OCDE NEWSROOM
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Parks Junior High School student detained by Fullerton police after threatening to “shoot up” the school |
Police responded to Parks Junior High School on Monday morning and detained a student who police say was overheard threatening to “shoot up” the school the next day. Fullerton Police Department officers arrived at the school at about 11:30 a.m. Monday and detained the 14-year-old student after several students reported hearing him say he had access to a handgun and heard him threatening violence. During a search of the student’s home in Anaheim, officers recovered a loaded handgun and ammunition that the student would have easy access to, Fullerton Police Sgt. Jon Radus said. |
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/05/parks-junior-high-school-student-detained-by-fullerton-police-after-threatening-to-shoot-up-the-school/ |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Is it child abuse? California schools should report to cops, experts say, even if they’re not sure |
It might have seemed harmless enough. Some San Jose middle school parents didn’t like the way a physical education teacher and coach was photographing their girls at events. The principal had told the coach to stop after a similar complaint a year earlier. But after a second complaint, the principal seized the coach’s school-issued computer, confronted him and alerted police, who investigated and last month arrested the former coach on child molestation and pornography charges. |
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/03/05/is-it-child-abuse-schools-should-report-to-cops-experts-say-even-if-theyre-not-sure/ |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Some districts excelling in stakeholder engagement efforts |
Meaningful stakeholder engagement has proven a difficult process for many districts, but a recent report from the Policy Analysis for California Education highlights three districts that should serve as a positive example of how to actively include families and community members in school decision-making. As a condition of receiving funding under the state’s Local Control Funding Formula, districts are required to consult with stakeholders over how to best allocate resources. Districts are required to develop a Local Control and Accountability Plan with meaningful local community engagement of parents, community members, students and educators. |
https://k-12daily.org/human-resources/some-districts-excelling-in-stakeholder-engagement-efforts |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Inside the Outdoors secures funding for waste education program impacting more than 900,000 students |
Inside the Outdoors, OCDE’s popular environmental education program, has netted a sizable grant to present standards-based lessons on the science of solid waste to nearly a million Orange County students. At last week’s county Board of Supervisors meeting, OC Waste & Recycling formally presented $946,558 to representatives from the Inside the Outdoors Foundation to support the service-learning program known as Project Zero Waste. |
http://newsroom.ocde.us/inside-the-outdoors-secures-funding-for-waste-education-program-impacting-more-than-900000-students/ |
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NPR
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Making Elementary School A Lot More Fun: Like Preschool! |
In Kelly Stevens' kindergarten classroom, each day begins with circle time for what sounds like a menu of lesson options. Students — or "friends" as Stevens calls them — can read at the green table, they can build boats or make things out of clay, among other options. Play-based activities like this one at Curtis Guild School are part of a new curriculum that Boston has been rolling out over the last five years. |
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/03/06/589478490/making-elementary-school-a-lot-more-fun-like-preschool |
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