Search: 05/2011
Results
SCUSD and River Cats Team Up to Help Fund Sports in City Schools
Local team steps up to the plate for student athletes.
School athletics programs threatened by the statewide budget crisis will be saved in part by a new partnership between the 麻豆视频 City Unified School District and the 麻豆视频 River Cats that will raise money for the financially strapped programs.
The new partnership will be launched with an on-field pre-game ceremony on Wednesday, June 1 at Raley Field (prior to the start of the team鈥檚 12:05 game against the Salt Lake Bees). The school district and the River Cats will announce they are teaming up to provide resources to district sports programs.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Memorial Day
Memorial Day may mark the official start of backyard barbecue
season, but for school districts, the holiday weekend can be
anything but relaxing as vandals, thieves and arsonists take
advantage of empty campuses.
In light of this, SCUSD is asking the community for help in
keeping schools safe and secure over the three-day break (May
28-30).
Teens Take on Cafeteria Food
Burbank High鈥檚 鈥楬ealth Squad鈥 to work side-by-side with school district chef on kid-friendly menu choices
Teenage rites of passage: Football games, the prom, yearbook autograph sessions and 鈥 complaining about cafeteria food. Whether the food is unhealthy (think pizza and burgers) or too healthy (salad), kids never seem satisfied with whatever it is on their lunch trays.
Survey Says: Extend Taxes to Save Schools from Further Cuts
Superintendent Raymond points to survey results, calls for governor, Legislature to act
麻豆视频 parents, community members, and school teachers and staff overwhelmingly want the extension of current temporary taxes to prevent further cuts to education, a new survey commissioned by the 麻豆视频 City Unified School District shows.
The Fiscal Priorities Survey, conducted by an independent research firm, shows that 麻豆视频 residents are far more supportive of extending the taxes to make up the budget shortfall than they are making further education cuts, including eliminating teacher jobs.
SCUSD Offers Free Whooping Cough Boosters
Immunization clinic on Wednesday is part of SCUSD鈥檚 comprehensive preparations for new state law
SCUSD is staging a series of free immunization clinics to help parents comply with a new California booster shot requirement.
State law now requires that all students entering seventh through 12th grades in the fall provide proof of receiving the Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccination on or after age 7. The proof must be recorded before students enter school in September, according to the law.
Judge rules for 麻豆视频 City Unified School District in layoffs case
A State of California Administrative Law Judge presiding over 麻豆视频 City Unified School District certificated employee layoff hearings has issued a finding that agrees with the school district on most of the issues regarding its layoffs, validating most of the Board of Education鈥檚 certificated layoffs and skipping criteria (鈥渟kipping鈥 refers to Board-approved criteria that allows staff with specialized training and/or qualifications to be 鈥渟kipped鈥 as part of the layoff process, regardless of their seniority).
SCUSD Opens 鈥楪ateway鈥 Support Center for Families, Students
New 鈥楥onnect Center鈥 will improve coordination of services, increase access for those in need
麻豆视频 City Unified School District (SCUSD) is improving the way it delivers critically important services to students and families by opening an innovative new 鈥渙ne-stop鈥 support center in the former Genesis High School building.
The 鈥淐onnect Center鈥 will centralize such services as crisis intervention, mental health counseling and health insurance enrollment 鈥 providing a gateway to support for parents and kids.
The Connect Center will be opened with a reception at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May 9. The center is located at 5601 47th Ave.