Murrieta School Board With More Cuts
Written by admin on February 5, 2010
The governing board and top administrators in the Murrieta school district will have their stipends and salaries cut 7.25 percent starting in July —- the same cut they are asking employees to agree to —- it was announced Thursday.
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District board voted unanimously to cut its own stipend as well as the salary and annuity contribution of Superintendent Stan Scheer and the salary and car allowances for the four assistant superintendents and the deputy superintendent.
The moves, effective July 1, are expected to save the district $75,245.50 in the 2010-11 budget year.
Cuts come as the district tries to ease an anticipated $14 million budget shortfall for the next school year.
It’s the second consecutive year the schools have faced large deficits. The current budget was buoyed by federal stimulus funds and by digging deep into reserves.
To me, this is such a shame. If there is anything…any profession that should be making more money in this world, it’s teachers and education. Such a shame.
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Busby To Be On School Board
Written by admin on January 28, 2010
I know this might rub a few people the wrong way but school officials in Cardiff picked Francine Busby on Wednesday to fill in for the rest of the year on the school board.
Nine people applied for the open seat on the Cardiff Union School District board of trustees, including parents, businessmen, teachers and Busby, who’s running again this year to represent the 50th congressional district.
Busby served on the two-school elementary district’s board before she stepped down to run an unsuccessful campaign in 2006 for the 50th District seat.
Now, I don’t really see much problem with this but I know there are always the Busby haters that will find fault with anything. lol
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H1N1 Shot Given Despite Orders Not To
Written by admin on January 25, 2010
The San Ysidro School District is investigating how a 13-year-old middle school student received the H1N1 flu vaccination last week over her objections and against the will of her parents.
Jose Gomez, 39, said he signed a form last November stating his daughter, a student at San Ysidro Middle School, was not to get a shot and reaffirmed that position to two people last week. The school provided vaccinations on Thursday.
District Nurse Anita Gillchrest said she investigated the incident and has forwarded a report to Superintendent Manuel Paul, but she said she could not reveal the details.
I can’t help but think this is going to cause quite a stir here locally.
Local Teachers Upset With Pay Decline
Written by admin on January 15, 2010
And I would be too!!
A month after the Vista Unified School District declared an impasse in budget negotiations with its teachers union, hundreds of teachers flooded and slowed down a school board meeting Thursday by asking to speak to every possible item on the agenda.
Most of the teachers who spoke said they were upset with the district’s plan to cut their pay by 2 percent and cut their work year by five days.
I can understand the 5 day thing – but the cut of their entire salary is far too strong, IMO. If anything, teachers should be getting a 2% increase in pay. Such a shame.
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ADHD A Topic Of Concern
Written by admin on November 9, 2009
Developmental-behavioral pediatrician Dr. Sarita Doyle Eastman will headline The Winston School’s fall Conversation Series “How Parents and Students Succeed with ADHD” at the school’s Del Mar campus Thursday.
The free event is open to the public and will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the campus at 215 Ninth St. Guests will gather at 4 p.m. for refreshments, followed by Eastman’s presentation and a student panel.
Eastman, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician with a private practice in Carmel Valley, is also one of the school’s founders and a current board member. In her presentation Thursday, she plans to defuse myths about ADHD and give parents and students actionable steps to thrive once the diagnosis is made.
To R.S.V.P. and submit questions to Eastman, e-mail jfarrell@thewinstonschool.com.
Rotary Club To Honor Encinitas Teacher
Written by admin on September 24, 2009
The Encinitas Rotary Club recently honored Sunset High School’s Emily Lawrence as its teacher of the year. Pictured: Student Alexis Kinsmen, left, and Lawrence. Lawrence was instrumental in helping develop her school’s English Learner program and helps run a Latino men’s support group. The Rotary club meets at noon Wednesdays at the Elks Lodge, 1393 Windsor Road in Cardiff. Call 760-930-9336 or visit EncinitasRotary.com.
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Strike At UCSD
Written by admin on September 24, 2009
UC San Diego students returned to class Thursday amid an animated backdrop of walkouts, teach-ins and an employee strike intended to draw attention to severe state budget cuts.
About 200 students and faculty gathered at an afternoon teach-in to decry the impact of funding cuts, which have prompted student fee hikes, layoffs, unpaid furloughs and numerous other cuts.
Elsewhere on campus, an additional 200 students, faculty and staff rallied in an event billed as a walk-out, marching alongside technical employees on strike over labor negotiations.
Just a pure mess, IMO.
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Slain Officers Kid’s College Fund
Written by admin on September 23, 2009
The children of slain Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas have not yet started school, but their college tuition is already funded.
Robert Matthew, 2, and Kayla Allysa, 1, were presented yesterday with 12 U.S. Treasury bonds that will mature to $60,000 in scholarship money in honor of their father, Robert Rosas. Such an amazing and cool gesture.
Rosas, 30, was tracking suspected illegal immigrants in remote and rocky terrain about 9:15 p.m. July 23 when he came under fire near the U.S.-Mexico border. Other agents found him dead outside his vehicle near the border fence.
Principal Accused Of Theft
Written by admin on September 23, 2009
An elementary school principal accused of stealing nearly $50,000 from the Oceanside Unified School District and the local PTA over a four-year period pleaded not guilty today to 10 felony charges, including grand theft.
Paulette Dastrup Thompson, 59, has been on leave from her job at Reynolds Elementary School since February.
The defendant was charged Aug. 28 with nine counts of grand theft and one count of using the personal identifying information of another.
At her arraignment today, Judge David Szumowski agreed to allow Thompson to remain out of custody on her own recognizance.
The criminal complaint alleges that Thompson took money from the school district and the parent-teacher organization while she was principal at San Luis Rey Elementary and Reynolds Elementary from 2005 to last October.
What a sad state of affairs, no? Who can we trust anymore?! It’s sad when you’re scared to send your children to school.
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Local Colleges Raising Fee’s…AGAIN
Written by admin on July 16, 2009
I hope you have a few million bucks stored in your pockets. lol.
Students in the 23-campus California State University system will face an additional 20 percent fee increase this fall following a heated discussion and vote by the governing board of trustees yesterday.
The change raises fees by $672 a year and is the largest dollar amount increase approved in the system’s history.
Combined with a 10 percent increase in fees approved in May, the change means most of the 450,000 students in the system will see their fees go up by $1,000 over last year.
Undergraduates will pay about $4,026, up from $3,048 last year, not counting campus-based fees. Out-of-state students will pay the fees plus tuition of $11,160 annually, up from $10,170.