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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE celebrates district partnerships through career education network |
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Faculty, staff and local businesses throughout Central Orange County are collaborating to bring new career technical education courses to more than 15,000 students.
Recently, they were invited to join the Central Orange County Career Technical Education Partnership — known as CTEp — in its inaugural partner celebration. The March event at FLDWRK in Costa Mesa hosted more than 80 education professionals, college representatives, students and parents from its three partnering districts to showcase the accomplishments of their CTE programs and gather best practices on getting students ready to enter the workforce.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-celebrates-district-partnerships-through-career-education-network/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Orange Unified launches a hunt for new board members after recall election |
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The Orange Unified School District is moving forward with filling two empty trustee seats through provisional appointments. The OUSD board will pick two new candidates to replace former President Rick Ledesma and Trustee Madison Miner after voters last month booted them in a recall election. Whoever the board selects would fill the seats, representing Trustee Areas 4 and 7. The district is accepting applications for the respective positions through April 26. |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2024/04/16/orange-unified-launches-a-hunt-for-new-board-members-after-recall-election/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Transgender policy won’t be enforced, Murrieta school district says |
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Murrieta schools won’t enforce a policy requiring parents to be told if their child identifies as transgender, according to an email sent to parents. The Friday, April 12, email came two days after The California Department of Education ordered the Murrieta Valley Unified School District not to implement the policy, which the district school board approved by a 3-2 vote last August and reaffirmed by a 3-2 vote in March.
The email stated that the policy has yet to be enforced while officials work on more detailed rules for implementing it. Board member Nick Pardue, who first proposed the policy with board President Paul Diffley, said Monday, April 15, that the email sent to parents was “very misleading” and “could have been worded much differently.”
“It left the impression the issue had been settled,” Pardue said. “It does imply something wrong with our policy to begin with. That’s not true.”
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https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/15/transgender-policy-wont-be-enforced-murrieta-school-district-says/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California’s universities navigate unprecedented FAFSA mistakes and delays |
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Unprecedented difficulties in students applying for federal financial aid have wreaked havoc among financial aid and admissions officers across California’s colleges and universities, who are facing longer hours and more stress, sometimes while short on staff. Since its initial delay last year from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, the U.S. Department of Education’s rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form has been challenging and frustrating for students, their families and the college campuses they seek to attend. For many students, financial aid plays a significant role in deciding where and if they will go to college. And the resulting delays have pushed back students’ decisions. |
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https://edsource.org/2024/californias-universities-navigate-unprecedented-fafsa-mistakes-and-delays/709889 |
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School facilities funds cut as part of agreement to reduce California’s budget shortfall |
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An agreement between California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature that will reduce the state’s budget shortfall by $17.3 billion also will mean less money for school facilities. The Early Action Agreement, signed April 4, cuts the state School Facility Aid Program by $500 million, reducing the funding from $875 million to $375 million. The program provides funds to school districts for school construction, deferred maintenance and emergency repairs. |
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https://edsource.org/updates/school-facilities-funds-cut-as-part-of-agreement-to-reduce-californias-budget-shortfall |
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KQED
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California Preschools Wrestle to Comply With State’s Tightened Suspension Rules |
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Like many babies born around the time of the COVID-19 shutdowns, 4-year-old Cole grew up watching Cocomelon and Bluey.
The popular kids shows kept him entertained while his mom, Grace McPherson, helped his older sister with distance learning. However, too much screen time and social isolation took a toll on Cole’s development. His mom said he was “pretty much nonverbal” when he was 3 years old.
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https://www.kqed.org/news/11983016/california-preschools-wrestle-to-comply-with-states-tightened-suspension-rules |
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KPBS
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Gloria E. Ciriza tapped as next San Diego County Superintendent of Schools |
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Gloria E. Ciriza will succeed Paul Gothold as the county's superintendent of schools, becoming the first female superintendent in the San Diego County Office of Education's 76-year history, the SDCOE announced Monday. The county Board of Education, which made the decision during a special meeting Saturday, is expected to consider Ciriza's contract at its next regular meeting, on May 8. It's anticipated she will assume the post on July 1. Gothold is retiring after seven years in the role. |
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2024/04/15/gloria-e-ciriza-tapped-as-next-san-diego-county-superintendent-of-schools |
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CALmatters
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A student sent a swastika to a Jewish lawmaker’s daughter. The response led to his new bill |
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In response to his daughter receiving a swastika on social media, a California Jewish lawmaker is pushing for a bill that would give school administrators authority to suspend or expel students if they cyberbully fellow students away from school and outside of school hours. But Long Beach Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal’s Assembly Bill 2351 is coming into conflict with California’s recent reforms intended to prevent students of color from being expelled and suspended at disproportionate rates. |
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https://calmatters.org/digital-democracy/2024/04/california-law-swastika/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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LAUSD opens housing complex to combat rising student homelessness |
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As homeless student numbers rise in LA Unified schools, a 26-unit housing complex for unhoused families was opened last month. It took five years for the project to be completed — a timeline that did not go unmentioned by representatives of the organizations involved. “Once we know better, we need to do better,” said LAUSD superintendent Alberto Carvalho. “And this time we need to do better and faster. Sun King is evidence that the impossible can be turned into the inevitable.” |
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https://www.laschoolreport.com/lausd-opens-housing-complex-to-combat-rising-student-homelessness/ |
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