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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Marina High’s Helping Hands club welcomes spring with a beautification project |
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As students, staff and school community members visit Marina High’s administrative building in the coming weeks, they will be welcomed with fresh flowers and plants surrounding the campus. On March 4, the school’s Helping Hands club members, teacher and advisor Carol Yoshiyama rolled up their sleeves with Marina High Principal Dr. Morgan Smith and Vice Principal Mia White to beautify the area surrounding the building and parking lot. |
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/marina-highs-helping-hands-club-welcomes-spring-with-a-beautification-project/ |
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VOICE OF OC
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Will a Local OC School District Ban an Iranian Revolution Book? |
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Some parents and students in the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District are concerned their elected trustees will keep a book about the Iranian revolution out of a high school classroom. The book is called “Persepolis: The Story of Childhood” – an autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi which depicts her life growing up in Iran during the overthrow of the Shah and the Iranian revolution in the late 1970s – that could be core and extended reading material for high schoolers. |
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https://voiceofoc.org/2023/03/will-a-local-oc-school-district-ban-an-iranian-revolution-book/ |
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EDSOURCE
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L.A. schools remain closed as strike enters second day |
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The strike that shut down California’s largest school district on Tuesday remains in effect on Wednesday, as bus drivers, custodians and other essential workers in Los Angeles Unified continued their protest over low wages while negotiations with the district remained at a standstill. Members of Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union – along with teachers, who joined the strike in support – marched, chanted and picketed at schools across Los Angeles to draw attention to their demands. |
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https://edsource.org/2023/strike-shuts-down-l-a-unified-as-families-grapple-with-disruptions/687223 |
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KPCC
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LAUSD Strike Enters Day 2, With Parents And Staff Doing What They Can |
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A strike that shut down Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday has rolled into its second day. Service Employees International Union Local 99 represents 30,000 bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and other LAUSD support staff. The union has been bargaining with LAUSD for close to a year, and called for a three-day strike this week. The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, joined in solidarity. |
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https://laist.com/news/education/los-angeles-unified-seiu-99-utla-three-day-strike-day-two |
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KPBS
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San Diego Community College District announces nursing assistant program for San Diego Unified students |
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The governing boards for San Diego Unified School District and the San Diego Community College District are meeting to discuss partnerships and collaborative programs through the 2027 school year. One new partnership starting June 13 will allow high school students to earn a nursing assistant credential. That program is currently at the San Diego College of Continuing Education's Cesar Chavez campus in Barrio Logan. It's offered in two sessions that run either 8 or 16 weeks. |
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2023/03/21/san-diego-community-college-district-announces-nursing-assistant-program-for-san-diego-unified-students |
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NPR
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What we do (and don't) know about teacher shortages, and what can be done about them |
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Many districts across the country are grappling with teacher shortages large and small. Limited federal data show, as of October 2022, 45% of public schools had at least one teacher vacancy; that's after the school year had already begun. And schools that serve high-poverty neighborhoods and/or a "high-minority student body" were more likely to have vacancies. |
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https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1160371732/teacher-shortages-mississippi-education-job-fair |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Parents challenge SF school district’s math policies in court |
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San Francisco Unified School District’s controversial math placement and sequencing is now being challenged in court. Parents have voiced their frustrations over the district’s math placement policy. Education scholars questioned its validity. Families for San Francisco, a parent advocacy group, released a lengthy report asking for a full peer-
reviewed assessment of the policy’s successes after submitting numerous public records requests. All have said that the district’s move to delay algebra 1 courses in eighth grade and cease accelerated math class options in middle and high schools are widening the equity achievement gap rather than narrowing it.
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https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/education/parents-challenge-sf-math-policy-in-court/article_150412e6-c813-11ed-a51b-eb86f5512993.html |
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Carver Elementary in Long Beach to reopen after norovirus outbreak |
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Carver Elementary School in Long Beach will reopen Wednesday following a three-day closure prompted by a norovirus outbreak. In a letter sent to parents Tuesday, school principal Monica Manipon said the campus underwent a “deep cleaning” on Saturday by an outside company, followed by another cleaning by Long Beach Unified School custodial staff on Tuesday. Objects such as blocks that are frequently handled by students were also disinfected, she said.
Although the campus is reopening, students showing any symptoms of norovirus were asked to remain home until 48 hours after they are free of symptoms.
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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/health/2023/03/22/carver-elementary-in-long-beach-to-reopen-after-norovirus-outbreak |
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