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Natomas Unified closes all 8 elementary school libraries
Is it the end of an era, or just a blip on the education budget radar?
As school districts throughout the Sacramento region confront another year of multimillion-dollar deficits, school libraries have moved into the cross hairs.
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Local high school seniors cast votes in mock election
Hundreds of high school seniors in Sacramento will cast votes today in a mock election for the June 8 California primary ballot.
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UCSF scientists partner with public schools
Eleven-year-old Joseph Bohan sat at the back of a classroom sucking the air out of a plastic container and watching a balloon inside inflate by some invisible force, when an observer suggested it looks like magic.
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Statewide honors go to 17 Sacramento County schools
Seventeen elementary schools in Sacramento County have been named 2010 California Distinguished Schools by the California Department of Education.
In all, 484 public schools were selected for the honor, which recognizes academic excellence and narrowing the achievement gap.
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Sacramento-area districts deal with problem math books
Five times three equals five.
Second-graders at 79 Sacramento-area schools can find that equation in their new math books.
Other students using the math series are being asked to count the flies in the playground – only there’s no picture of a playground on the page.
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19 Sacramento-area school districts make state’s fiscal early warning list
Every one of Sacramento County’s major school districts and many in Placer and El Dorado counties are on shaky ground financially, say state officials.
Nineteen local school districts have made the state’s fiscal early warning list – up from nine last year.
City school board approves cuts to close $30 million budget hole
The Sacramento City Unified School District board voted Thursday night to approve drastic cuts to balance the district’s budget.
Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said the urban district must close a $30.6 million deficit in the 2010-11 budget.
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More Sacramento area schools offer online view of attendance and grades
Students, beware – if you skip second period, fail a pop quiz or blow off homework, your folks may get an e-mail letting them know.
Increasingly, schools are using sites such as Zangle, School Loop and Power Schools to give parents access to almost real-time, online information about their children’s attendance, grades and homework.
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Demonstrations nationwide
Student and labor activists around the country have organized demonstrations today in support of public education and against budget cuts, teacher layoffs and student fee increases. Most UC and CSU campuses will hold protests, as will some K-12 and community colleges.
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Beleagured East Sacramento school tries sharing a principal
Two east Sacramento schools sit just five blocks apart, but the desirable neighborhood has been the only thing they had in common.
Phoebe Hearst Elementary is among the area’s most sought-after elementary schools. Kit Carson Middle School, on the other hand, has routinely been threatened with closure because of low enrollment and poor test scores.
