April 19, 2010
Legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would provide more than $200 million in federal funding to avoid state aid-related teacher cutbacks and help hold down local school taxes in the Western New York and Rochester-Finger Lakes regions of the state. School districts in Genesee County would get an estimated $5.9 million share of a […]
April 19, 2010
John F. Kennedy once said, "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education." Williamston School District’s employees understand the importance of education, but a decreasing, unpredictable budget challenges their ability to educate the students. "I like to think as a teaching staff we are competent enough to keep [the […]
April 16, 2010
A visiting special education director this week helped Thompson School District administrators get on the same page when it comes to special education in Loveland’s schools. On Thursday, Michael Remus, from the Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix, offered local administrators and principals strategies for making systematic changes to special education programs. During a […]
April 16, 2010
Eric Banks ton, a corporate salesman-turned-physical education teacher, had a moment of doubt when a pink slip arrived in the mail last spring, informing him that his position at Pinole Middle School might be cut. "It leaves you asking yourself, What do I do now?" he said. With some encouragement from his colleagues, the answer […]
April 16, 2010
In just over a year, 4-year-old Lilia Fisher went from being a shy preschooler who wouldn’t walk into class to a self-assured girl who climbs the playground equipment. Her mom, Tina Peano, attributes the transformation to the teachers at Frederick Stock School in Edison Park, where the preschool known for special education faces drastic cuts […]
April 16, 2010
The school district administration would be hit more heavily by cuts than the schools under its care in a preliminary budget outlined for the 2010-11 school year. School District 23 superintendent Hugh Gloster said the budget is a work in progress for the board, with the final preliminary budget being delivered to the B.C. Ministry […]
April 15, 2010
The Gilbert Public Schools governing board has agreed informally to some budget cuts recommended by the administration, including more than $1.7 million in cuts and changes in special-education programs, staffing and staff hours. District administrators at a work/study session this week revealed more details about the impact of what they called "program adjustments" that the […]
April 15, 2010
When legislators return Wednesday for the final two days of the 2010 session, they will try to salvage high-profile bills that include two major education initiatives, a measure to shore up the state’s depleted unemployment insurance fund and another to strengthen domestic-violence laws. However, many of the bills still in play could end up taking […]
April 15, 2010
Six school board candidates want to find other ways to pay for education as the district reels from the loss of $6.6 million in state aid and ensuing cuts in the 2010-11 budget. Challengers to incumbents for the three seats also are calling for swift appointment of a permanent superintendent to bring stability and guidance […]
April 15, 2010
Another way?another way?there has to be another way. That underlying theme ech oed throughout the Owosso Middle School auditorium Monday evening, as the Owosso School Board considered laying off 41 teachers and support staff – a move the Board eventually made in a 6-1 vote. Despite more than 150 audience members supporting the 41 teachers […]