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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Lawsuits allege sexual abuse and cover-ups at Catholic high schools in Santa Ana and La Cañada Flintridge |
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On the eve of a new law that gives victims of childhood sexual assaults more time to come forward, lawsuits have been filed over alleged abuse and cover-ups at Catholic high schools in Orange and Los Angeles counties. Attorneys on Friday announced a pair of lawsuits filed by two former students of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana and one by a former student of St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge. During a pair of news conferences, the lawyers alleged that systematic sexual assault occurred at both campuses and was covered up by school and diocese leaders.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/12/27/lawsuits-allege-sexual-abuse-and-cover-ups-at-catholic-high-schools-in-santa-ana-and-la-canada-flintridge/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Poway school will add shower and laundry facilities for homeless students |
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Homeless students at Abraxas High School in Poway should find life a little more orderly since the campus received a grant to install a shower and laundry facilities for their use. The school received a $25,000 county grant for the facilities, which will enable students to clean their clothes and themselves on campus. The facilities will help students who are sleeping on a couch or in a car establish a stable routine and fit in better with classmates, Abraxas Principal Alain Henry said.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-26/abraxas-high-school-in-poway-adding-shower-laundry-for-homeless-students |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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What should schools do when a second-grader makes a threat? |
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Parkview Elementary mom Amber Dunevant was told that one of her 7-year-old daughter’s classmates had put her daughter on a “kill list.” Dunevant said she saw the list in the school principal’s office. She saw that it had the names of her daughter and a few other students, written on green construction paper. Such threats are more than just a discipline issue, child experts and school officials say. Schools say they have to balance the safety of all students and staff along with the privacy and emotional well-being of the student who made the threat.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2019-12-31/what-should-schools-do-when-a-second-grader-makes-a-threat |
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EDSOURCE
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Gavin Newsom's 1st-year K-12 scorecard: good grades on priorities and some incompletes |
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Gavin Newsom wasn’t pressed during his 2018 campaign for governor to be specific about his education goals or how he’d raise taxes for the additional revenue that he agreed schools need. Well-assured of election, he didn’t have to. He faced a weak opponent in Republican John Cox after vanquishing opponents in the primary. Plus, K-12 education wasn’t a central issue in the election. But in his first year in office, Newsom partially made good on education positions he highlighted on his website and in a questionnaire for EdSource.
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https://edsource.org/2020/gavin-newsoms-1st-year-k-12-scorecard-good-grades-on-priorities-and-some-incompletes/621681 |
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NPR
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Virginia School District To Give Students One Day Off Per Year For 'Civic Engagement' |
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One of the largest school districts in the country is trying something new: Starting next month, students in Fairfax County, Va., can take one day off per school year to engage in political activism. The plan has its roots in the 2018 shooting at a Parkland, Fla. high school that left 17 dead. In its aftermath came a rise in student activism unlike anything the Fairfax school district had ever seen, Fairfax School Board member Ryan McElveen tells NPR.
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https://www.npr.org/2019/12/27/791889392/fairfax-va-schools-to-give-students-one-day-off-per-year-for-civic-engagement |
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