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San Bernardino City Unified School District Superintendent Arturo Delgado is announcing his plans to seek the office of San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools at a press conference Wednesday at the Feldheym Library at 4:30.
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Five school districts from San Bernardino County were among the eight selected statewide as model School Attendance Review Boards, according to a release Monday by Jack O'Connell, state superintendent of Public Instruction.
The five county districts recognized as model SARB programs are Colton Joint Unified, Hesperia Unified, San Bernardino City Unified, Victor Valley Union High School District and Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified.
"We are thrilled that each of these districts has been
recognized for the outstanding work they do not only for students, but the families in their communities," County Superintendent Gary Thomas said.
The model districts will be recognized at a ceremony on April 22 in South Lake Tahoe.
All five San Bernardino County districts are members of the countywide SARB program, said Sherman Garnett, coordinator of Child Welfare and Attendance for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools and a member of the statewide SARB.
"These districts all take a collaborative approach to making sure students are getting to school," he said. "What makes their programs successful is that they incorporate the help of law enforcement, county probation, social services, public health and other public and private resources to assist families.
"The issues that School Accountability Review Boards have to deal with concern families, not just students. These model districts recognize that in the work they do."
This is the second year of the statewide recognition program. In the inaugural year in 2008, Redlands Unified was selected as a model program.
"Having six of our county programs out of 16 statewide recognized in the first two years shows the commitment districts are making to help students and their families in school attendance," Garnett said.
Read more at Education Now.
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The Rialto Unified School district has a new superintendent.
In a 5-0 vote last week, the Board of Education hired interim Superintendent Harold Cebrun to take over the job from Edna Davis-Herring, who left the post on Dec. 31.
District officials said Cebrun's contract pays $192,000 with a $750 monthly car allowance from March 5 to June 30, 2010. He will receive 25 paid vacation days. He has offered five unpaid furlough days to the district.
Cebrun on Tuesday said he was excited about the job.
In a 5-0 vote last week, the Board of Education hired interim Superintendent Harold Cebrun to take over the job from Edna Davis-Herring, who left the post on Dec. 31.
District officials said Cebrun's contract pays $192,000 with a $750 monthly car allowance from March 5 to June 30, 2010. He will receive 25 paid vacation days. He has offered five unpaid furlough days to the district.
Cebrun on Tuesday said he was excited about the job.
Continue reading Rialto school board hires superintendent.
More than 100 teachers, parents and students at the Fontana Unified School District's board meeting Wednesday night protested the 380 preliminary layoff notices sent to certificated employees last week.
"You guys say it's all about the children," Southridge Middle School student Madelynn Ramos told the school board. "Taking away the teachers is not a very good way of showing it."
The district faces a $12.4 million shortfall the rest of the school year and $17.7 million for 2009-10.
"You guys say it's all about the children," Southridge Middle School student Madelynn Ramos told the school board. "Taking away the teachers is not a very good way of showing it."
The district faces a $12.4 million shortfall the rest of the school year and $17.7 million for 2009-10.
Continue reading Fontana teacher cuts blasted.
A 15-year-old San Gorgonio High School student suffered moderate injuries when he was hit by a vehicle at Baseline and McKinley Avenue in San Bernardino Wednesday.
The teenager and a friend were on lunch break and on their way to a liquor store, according to a sheriff's news release. They decided to cross Baseline 200 feet from the crosswalk.
After he was hit, the Highland teenager was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center by ambulance.
Deputies determined that the Downey man, Juan Nieves, who was driving that car that hit the boy hit him accidentally, according to the release.
The teenager and a friend were on lunch break and on their way to a liquor store, according to a sheriff's news release. They decided to cross Baseline 200 feet from the crosswalk.
After he was hit, the Highland teenager was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center by ambulance.
Deputies determined that the Downey man, Juan Nieves, who was driving that car that hit the boy hit him accidentally, according to the release.
What's in a name?
A lot, apparently, for many Grand Terrace residents.
The Colton Joint Unified School District asked the public to come up with names for the new high school in Grand Terrace.
District officials conducted a two-week campaign in early February to solicit names for the
campus, which is expected to break ground in April and open in 2011.
A lot, apparently, for many Grand Terrace residents.
The Colton Joint Unified School District asked the public to come up with names for the new high school in Grand Terrace.
District officials conducted a two-week campaign in early February to solicit names for the
campus, which is expected to break ground in April and open in 2011.
Continue reading Grand Terrace residents passionate about new high school name.
Fire officials took three children to a local hospital after examining the home of a 13-year-old boy who brought a vial of mercury to Golden Valley Middle School in San Bernardino Tuesday.
Twenty students and teachers were exposed to mercury Tuesday after the student brought the toxic substance to school in a plastic vial, officials said.
When teams visited the house on Ralston Avenue north of the school at 3800 Waterman Avenue, they found three more vials of mercury, said Fire Department spokesman Mike Arvizo.
He said a vacuum cleaner was contaminated because someone tried to vacuum up mercury.
The home was also red tagged, he said.
It is unknown where the boy obtained mercury.
Twenty students and teachers were exposed to mercury Tuesday after the student brought the toxic substance to school in a plastic vial, officials said.
When teams visited the house on Ralston Avenue north of the school at 3800 Waterman Avenue, they found three more vials of mercury, said Fire Department spokesman Mike Arvizo.
He said a vacuum cleaner was contaminated because someone tried to vacuum up mercury.
The home was also red tagged, he said.
It is unknown where the boy obtained mercury.
About 17 students at Golden Valley Middle School in San Bernardino had to remain at school because one of their fellow students had mercury in a classroom, officials said.
Around 1:50 p.m., a teacher told administrators that a student had mercury in a classroom, and city and county Hazmat teams were notified, said San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere.
"The feeling is only the students in that actual classroom where the mercury was may have been exposed," she said.
The rest of the students were dismissed at the normal time of 2:!1 p.m.
Students who were in the classroom with the mercury are being screened to see if they were contaminated, Bardere said.
The district will notify the parents of the 17 or so students to explain why their children haven't returned home yet, she said, adding that it's not yet clear where the mercury came from.
Around 1:50 p.m., a teacher told administrators that a student had mercury in a classroom, and city and county Hazmat teams were notified, said San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere.
"The feeling is only the students in that actual classroom where the mercury was may have been exposed," she said.
The rest of the students were dismissed at the normal time of 2:!1 p.m.
Students who were in the classroom with the mercury are being screened to see if they were contaminated, Bardere said.
The district will notify the parents of the 17 or so students to explain why their children haven't returned home yet, she said, adding that it's not yet clear where the mercury came from.
Rialto police arrested an 18-year-old Hesperia man Thursday after they say he was shooting a BB gun from a bedroom window and hit an 8-year-old child at Fitzgerald Elementary School.
The boy was hit in the left forearm while on the playground and was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, according to a Rialto police news release.
The boy received a puncture wound and was released from the hospital later in the day.
Police found Robert Sandoval in the 2400 block of W. Via Bello Dr.. He had been shooting from a second-story window, according to the release.
The boy was hit in the left forearm while on the playground and was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, according to a Rialto police news release.
The boy received a puncture wound and was released from the hospital later in the day.
Police found Robert Sandoval in the 2400 block of W. Via Bello Dr.. He had been shooting from a second-story window, according to the release.
San Bernardino police say a 16-year-old student at Cajon High School who claimed she was raped in the school parking lot Feb. 19 admitted she made up the story.
"She admitted that it was a consensual encounter," said San Bernardino Lt. Brian Koerner.
Police, who arrested the 16-year-old boy the girl accused of raping her during the lunch hour, said they will not pursue charges against the boy.
During an interview with detectives Wednesday, the girl admitted she made up the rape accusation because they were seen in the parking lot having sex, and she was worried she would get in trouble at home, Koerner said.
The girl was issued a misdemeanor citation for making a false police report.
School officials sent a letter home to parents and sent out automated voice messages to let parents know a crime against a juvenile had been reported and stressing the importance of staying in class and following school rules, said San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere.
"She admitted that it was a consensual encounter," said San Bernardino Lt. Brian Koerner.
Police, who arrested the 16-year-old boy the girl accused of raping her during the lunch hour, said they will not pursue charges against the boy.
During an interview with detectives Wednesday, the girl admitted she made up the rape accusation because they were seen in the parking lot having sex, and she was worried she would get in trouble at home, Koerner said.
The girl was issued a misdemeanor citation for making a false police report.
School officials sent a letter home to parents and sent out automated voice messages to let parents know a crime against a juvenile had been reported and stressing the importance of staying in class and following school rules, said San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere.
A student was injured with a BB gun at Fitzgerald Elementary School this afternoon.
Lt. Randy DeAnda said the school at 2568 W. Terra Vista Dr.had not been locked down as a result of the incident.
Lt. Randy DeAnda said the school at 2568 W. Terra Vista Dr.had not been locked down as a result of the incident.
Police arrest juvenile on suspicion of raping another juvenile at San Bernardino's Cajon High School
San Bernardino police arrested a juvenile on suspicion of raping another juvenile at Cajon High School Thursday.
The alleged rape took place in a parking lot during the school's lunch hour, said Lt. Brian Koerner.
San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere did not return a call seeking comment.
The alleged rape took place in a parking lot during the school's lunch hour, said Lt. Brian Koerner.
San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Linda Bardere did not return a call seeking comment.
Loma Linda Academy's renovation plans will be come before the Planning Commission next month.
The private Seventh-day Adventist school for kindergarten through 12th graders wants to build a 35,174 square-foot junior high gym and a 38,894 square-foot administration building on its campus. The school is on Anderson Street, south of Redlands Boulevard.
The project includes a request to add a second story to the proposed gym.
The commission will discuss the plan at 7 p.m. March 4 in the Council Chamber, 25541 Barton Road.
Read more at Loma Linda Now.stephen.wall@inlandnewspapers.com
Teachers, students, parents and others will gather in front of Madison Elementary School in Pomona this afternoon to call attention to the Pomona Unified School District's distribution of 643 preliminary notices of layoff.
The action is expected to begin at 3 p.m.
A number of faculty members at the school received preliminary layoff notices following a unanimous Feb. 10 vote by the district's board of education authorizing the distribution of the notices.
School district officials have said the notices, which could be rescinded, are needed as the district prepares to cut $15 million from the 2009-2010 school year budget.
Representatives of the Associated Pomona Teachers have said it was unnecessary to distribute that many notices which have created stress and anxiety among certificated personnel, which includes teachers, counselors, school nurses, psychologists and others.
Read more at Pomona Now.monica.rodriguez@inlandnewspapers.com
When Cal State San Bernardino doctor of education student Catherine Terrell's daughter was in a car accident, psychology Prof. Janet Kottke knew Terrell would have trouble concentrating and met with her student after-hours.
"She didn't have to meet me outside of class and catch me up," said Terrell, a Yucaipa resident who teaches in the Colton Joint Unified School District.
Terrell, 51, isn't the only person who has recognized Kottke's dedication.
"She didn't have to meet me outside of class and catch me up," said Terrell, a Yucaipa resident who teaches in the Colton Joint Unified School District.
Terrell, 51, isn't the only person who has recognized Kottke's dedication.
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Shortly after the beginning of the board of education meeting Tuesday night, about 250 Dunlap Elementary School parents, teachers, and supporters got the news they hoped for when Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Sherry Kendrick, announced that the proposed closing of Dunlap was being pulled off the evening's agenda.
A huge roar erupted. Signs held by children and adults stating, "Save Dunlap, save our teachers," and "The children need their school" were thrust into the air. Applause rang out, and tears of relief and joy glistened in the eyes of relieved parents and teachers.
Read more at Yucaipa Now.
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Dunlap Elementary School parents, teachers, and students gathered at the corner of Yucaipa Blvd. and Oak Glen Road in cold, damp weather late Monday afternoon to show their opposition to the proposed closing of their school due to district budget cuts.
The Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District Board of Education will decide Dunlap's fate at a school board meeting Tuesday night at the district office. Because of a $4 million budget shortage the school board will vote on whether or not to close Dunlap in 2009-2010 school year to save $500,000.
But teachers attending Monday's protest have other ideas that they believe would save the district money and at the same time keep Dunlap open. But few of their ideas are being heard, say the teachers, who wish to remain anonymous.
Read more at Yucaipa Now.bob.otto@inlandnewspapers.com
The Bear Valley Unified School District and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California have reached a settlement in the case involving a Big Bear High School sophomore's wearing of a political T-shirt.
The day before the Nov. 4 election, 16-year-old Mariah Jimenez wore a shirt that read "Prop. 8 Equals HATE," protesting the ultimately successful measure to ban gay marriage in California.
School officials did not allow her to wear the shirt, which ACLU officials said was a violation of her free-speech rights.
Under the agreement, the district will update its speech and dress code to reflect First Amendment rights, according to a ACLU news release. The district superintendent also apologized to the Jimenez.
The day before the Nov. 4 election, 16-year-old Mariah Jimenez wore a shirt that read "Prop. 8 Equals HATE," protesting the ultimately successful measure to ban gay marriage in California.
School officials did not allow her to wear the shirt, which ACLU officials said was a violation of her free-speech rights.
Under the agreement, the district will update its speech and dress code to reflect First Amendment rights, according to a ACLU news release. The district superintendent also apologized to the Jimenez.
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Warning that its public schools are in a "precarious" state, California's top education official on Tuesday called for more money even as lawmakers were considering billions of dollars in cuts to help address the state's massive budget deficit.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said California's system of funding education, in which money is directed at dozens of specialized programs enshrined over decades, isn't working.
"The state of public education in California is precarious," he said during his annual state of education address. "Beyond the immediate crisis, and even more alarming to me, is the long-term future of our common education system."
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said California's system of funding education, in which money is directed at dozens of specialized programs enshrined over decades, isn't working.
"The state of public education in California is precarious," he said during his annual state of education address. "Beyond the immediate crisis, and even more alarming to me, is the long-term future of our common education system."
Continue reading Schools chief: Calif education system 'precarious'.
Sheriff's deputies are looking for information about a burglary that took place at Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto, most likely over the weekend.
Someone broke into two classrooms, took a projector and a computer tower that were worth a combined $2,400, according to a sheriff's news release.
School officials reported the burglary Monday morning when they arrived at the school at 14350 Bellflower St. Deputies believe the burglary took place over the weekend, said sheriff's spokeswoman Staci Johnson.
Anyone with information about the case should call (760) 246-1000 or 1 (800) 78-CRIME to remain anonymous.
Someone broke into two classrooms, took a projector and a computer tower that were worth a combined $2,400, according to a sheriff's news release.
School officials reported the burglary Monday morning when they arrived at the school at 14350 Bellflower St. Deputies believe the burglary took place over the weekend, said sheriff's spokeswoman Staci Johnson.
Anyone with information about the case should call (760) 246-1000 or 1 (800) 78-CRIME to remain anonymous.
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