OCDE Education in the News

Thursday, August 3, 2017

OCDE NEWSROOM

Anaheim High Principal Robert Saldivar is first alum to lead the campus

A homecoming game a little more than 20 years ago at Anaheim High School changed Principal Robert Saldivar’s life. Saldivar, a then 19-year-old sophomore student and aspiring physical therapist at Cal State Fullerton, visited his alma mater to catch up with friends and enjoy the game.

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/03/anaheim-high-principal-robert-saldivar-is-first-alum-to-lead-the-campus/

Registration plans for Orange Unified School District campuses

The countdown begins! Only 21 days of summer vacation remain for Orange Unified School District students. Parochial and private school students may begin even earlier (Orange Lutheran High) or later (Oakridge Private School) in the month. It’s time for registration.

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/02/registration-plans-for-orange-unified-school-district-campuses/

UCI chancellor says 290 students, accepted and then turned down, will be allowed into the university

UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman took control Wednesday of the campus controversy in which 499 incoming freshmen were told they had lost their offers to enroll, calling the process “heartbreaking” and “unacceptable” – and announcing that 290 of them can indeed become Anteaters. Others whose grades dropped too low can appeal but are still on the outside.

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/02/uci-chancellor-says-290-students-accepted-and-then-turned-down-will-be-allowed-into-the-unversity/

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Advocacy groups challenging this California state housing rule say it uproots farmworkers' children from schools

More than 30 community organizations and advocates are ramping up their efforts to reverse a California housing rule that they say uproots the children of migrant farmworkers from their schools twice a year, causing them to fall behind and often drop out. The regulation from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, known as the “50-mile rule,” requires farmworkers to clear out of state-run migrant camps at the end of a growing season and move more than 50 miles away.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-50-mile-rule-housing-farmworkers-20170803-story.html

NEW YORK TIMES

6 Things Parents Should Know About Sending Kids Back to School

The beauty of this transition period is that it’s a prime opportunity for parents and kids to explore the mixed emotions that crop up as we say goodbye to summer and say hello to new expectations. Take these next few weeks to talk with them about what they’ve liked or disliked about school in the past, what they’re ready to do differently this year, and how you can help them prepare.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/well/family/6-things-parents-should-know-about-sending-kids-back-to-school.html

EDSOURCE

Watchdog agency's new CEO warns of impact of dwindling school revenue

Michael Fine is the new CEO of the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, perhaps the most important education agency Californians may never have heard of — unless their school district has been in financial peril. Better known by its acronym, FCMAT monitors the financial health of school districts, investigates and, together with county offices of education, manages districts when they’re in trouble.

https://edsource.org/2017/watchdog-agencys-new-ceo-warns-about-slowing-school-revenues-fcmat/585585

NPR

There's a National Teachers Hall of Fame? Who Knew?

If you've ever driven south into Kansas on Interstate 35, past rolling prairies and wheat fields, eventually you'll run into the town of Emporia, population 25,000 and home to the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/03/539523571/theres-a-national-teachers-hall-of-fame-who-knew

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