OCDE Education in the News

Friday, December 6, 2019

DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES

LAUSD chief teases ‘big effort’ to convert properties into affordable dwellings, expands housing-voucher program

LAUSD, the nation’s second-largest school system, owns 6,400 acres of schools and centers across 710 miles. Some are vacant lots, administrative buildings, operation plants and parking lots — including in the San Fernando Valley.

https://www.dailynews.com/2019/12/04/lausd-chief-teases-big-effort-to-convert-properties-into-affordable-dwellings-as-it-expands-housing-voucher-progr

USA TODAY

Michigan boy's kindergarten classmates turn out to witness his adoption

A 5-year-old boy in Michigan was officially welcomed into his new family to a round of applause from his kindergarten classmates, who celebrated the day while waving small hearts on sticks. It was an emotional day — Kent County posted on Facebook that there was "not a dry eye" in Judge Patricia D. Gardner's courtroom. The adoption of the child, identified by 17th Circuit Court Adoption Caseworker Holly Hernandez as Michael Clark Jr., was one of 36 finalized adoptions part of Kent County's Annual Adoption Day on Thursday.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/05/michigan-5-year-olds-class-turns-out-support-his-adoption/2626641001/

EDSOURCE

California School Boards Association pulls plan to put $15 billion tax on 2020 ballot

The California School Boards Association announced Wednesday that it and its partners will end their effort to put a $15 billion tax initiative benefiting K-12 and community colleges before voters next November. Stating it wanted to avoid the prospect of competing tax measures for education on the same ballot, the association indicated it would seek a tax in 2022 instead.

https://edsource.org/2019/california-school-boards-association-pulls-plan-to-put-15-billion-tax-on-2020-ballot/620794

Disconnected: Internet stops once school ends for many rural California students

Walk into any classroom in Alpaugh Unified and you will see teaching and learning using the latest technology. Students collaborate on digital documents, give presentations on interactive whiteboards, conduct research and even apply to colleges on Chromebooks. But for many students in Alpaugh, a small rural town about an hour north of Bakersfield in Tulare County, that online connection stops once the school day ends.

https://edsource.org/2019/disconnected-internet-stops-once-school-ends-for-many-rural-california-students/620825

Interactive Map: A look at internet subscriptions in California

This map shows the rate of internet subscriptions statewide for 2018. To see the rate for a school district, type in the name below or click on the arrow and select the district name.

https://edsource.org/2019/interactive-map-a-look-at-internet-subscriptions-in-california/620816

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE

Montebello Unified gets another audit, but this time it’s mostly good news

For the last two years, financial audit after financial audit has taken Montebello Unified to task for how it handles its money, but on Wednesday, the district’s own auditor told the school board the 2019 audit found improvements in many areas. Christy White’s audit a year ago found “significant deficiencies” in nine areas, including employee turnover, “We had a couple of problems, but they’re relatively minor,” White said of the 2019 audit. “Overall, I’d say, ‘Good job.’”

https://www.sgvtribune.com/2019/12/05/montebello-unified-gets-another-audit-but-this-time-its-mostly-good-news/

LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT

LBUSD Aims for Healthy Eating Habits

At its most recent meeting, the Laguna Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education reviewed and adopted Resolution 19-12: Recognition and Support of National Nutrition Month. School officials said the resolution recognizes the importance of the role that school nutrition services play in the health and well-being of all students and reaffirms the district’s commitment to supporting all efforts to that end.

https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/class-notes-181/

CALmatters

Will fires, outages land California students in ‘disaster relief’ summer school?

Public schools cherish local control in California. But as climate-fueled disasters force hundreds of thousands of students each year to sacrifice days or weeks of instruction, districts are begging the state to step in with solutions, from campus microgrids to extra school.

https://calmatters.org/projects/california-wildfires-school-closures-disaster-days-power-outages-blackouts-local-control/

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