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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Q&A: Student arts programs poised to expand with Measure 28 funding |
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Helping students succeed from K-12 to college and beyond has been a priority for Orange County educators, and with funding from Measure 28, opportunities to learn through the arts may further expand on school campuses. Through the state’s efforts to promote arts education, the Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act, or Measure 28, was passed in November of last year and allocates 1 percent — or roughly $941 million — of the general fund every year to K-12 arts programs throughout California. |
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/qa-student-arts-programs-poised-to-expand-with-measure-28-funding/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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Oceanside school board votes to close Reynolds Elementary School |
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Oceanside Unified School District trustees voted Monday to close Reynolds Elementary School at the end of the 2022-23 school year because of tests that show soil beneath the campus could liquefy and make the buildings’ foundations unstable in an earthquake. |
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https://bit.ly/3Thzd2g |
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EDSOURCE
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Advocates propose an alternative to refocus budget on Black students |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to increase funding to high-poverty schools represents what critics say is a broken promise to tackle a stubborn achievement gap for Black students. Black in School, a coalition of Black education and civil rights groups, has come up with a counterproposal that would provide additional funding for Black students. The group says the alternative would be compatible with Proposition 209, which bans affirmative action, and the Newsom administration’s effort to hold districts and schools accountable for spending. |
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https://edsource.org/2023/advocates-propose-an-alternative-to-refocus-budget-on-black-students/686668 |
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LAUSD superintendent tells families to prepare for school closures from worker strike |
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Los Angeles Unified Schools will likely close if union workers in the district go through with a three-day strike, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in an email to families, according to the Los Angeles Times. It’s not yet clear what days the potential strike would be, but that will be announced Wednesday at a rally in downtown Los Angeles. The strike would be led led by Local 99 of Service Employees International, whose 30,000 workers include bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers. The union representing teachers in the district, United Teachers Los Angeles, has also told its members they should walk out in solidarity with those employees, the Times reported. |
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https://edsource.org/updates/lausd-superintendent-tells-families-to-prepare-for-school-closures-from-worker-strike |
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Sixty school districts hiring at Northern California job fair |
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Dozens of school districts from throughout Northern California will be represented at a Pre-K-12 employment fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in Sacramento. Sixty local education agencies are recruiting for a wide range of positions, including teachers, language, speech and hearing therapists, mental health clinicians, and paraeducators, as well as classified positions, including office, technical, facilities, and food service staff. |
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https://edsource.org/updates/sixty-school-districts-hiring-at-northern-california-job-fair |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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California high school students increasingly criticize each others’ politics, race, sexuality |
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The angry and sometimes violent speech expressed by parents at school board meetings in recent years has found a mirror, as students at high schools throughout California increasingly are willing to criticize each other about political views, race and sexuality.
What’s more, incidents of students demeaning each other verbally are most common on campuses in the most politically divided congressional districts, according to a study based on reports from 150 high school principals released late Monday, March 13, by researchers at UCLA and UC Riverside.
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https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/03/14/angry-rhetoric-at-school-board-meetings-is-spilling-over-to-campus/ |
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Time capsule from 1970 unveiled at Los Alamitos High School |
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The past and present merged on the campus of Los Alamitos High School recently.
An unveiling ceremony to open a more than 50-year-old time capsule connected the Griffins of yesterday with the Griffins of today. On March 7, Tim Thomas, the Associated Student Body Senior Class President from the Griffin class of 1970, was joined by current members of the school’s ASB to unpack the 30-pound lead box that had been stored on the campus for decades.
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https://www.spotlightschools.com/articles/community/time-capsule-from-1970-unveiled-at-los-alamitos-high-school |
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$1.4 Million in Grants Promote College and Career Pathways for OC Students |
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Cal State Fullerton has been awarded $1.4 million in grants from the Orange County Department of Education to promote career and college readiness for K-16 students by creating regional education-to-career pipelines. The OC Pathways grants are part of a state-funded program to provide new pathways to career opportunities for students in their local communities and address longstanding equity challenges in higher education and workforce participation. The Orange County Department of Education is the lead agency, which received $18.1 million in state funding. |
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https://news.fullerton.edu/2023/03/1-4-million-in-grants-promote-college-and-career-pathways-for-oc-students/ |
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