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SCUSD to hold town-hall forum on next year’s budget, LCFF
District officials will answer questions, provide data

October 22, 2013 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District is hosting “town hallâ€-type forums to educate the public about its 2014-15 budget and new state funding and spending rules.

The second forum in the series will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Genevieve Didion K-8 School, 6490 Harmon Drive, Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

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Money moves: SCUSD hosts forum on state funding changes
Public input sought on Â鶹ÊÓƵ educational priorities prior to State Board of Education’s release of spending templates

November 4, 2013 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): This fall, the state is gearing up to change the way public schools are funded and how K-12 districts are held accountable for using resources.

In anticipation of these changes, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District on Wednesday is sponsoring a public discussion of local educational priorities aligned to resources. Input from Wednesday’s meeting will aide in the creation of a spending accountability plan as required by the state.

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Noguchi named SCUSD Interim Superintendent

November 21, 2013 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): 

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-2 this evening to appoint former teacher and principal Sara Noguchi, Ed.D., as interim superintendent and to begin the process of finding a permanent replacement for outgoing Superintendent Jonathan Raymond.

Superintendent Raymond announced last month that he will be leaving his post as of December 31 to return to his native Boston, where he plans to spend more time with his immediate and extended family.

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Sara Noguchi named SCUSD Interim Superintendent

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ City Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-2 this evening to appoint former teacher and principal Sara Noguchi, Ed.D., as interim superintendent and to begin the process of finding a permanent replacement for outgoing Superintendent Jonathan Raymond.

Superintendent Raymond announced last month that he will be leaving his post as of December 31 to return to his native Boston, where he plans to spend more time with his immediate and extended family.

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Hospital emergency department staff buys 134 gifts for South Sac school
Kaiser Permanente South Â鶹ÊÓƵ nurses, doctors to deliver presents on FRIDAY

December 17, 2013 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ):  Emergency  department  personnel from Kaiser Permanente’s South Â鶹ÊÓƵ Medical Center will deliver 134 wrapped holiday presents to students at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Friday (December 20).

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Connecting the dots: SCUSD seeks public input on how best to fund schools

January 20 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ): The state’s new Local Control Funding Formula is bringing sweeping changes to the ways schools are funded and how K-12 districts are held accountable for using state resources.

In general, LCFF has fewer funding restrictions that tie resources to certain programs. In exchange for this new flexibility, districts are required to develop accountability plans that detail how spending is aligned with California’s eight priorities for public education.

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Fern Bacon gets high-tech media lab, thanks to SECC grant
Middle school schedules ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wednesday

Editor’s note: The following press release was written by students of Fern Bacon Middle School.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ, California – Fern Bacon Middle School is pleased to announce that it will hold a Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for its recently renovated media studio with the help of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Education Cable Consortium’s media grant.

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SCUSD workshops help parents understand new online tests

March 19, 2014 (Â鶹ÊÓƵ):  Students across California are getting ready to participate in a trial run of the state’s new online assessment program which will eventually replace paper-and-pencil testing.

The new Smarter Balanced Assessments will be field tested in SCUSD schools beginning April 7. To help parents learn about the new tests, SCUSD is sponsoring a series of parent workshops that focus on the assessments and the learning standards to which they are tied.