Privacy Breach Hits School District Website
CORONA (CBS) — The names and social security numbers of over 80 teachers and administrators were accidentally published on the Corona-Norco Unified School District’s website, but the leak was quickly...
View ArticleLa Habra Teachers Will Return To Class Thursday
LA HABRA (AP) — The La Habra City School District says a teachers strike has ended as both sides continue to seek a settlement. Superintendent Susan Belenardo tells the Orange County Register that...
View ArticleFormer Beverly Hills School District Employee Being Held On $2M Bail
BEVERLY HILLS (CBS) — A former facilities director for the Beverly Hills Unified School District is being held on $2 million bail for allegedly misappropriating public funds. Download:...
View ArticleLAUSD Mulls Bureaucracy Overhaul
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified school board is mulling a plan to break down the sprawling district into semi-autonomous “school families” which would give more authority to schools...
View Article90210 Schools Eye $1M Fundraiser To Dodge Layoffs, Class Cuts
BEVERLY HILLS (CBS/AP) — When it comes to raising cash in these tough economic times, the state’s most famous school district is aiming for the stars. A fundraiser this week for the Beverly Hills...
View ArticleDA: OC School District Violated Open Meeting Laws
SANTA ANA (AP) — An Orange County school district has been accused of illegally discussing teacher salaries and furlough days behind closed doors. The District Attorney’s office released a report...
View ArticleFundraiser Helps Beverly Hills Schools Avoid 11 Layoffs
BEVERLY HILLS (AP) — An ambitious $1 million-in-a-week fundraiser for Beverly Hills schools fell short of its goal, but donations reached $540,000 and it’s enough to cancel 11 layoffs. The rich idea to...
View ArticleWhat Are The Odds? Montebello School Employees Hit Lottery For A 2nd Time
MONTEBELLO (CBS) — Improbably, amazingly, happily, for the second time in almost a year, a group of Montebello school employees (and the same group to boot) have hit it big in the lottery. Last...
View ArticleLAUSD Announces Plan To Reduce Local Districts From Eight To Four
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Superintendent John Deasy announced Thursday a plan to reduce eight local school districts down to four in order to save the Los Angeles Unified School District millions of dollars....
View ArticleRecord Number Of Calif. School Districts Are Facing Financial Woes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Department of Education says a record number of school districts are in financial dire straits this year, with a dozen facing insolvency. State Superintendent of...
View ArticleLAUSD Elevates Arts To A ‘Core’ Subject To Restore Needed Funds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified school board has elevated arts to an essential “core” subject in the district’s curriculum, exempting it from further budget cuts. The board voted unanimously...
View ArticleJudge: District Must Allow School Conversion
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Bernardino County school district must immediately comply with a previous court order allowing a parents group to convert a failing elementary school into a charter, a Superior...
View ArticleHawthorne Schools Speed Up Lunch Line With Palm Scanners
HAWTHORNE (CBSLA.com) — Two schools in Hawthorne are introducing palm scanners in hopes of speeding up the cafeteria lunch line. In a trial program at Hawthorne Middle and Ramona Elementary schools,...
View ArticleAccountant Accused Of Stuffing Her Bra And Making Off With $2M In School...
RIALTO (CBSLA.com) — A former school district accountant allegedly made off with more than $2 million in lunch money, according to officials in Rialto. KCAL9′s Crystal Cruz reports Judith Oakes made...
View ArticleRialto School District Reacts To Arrest Of Former Accountant Accused Of...
RIALTO (CBSLA.com) — The Rialto Unified School District is reacting to the news that a former employee is accused of stealing more than $2 million over a seven-year period. Judith Oakes, 48, was...
View ArticleFormer Rialto District Accountant Charged With Embezzling $1.8M
SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — Charges were filed Tuesday against a former Rialto Unified School District employee suspected of stealing $1.8 million over an eight year period, authorities said. Former...
View ArticleCoachella Valley High To Keep ‘Arabs’ Name, May Change Mascot
THERMAL (AP) — School officials in Southern California say the “Arabs” name is here to stay, but the divisive costumed mascot that represents them may be changing. The Desert Sun reports that the...
View ArticleFamily Grieves After Girl, 9, Is Killed By Driver While Walking Home From School
RANCHO CUCAMONGA (CBSLA.com) — A nine-year-old girl is dead and her seven-year-old brother injured after they were struck by a pickup truck while walking home from school in Rancho Cucamonga. Ashlyn...
View ArticleFormer Students Rally Around Beloved Crenshaw Teacher Banned From The Classroom
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Alumni rallied outside Crenshaw High School Thursday, demanding to know why a popular choir director hasn’t been allowed to teach since December. Iris Stevenson, a fixture at...
View Article‘Teacher Jail’ Under Fire As Crenshaw High Alum Rally Around Music Teacher
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A practice known as “teacher jail” was under scrutiny Friday as the union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was expected to testify in...
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