San Diego Union-Tribune
July 31, 2009
Group sues S.D. Unified on schools' labor pact | Prop. S deal biased, local contractors say
SAN DIEGO COURTS — A local contractors association filed a lawsuit yesterday against the San Diego Unified School District, claiming its agreement ensuring labor guarantees for projects funded through a recent bond measure is discriminatory.
KPBS-FM
July 30, 2009
Non-Union Contractors Sue S.D. Unified Over Prop. S
SAN DIEGO — A non-union construction contractors group is suing the San Diego Unified School District over how money is spent on Proposition S school bond projects.
Voice of San Diego
July 31, 2009
Diversity Concerns Threaten Expansion of Charter School
San Diego Unified staffers are advising the school board to turn down a plan to expand a City Heights charter school into a high school, arguing that it will encourage racial isolation because its student body consists largely of African-American students of Somali descent.
July 30, 2009
Superintendent Terry Grier has dismissed rumors that he is seeking the superintendency in Houston schools. It is the second time that Grier has been rumored to be seeking another job: Last winter talk was swirling that Grier was up for the same job in Austin after a new school board was elected. And Grier seems to be getting a little sick of the rumor mill.
State
San Francisco Chronicle
July 31, 2009
Court says English-only tests OK in schools
SAN FRANCISCO -- California is entitled to administer school achievement tests and high school exit exams in English to all students, including the nearly 1.6 million who speak limited English, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.