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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Ocean View superintendent gets ‘outstanding’ rating, plus pay increase |
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Trustees in the Ocean View School District rated Supt. Carol Hansen as “outstanding” in her annual performance evaluation, the district said, and as a result, she will receive a 3% pay increase. “Dr. Hansen has done an exemplary job in many areas of district responsibility, including work on new curricular initiatives, oversight of bond-funded construction projects and by leading her leadership team in the administration of the district,” board President John Briscoe said in a statement last week.
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https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-ovsd-supt-20190703-story.html |
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Laguna Beach schools trustee intends to go to court over board’s decision to leave her off panel |
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A Laguna Beach school board member intends to seek a restraining order blocking a recent decision by her peers to leave her off a subcommittee, according to a letter from her attorney that asserts that she also plans to file a lawsuit seeking at least $25,000 in damages.
Dee Perry, who has served on the Laguna Beach Unified board since 2014, wants a judge to reverse her colleagues’ recent decision to form a subcommittee on confidential matters that includes everyone on the board but her, said her lawyer, Kathleen Loyer.
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https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-perry-lawsuit-lbusd-20190704-story.html |
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L.A. charter schools’ plans: Take back mayor’s office, sue district, battle teachers union |
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In the wake of the Los Angeles teachers strike, a group of key charter school supporters, concerned about political backlash, worked on a plan to stem anti-charter sentiment and regain control of local education reforms. The strategy under discussion was to “take back” the Board of Education and the mayor’s office, develop a lawsuit against the school district and attack the local teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles.
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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-secret-plan-for-charters-20190702-story.html |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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How One School District Got a Handle on Its Abuse Problem |
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In all, Redlands Unified School District agreed to pay more than $30 million to settle lawsuits involving sexual misconduct by school employees between 2016 and 2018.
An investigation by Southern California News Group unveiled further problems regarding school culture, sexual abuse by district employees and a pattern of cover-ups by school officials and administrators. What happened in Redlands is unusual in an important way: The district started to make big changes. Redlands’ new protocols are a noteworthy start in the way they aim to lower the threshold for what signs should be reported to authorities.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/how-one-school-district-got-a-handle-on-its-abuse-problem/ |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Prop. 13 reform headed to California ballot could swamp counties |
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Progressives are excited about an initiative to change Proposition 13 that could generate billions of dollars every year for schools and local government — and it’s already qualified for the November 2020 ballot. All it would take to unleash that new waterfall of tax revenue would be to reassess commercial and industrial properties in California every three years instead of whenever they are sold. But that may not be as easy as it sounds.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Prop-13-reform-headed-to-California-ballot-could-14074032.php |
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PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH
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Long Beach school board adds mental health resources to budget |
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The Long Beach Unified School District will increase the number of positions helping students with social-emotional needs by four this fall, and create another position dedicated to assisting new immigrant students transition to its schools.
The boost in the district’s mental health resources is part of its recently passed budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year. The five added positions come from an additional $1 million in increased state funding.
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https://www.presstelegram.com/2019/07/03/long-beach-school-board-adds-mental-health-resources-to-budget/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California may create 5th year high school graduation rate |
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California may soon join most states in creating a 5-year high school graduation rate as a way of crediting districts and high schools that help students who return to school after senior year to earn a diploma. The State Board of Education is expected to adopt the rate at its meeting on Wednesday; it would go into effect in time for the next release of the California School Dashboard, the color-coded system for rating district and school performance on a number of measures, including high school graduation rates.
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https://edsource.org/2019/california-may-create-5th-year-high-school-graduation-rate/614881 |
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CALmatters
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Teacher credentials come in for tough grading as CA rethinks charter school rules |
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Heather Williams knew as a kid that she wanted to be a piano teacher. She earned her music degree with a piano emphasis from Brigham Young University and spent decades honing her craft. Today she not only runs her own academy near Sacramento, offering private lessons with a special certification in the Suzuki Method of instruction, but also teaches in public schools, though she lacks a state teaching credential.
How? Via a loophole that lets charter schools skip some of the credentialing required of teachers in traditional public school classrooms.
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https://calmatters.org/articles/california-teacher-credential-charter-school-music-dance-art-union/ |
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