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Monday, December 2, 2013
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San Bernardino County names new deputy superintendent of schools

Ted Alejandre, assistant superintendent of business services for San Bernardino County Schools, has been named deputy superintendent for county schools, according to Superintendent Gary Thomas, who made the announcement Wednesday.

Employees considered former Rialto schools accountant Judith Oakes untouchable, audit reveals

For more than eight years, a district accountant stole nearly one in every four dollars that passed through the Rialto Unified School District's lunch money program, according to a forensic audit obtained by The Sun.

Pleasant Valley HS classroom building almost ready for students

After years of discussion and months of construction, a two-story, 24-classroom building at Pleasant Valley High School is about six weeks from completion.

Audits scrutinize Paradise Hills school

Three separate audits of Bethune K-8 school in Paradise Hills have found problems, from teacher timecards to spending of student-activity funds.

Complaints against San Lorenzo principal pile up

Hostile and discriminatory -- not words you would want used to describe anyone in a leadership position, much less a school principal. For some teachers and counselors at Arroyo High School in the unincorporated San Lorenzo community, those words describe Principal Larry Smith, who has amassed more than two dozen staff complaints of various sorts since his arrival in 2006.

Mongeau: Early math matters: Top researcher discusses his work

A study showing that early math skills are one of the best predictors of later success in both math and literacy has become a cornerstone of the growing movement among early childhood educators to boost math instruction in preschool through 3rd grade.

Mixed reaction to iPad rollout from L.A. teachers and administrators

Their anonymous responses: Just 36% of teachers strongly favored continuing the tablet effort; 90% of administrators felt the same.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Judge: Miramonte parents' claims can move forward along with children's

Parents of children involved in the Miramonte Elementary sex abuse scandal can proceed with their own claims of emotional distress as their children proceed with claims of emotional distress, negligence and sexual harassment, a judge ruled Monday.

Fire throws Sonora Elementary into disarray

The Sonora Elementary School District Board of Trustees decided in a special meeting Monday that teachers and staff would get at least one day without students after Thanksgiving break to prepare their curriculum and set up their temporary classes following a fire that put at least 15 classrooms out of commission over the weekend.

Parent reaction to Common Core in Long Beach is mixed

Parent reaction has been varied to the new Common Core standards being rolled out by the Long Beach Unified School District.

Palm Springs school district to consider trustee areas Tuesday

Justin Blake, a nine-year member of the Palm Springs Unified School Board, announced Tuesday night that he would not seek re-election in 2014. If Blake had planned to seek re-election, the shift to trustee areas would have made his bid to retain a board seat more competitive by forcing him to run against another incumbent, Karen Cornett.