OCDE NEWSROOM
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Tustin, Brea Olinda communities turn out for state-of-the district events |
Two Orange County school districts brought their communities together to highlight recent accomplishments and challenges during separate state-of-the-district events this week. The Tustin Unified School District held its State of the Schools dinner Wednesday evening at Tustin High School. The Brea Olinda Unified School District followed suit on Thursday morning at the Brea Community Center.
Here’s a quick recap.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/tustin-brea-olinda-communities-turn-out-for-state-of-the-district-events/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Santa Ana superintendent apologizes for late teacher paychecks |
Santa Ana Unified Superintendent Jerry Almendarez apologized this week to teachers and other employees for a paycheck delay that left more than 100 new educators without their wages and many others waiting for their overtime income. Almendarez also apologized to various district departments, the school board and the community “for putting us in this unacceptable position.”
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/09/30/santa-ana-superintendent-apologizes-for-late-teacher-paychecks/ |
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Lakeshore awards Fullerton teacher $15,000 classroom makeover |
Sara Cooper and her students walked into a seemingly new classroom, smiling as they took in their brightly colored furniture. Employees of Lakeshore Learning had spent the day Wednesday setting up the new tables and various seating options, an art station and a reading area, revealing the makeover to Cooper and several of her students after school.
Cooper had beat out more than 5,000 teachers to win the $15,000 makeover for her classroom at Richman Elementary School in Fullerton.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/09/30/makeover-prize-gives-class-flexibility-in-learning/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Costa Mesa elementary school garden paradise lost, regained following act of vandalism |
For students at Costa Mesa’s Rea Elementary School, a garden cultivated in recent years by science teacher Monique Sweet and kids across all grade levels had become not only an outdoor classroom but a place of peace. Over time, it evolved into a place where classroom lessons on roots, seeds and the water cycle were imparted under sunny skies. But that idyllic picture was shattered sometime over Labor Day weekend, when vandals ransacked the garden, smashing fruits and vegetables, uprooting delicate tendrils and stealing pieces of equipment from storage sheds on the property.
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https://lat.ms/3irl5Tb |
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VOICE OF OC
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New Anaheim Housing Strategy Hits School Revenue Temporarily, Sparking Classroom Funding Debate |
Anaheim officials are extending a hand to what they call a “missing middle” section of renters who struggle to afford housing in town, endorsing state-issued bonds to acquire existing apartments in the city and convert them to more affordable, even rent-controlled units. Officials’ strategy, however, could give some of the city’s public K-12 schools the short end of the stick for more than a decade, as the city plans to exempt its acquired buildings from property taxes which would normally go to agencies like the Anaheim Unified School District.
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https://voiceofoc.org/2021/10/new-anaheim-housing-strategy-hits-school-revenue-temporarily-sparking-classroom-funding-debate/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Anticipating an increase in student misbehavior, California releases new discipline guidelines |
Schools should offer more counseling, suspend fewer students and address the underlying mental health challenges of students who misbehave in class, according to the state’s new school discipline guidelines. The guidelines, released last month by the California Department of Education, are intended to help schools navigate an anticipated uptick in student misbehavior following more than a year of remote learning, said department spokesperson Scott Roark.
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https://edsource.org/2021/anticipating-an-increase-in-student-misbehavior-california-releases-new-discipline-guidelines/661749 |
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