marksmanship program to finish their seasonal competi-tions before shutting that aspect of the program down permanently.

Clairemont Community News

March 2009

Clairemont Teacher to Paint Cow

http://www.clairemontcommunitynews.com/march09.pdf

CowParade, the world’s largest public art event, is coming to La Jolla and University City. The exhibition features 40 life-sized fiberglass cows – designed and painted by local artists – that will be on display in public spaces from March 15 to June 15.

Beach & Bay Press

Feb. 19, 2009

State superintendent lunches at MB High cafeteria

http://www.sdnews.com/printer_friendly/1973365

Journalists scrambled to get a shot of State Superintendent of Education Jack O’Connell loading his tray full of cafeteria food at Mission Bay High School following a press conference he held on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

 

 

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Clip Report for March 9

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 3, 2009

Most experienced teachers will be encouraged to retire

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/03/bn03deal-for-teachers/?metro

San Diego's most experienced teachers will be encouraged to re-tire early this year, under a plan approved by the school board on Tuesday that could save the dis-trict millions of dollars and avoid layoffs.

Also covered by City News Service, KPBS-FM.

KGTV-10

March 4, 2009

SDUSD Budget Gap Grows To $46.1 Million

http://www.10news.com/news/18847873/detail.html

SAN DIEGO -- Reduced state funding for special education left the San Diego Unified School District with budget gap $13 million bigger than expected, board mem-bers said Tuesday.

Voice of San Diego

March 4, 2009

This Just In

Anyone Got Another $13 Million?

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/04/education/schooled/950million030309.txt

No Salary Boost on Golden Handshake Savings

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/04/education/schooled/951salary030309.txt

Time Magazine

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009

Making Reading, Writing and Recession Work Together

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1879210,00.html

With books tucked neatly on the shelves and a comfy purple-dragon rug in a back-corner nook, the library at San Diego's Willard B. Hage Elementary School is the perfect place for children to fall in love with reading.

 

 

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Clip Report for March 3

San Diego Union-Tribune

February 28, 2009

Pellet guns to fall silent across school district | Student activists score bull's eye in bid to oust shooting programs

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/28/1cz28kids214748-pellet-guns-fall-silent-across-sch/?zIndex=59894

SAN DIEGO — Hope is the political message of the moment, courtesy of President Barack Obama.

San Diego Union Tribune

February 28, 2009

Young marksmen say opponents paint unfair portrait of their sport

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/28/1cz28shoot214749-young-marksmen-say-opponents-pain/?zIndex=59896

They received a reprieve Tuesday, but Elizabeth Avalos and Monica Cedano know they proba-bly won't get more.

KPBS-FM

Mar 02, 2009

A Different Summer for Summer School

http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=13991

It's going to be a different sum-mer for students assigned to sum-mer school in the San Diego Unified School District this year. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

San Diego Union-Tribune

March 3, 2009

Sweetwater teachers to get layoff notices | Board's action will affect more than 100 in district

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/03/1m3layoffs23942-sweetwater-teachers-get-layoff-not/?zIndex=61070

More than 100 South County middle and high school educators will receive tentative layoff no-tices, with the biggest hits coming to English, social studies and physical education teachers.

Voice of San Diego

March 2, 2009

The Schoolhouse Lawyer Who Helped Hire His Overseer

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/840jpahiring030209.txt

Lawyers from a firm that has received millions of dollars in business from a public agency that handles lawsuits for school dis-tricts have, at least twice in recent years, helped it screen potential employees who later oversaw out-side attorneys' work.

Voice of San Diego

March 3, 2009

This Just In

Teachers Sign on to Golden Handshake

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/952handshake030309.txt

EdWeek on Charter School Hiring

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/955edweek030209.txt

Teachers Union Calls to Remove Budget Survey

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/953survey030309.txt

Teachers Split on Whether Tests are Useful or Useless

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/954tests030209.txt

Tell Me About Your Gifted Kid

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/956gifted022709.txt

Parents Ponying Up for Dozens of Employees

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/957pony968.txt

State of the Schools

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/958state022609.txt

School Rifle Ranges Stay -- For Now

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/960ranges022409.txt

Going Golden

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/961golden022409.txt

School Money Misuse Audited -- Again

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/962audit022409.txt

Questions about Fingerprinting in School Sex Offender Case

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2009/03/03/education/schooled/963fingerprinting022409.txt

 

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