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Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Spring Break
Arsonists, metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays

April 10, 2014 (麻豆视频):  麻豆视频 City Unified School District is asking the community for help in keeping its 75 schools safe and secure over Spring Break (April 12-20). School resumes on Monday, April 21.

Arson fires at two SCUSD playgrounds last summer cost the district $50,000 in insurance deductibles.

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District, teachers union to hold press conference on NCLB Waiver

April 8, 2014 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 City Unified School District and the 麻豆视频 City Teachers Association (SCTA) will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday (April 9) on the future of the No Child Left Behind waiver at SCTA鈥檚 office in East 麻豆视频.

SCUSD Board President Patrick Kennedy and SCTA President Nikki Milevsky are scheduled to make a joint announcement.

WHAT:   Joint SCUSD-SCTA Press Conference

WHEN:  3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9

WHERE:   SCTA, 5300 Elvas Ave., 麻豆视频, CA 95819

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SCUSD workshops help parents understand new online tests

March 19, 2014 (麻豆视频):  Students across California are getting ready to participate in a trial run of the state鈥檚 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.

Press release March 13, 2014 Special Board Meeting

SCUSD trustees set meeting to discuss superintendent search

March 11, 2014 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 City Unified School District鈥檚 Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Thursday (March 13) to discuss the search for a new superintendent to replace Jonathan Raymond, who resigned in December.

The Board will meet at 5 p.m. with representatives of the executive search firm Leadership Associates of La Quinta, recently selected to direct the search for a permanent superintendent.  The Board is expected to discuss the process for filling the position and create a timeline for meetings to receive public input.

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

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

麻豆视频, California 鈥 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 麻豆视频 Education Cable Consortium鈥檚 media grant.

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

January 20 (麻豆视频): The state鈥檚 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鈥檚 eight priorities for public education.

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Hospital emergency department staff buys 134 gifts for South Sac school
Kaiser Permanente South 麻豆视频 nurses, doctors to deliver presents on FRIDAY

December 17, 2013 (麻豆视频):  Emergency  department  personnel from Kaiser Permanente鈥檚 South 麻豆视频 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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Noguchi named SCUSD Interim Superintendent

November 21, 2013 (麻豆视频): 

The 麻豆视频 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 麻豆视频 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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Money moves: SCUSD hosts forum on state funding changes
Public input sought on 麻豆视频 educational priorities prior to State Board of Education鈥檚 release of spending templates

November 4, 2013 (麻豆视频): 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 麻豆视频 City Unified School District on Wednesday is sponsoring a public discussion of local educational priorities aligned to resources. Input from Wednesday鈥檚 meeting will aide in the creation of a spending accountability plan as required by the state.

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

October 22, 2013 (麻豆视频): 麻豆视频 City Unified School District is hosting 鈥渢own hall鈥-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, 麻豆视频.

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Parents go back to school at Common Core workshops

October 4, 2013 (麻豆视频):  SCUSD is staging a series of workshops to give parents hands-on experience with the new Common Core State Standards.
Parents attending the sessions will be challenged to write to essay prompts, annotate informational texts, flex their speaking and listening skills and solve math problems 鈥 all strategies associated with the new standards. By the end of a three-part series, parents will have a clear picture of how Common Core standards are changing SCUSD classrooms.

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School closure lawsuit dismissed

September 24, 2013 (麻豆视频):  The group that sued 麻豆视频 City Unified School District over the closure of seven chronically under-enrolled schools has voluntarily agreed to the dismissal of their complaint against the district and the case has been dismissed by a federal judge.

鈥淲ith dismissal of this lawsuit, SCUSD can focus its attention and precious resources on preparing every student at every school for college and 21st century careers, which is the district鈥檚 mission,鈥 SCUSD Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said.

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City, SCUSD announce traffic signal for Fruitridge crossing

September 11, 2013 (麻豆视频):  SCUSD and City of 麻豆视频 officials announced on Wednesday that they have joined forces to install a traffic signal at a Fruitridge Road crossing where a West Campus High School student lost her life 20 months ago.

Michelle Murigi, 16, was hit by a car in the crosswalk at 58th Street at Fruitridge Road on January 19, 2012, and died from her injuries. Subsequent to her death, five of Michelle鈥檚 friends and classmates started a petition to demand a traffic signal at the intersection (www.facebook.com/58thAndFruitridge).

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Group to kick off drive for arson-damaged playgrounds
Donor of significant funding to be revealed at event on Tuesday 鈥 SCUSD鈥檚 first day of school

August 29, 2013 (麻豆视频):  麻豆视频 Unified Education Foundation 鈥 SCUSD鈥檚 official nonprofit organization 鈥 will kick off fundraising for two arson-damaged playgrounds with an event at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School on Tuesday, SCUSD鈥檚 first day of school.

At the event, the group will reveal a donor who has made a significant contribution toward the $50,000 needed to cover the district鈥檚 costs for replacing playground structures at Wenzel and John Sloat elementary schools.