OCDE NEWSROOM
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VIDEO: OCDE students surprised with gifts from SoCal Helpful Honda program |
Students in OCDE’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing program hosted at University High School, received a great surprise as they warmed up for the Freeway League flag football championship game. Click on the video above and watch to see how the SoCal Helpful Honda people came through with an act of kindness and to learn more about our DHH program, and how the ACCESS Freeway League is creating unique opportunities for OCDE’s special needs and underserved communities.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-students-surprised-with-gift-from-socal-helpful-honda-program/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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SF schools scramble to pay the bills amid an unexpected shortfall |
San Francisco schools are scrambling to cover an unexpected $31.8 million projected shortfall this school year, a financial hole that district officials say will only deepen over the next two years. So far, the district won’t have to make drastic cuts to cover the immediate deficit and will instead use accounting tricks to pay for cost overruns with one-time funding sources.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/SF-schools-scramble-to-pay-the-bills-amid-an-14978849.php |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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Garey High in Pomona wins $15,000 award from Samsung to curb vaping |
Garey High is among 100 schools in the country to receive $15,000 in technology and equipment as part of the national Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, which challenges students to creatively use STEM skills to address a community challenge.
Students took on the issue of vaping and crafted a proposal to create a non-invasive mobile sensor to alert school staff about students vaping in restrooms, and come up with public service announcements and social media campaigns to warn their community about the dangers of vaping.
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https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/01/16/garey-high-in-pomona-wins-15000-award-from-samsung-to-curb-vaping/ |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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EDSOURCE
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UC considers two types of tuition increases; $348 hike this fall for California residents |
University of California administrators are proposing the first tuition hike since 2017 for undergraduates who are state residents — a $348 hike, or 2.8 percent based on inflation, with more to come in the following four years. They also are suggesting an alternative that would freeze costs for current students at UC’s nine undergraduate campuses but increase it for incoming freshmen by $606 and then more for subsequent classes.
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https://edsource.org/2020/uc-considers-two-types-of-tuition-increases-348-hike-this-fall-for-california-residents/622557 |
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Closing a middle school and converting others to K-8 stirs opposition |
The superintendent in West Contra Costa United says his district is losing enrollment as students finish sixth grade. Rather than move on to middle school, they often jump to charter and private schools. Superintendent Matthew Duffy thought he had a solution by converting six K-6 elementary schools into K-8 schools, which feed into DeJean Middle School, the only middle school in Richmond. The district could even convert that school into an arts campus to attract students from across the district.
https://edsource.org/2020/closing-a-middle-school-and-converting-others-to-k-8-stirs-opposition/622539 |
https://edsource.org/2020/closing-a-middle-school-and-converting-others-to-k-8-stirs-opposition/622539 |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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LBUSD Board Transitions to Electronic Agenda System |
The Laguna Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education has transitioned to an electronic agenda management system, BoardDocs—a move school officials said is meant to improve the governance process, ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and enhance collaboration. BoardDocs is a Cloud-based technology board management solution that provides the tools and resources needed to manage a diverse committee structure with features intended to improve collaboration and incite better decision-making.
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https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/class-notes-183/ |
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CALmatters
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The new Proposition 13: A $15 billion bond for school facilities |
This Proposition 13 would authorize a $15 billion bond for school modernization and construction projects. Here’s how it would break down: $9 billion for K-12 schools, and $2 billion each for community colleges and the state’s two public university systems, the California State University and University of California. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to put this on the ballot, stressing California’s urgent need to modernize its facilities. Academics say that addressing a backlog of those needs would cost about $117 billion over the next decade. California voters approved a $9 billion school bond in 2016, but all that money has been accounted for and oversubscribed.
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https://calmatters.org/projects/california-2020-primary-proposition-13-school-facilities-election-voter-guide/ |
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