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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Refurbished school farm offers hands-on learning |
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Ocean View School District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at Golden View Environmental Science School for the re-opening of its refurbished farm, which is the only 2.5-acre site in Huntington Beach. The event featured tours of the new and improved farm. The Golden View Farm provides students with multiple, hands-on learning opportunities. Caring for living animals help children understand life cycles, the reciprocity between animals and humans and the importance of making responsible choices.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/refurbished-school-farm-offers-hands-on-learning/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Bacerra, Torres are apparent winners in Santa Ana council, school board election |
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Santa Ana voters appear to have elected former planning commissioner Phil Bacerra to the City Council and teacher Carolyn Torres to the School Board during the community’s special election Tuesday, Nov. 5. With all precincts reporting late Tuesday, Bacerra led with 28 % of the votes in the race to represent Ward 4, while Torres was in command of her race with 45 % of the votes, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/11/05/early-returns-show-no-clear-winners-in-santa-ana-special-elections/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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DAILY PILOT |
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Newport-Mesa school trustees to again start meetings with general comments from public |
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General comment periods for the public are returning toward the beginning of the agendas for board of trustees meetings in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District after constituents’ criticism about long wait times. Board President Charlene Metoyer said she decided to place comments on topics not on the agenda near the end of meetings in December after finding that meetings were running late. Policy votes were being delayed by general comments and weren’t being made when the seven board members were freshest mentally. Feedback against the switch, though, was apparently well-taken.
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https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-11-05/newport-mesa-school-trustees-to-again-start-meetings-with-general-comments-from-public |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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How California schools’ HVAC systems are ‘silently undermining’ your child’s chance at success |
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Even when California schools install new heating and ventilation systems, the contractors aren’t properly adjusting or programming the units to provide enough ventilation to protect the health and welfare of students or their teachers, according to a study released this week by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
“Even in ... classrooms with new HVAC equipment, 85 percent of them were under-ventilated. We went to 104 classrooms across 11 schools,” said Theresa Pistochini, engineering manager at the UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center. “There is very little awareness about this problem. The issue is you don’t know what you don’t measure.”
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article237041849.html |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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San Diego superintendent wants to join L.A. Unified’s vaping lawsuit |
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San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten said she will ask the school board to join Los Angeles Unified’s class action lawsuit against one of the country’s leading e-cigarette companies, as vaping-related illnesses and deaths prompt school districts to protest marketing they say targets school-age students. L.A. Unified announced its lawsuit against the company, Juul, last month. The lawsuit seeks compensation for funds that L.A. Unified says it lost due to vaping-related absences, as well as funds the district has spent on vaping education and prevention campaigns, among other things.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2019-11-06/san-diego-superintendent-wants-to-join-l-a-unifieds-vaping-lawsuit |
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EDSOURCE
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State audit finds education money not serving high-needs students, calls for changes in funding law |
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In its first detailed examination of former Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark school funding law, the California State Auditor sharply criticized the Legislature and State Board of Education for failing to ensure that billions of dollars have been spent on low-income children and other students targeted for additional state money. “In general, we determined that the State’s approach” to the Local Control Funding Formula “has not ensured that funding is benefiting students as intended,” State Auditor Elaine Howle wrote in a letter with the audit, released on Tuesday.
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https://edsource.org/2019/state-audit-finds-education-money-not-serving-high-needs-students-calls-for-changes-in-funding-law/619504 |
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KPCC
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LAUSD Tried To Create A Simpler Way To Compare Schools. Instead, They Created A Controversy |
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Los Angeles Unified School District officials have been developing a system to give each of its schools a grade — a single, overall rating of its annual performance.
The idea? School-shopping parents could use LAUSD's ratings — issued on a scale of one to five stars — to easily compare schools, and policymakers could use them to identify which schools need extra help. But the idea has generated controversy, and on Tuesday, L.A. Unified School Board members will take up a resolution to quash the proposed star-rating system — legislation that appears to have the votes it needs to pass.
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https://laist.com/2019/11/05/lausd_school_rating_star_system_student_growth_model_california_dashboard.php |
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CALmatters
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As California spends billions on high-needs students, calls grow for more oversight |
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Seven years after California started pumping billions of dollars into schools with the neediest students — an attempt to narrow a chronic academic achievement gap — a new state audit has found that the state’s landmark school funding law isn’t adequately ensuring that targeted money is actually going to the disadvantaged students it’s supposed to help. The audit released today is the latest in a growing body of research fueling calls for more state oversight of California’s groundbreaking 2013 overhaul of school finance.
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https://calmatters.org/education/2019/11/california-school-funding-oversight-audit-teachers-lcff/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Hidden Toxic Mold Lurking In Schools: Why No One Is Testing For It |
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It’s rare that a school superintendent asks a reporter to investigate his district, but Jamie Green was so desperate to protect California students that he came to CBS13 for help. It was only after hidden toxic mold devastated the Trinity Alps School District, that Green realized just how dangerous invisible mold spores could be. Turns out there is no required mold testing in schools – or any indoor air quality regulations, protecting kids in classrooms. Now the Trinity County Health Department plans to set the nation’s first mold safety threshold for schools, and Superintendent Green is calling on lawmakers to protect students state-wide.
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https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/11/05/hidden-toxic-mold-lurking-schools-no-one-testing/ |
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