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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Westminster School District selects Dr. Gunn Marie Hansen to fill superintendent vacancy |
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After reviewing more than 30 highly qualified candidates, the Westminster School District has a new superintendent. Westminster’s Board of Education voted Thursday to confirm the appointment of Dr. Gunn Marie Hansen, who previously served in the same role for the Orange Unified School District. She succeeds former Westminster Superintendent Dr. Cynthia Paik, who resigned in October. |
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/westminster-school-district-selects-dr-gunn-marie-hansen-to-fill-superintendent-vacancy/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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As antisemitism rises nationwide, Irvine school stresses education after incident on campus |
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It’s apparently “a thing” at some high schools: Kids take Post-it Notes and stick them on their friends’ car windows. But the prank took an ugly turn earlier this month at Irvine’s Woodbridge High when a student switched around the tiny yellow notes on another student’s car into the shape of two large swastikas, an ancient symbol that was appropriated by the Nazis and continues to represent hatred of Jews. The student who drove the car is not Jewish, and the incident was not a targeted attack. |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/23/as-antisemitism-rises-nationwide-irvine-school-stresses-education-after-incident-on-campus/ |
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Students-turned-builders nail competition |
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Teams of high school and community college students have been hammering away at a project taking everything they have learned and putting it to the test. If they’ve nailed their studies, then the final result is a sturdy structure, such as a tiny house, a shed or a playhouse, that might have won them the Construction Industry Education Foundation’s 38th annual Design Build Competition. More than 30 student teams spent Wednesday and Thursday building the structure they designed over the last four months. |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/24/students-turned-builders-nail-competition/ |
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EDSOURCE
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L.A. Unified to reopen after three-day strike brought the district to a halt |
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Even as classes were set to resume Friday, negotiations remained underway between LAUSD and Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents bus drivers, custodians, special education aides and other workers in the state’s largest school district. They had walked out of work Tuesday, joined by Los Angeles teachers, frustrating some families worried about more learning losses after the pandemic. With help from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the two sides said they were optimistic Thursday that they’d reach an agreement soon but did not release any details on the status of the talks. |
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https://edsource.org/2023/l-a-unified-reopens-after-three-day-strike-brought-the-district-to-a-halt/687448 |
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KPCC
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LAUSD Has A $4.9 Billion Reserve. Here’s How That Money Works, And How It Could Go Toward Staff And Teachers |
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The Los Angeles Unified School District does not have a $4.9 billion pot of gold to increase the pay for the workers that drive buses, clean schools, assist teachers, serve lunch and generally make it possible for 422,000 traditional public school students to learn. What it does have is several billion dollars designated for high-needs schools, paying for inflation-priced supplies, and other initiatives that could be redirected to the salaries of striking workers. |
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https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-seiu-99-utla-three-day-strike-budget-reserve-5-billion |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Kinder Caminata promotes college readiness by hosting 1,000 kindergarteners at annual career fair |
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In an effort to promote college and career readiness, Santa Ana College, or SAC, hosted 1,000 kindergarteners at its Annual Kinder Caminata career fair. Children from the Garden Grove and Santa Ana Unified School Districts made stops at booths to learn about professions like nursing, education, the arts, law enforcement, firefighting and much more. |
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https://abc7.com/kinder-caminata-college-education-so-cal-strong/12998268/ |
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Exploring LAUSD's funding challenges amid the strike |
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Contract negotiation talks are now underway between SEIU local 99 union leaders and the LAUSD, following a three-day strike that shut down the second-largest school district in the nation. The union’s 30,000 workers, who on average make about $25k a year, are asking for a 30% increase in pay. They say the district has enough money in their $4.9 billion reserves to meet those demands, however, district officials say most of the money in those funds are not accessible and with pandemic relief money drying up and LAUSD enrollment dropping, their funding limitations are greater than they appear. |
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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/education/2023/03/24/exploring-lausd-s-funding-challenges-amid-the-strike |
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