News Coverage of San Diego Unified School District: 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

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