SCHOOLS & KIDS Coins for cats, dollars for dogs When Valley View Elementary fifth-grader Kaitlyn Glover heard animals being cared for by the Valley Humane Society would be moved into a temporary facility while awaiting a mo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, 6 hours ago There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent 6 hours ago.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Coins for cats, dollars for dogs When Valley View Elementary fifth-grader Kaitlyn Glover heard animals being cared for by the Valley Humane Society would be moved into a temporary facility while awaiting a mo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, 6 hours ago There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent 6 hours ago.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton school district receives one-time windfall from state The Pleasanton school district can look forward to some unexpected funding.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS U.S. News & World Report: Foothill, Amador Valley among top high schools in country All nine Tri-Valley high schools scored among the top high schools in the country in the latest U.S. News & World report ranking of high schools nationwide.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton school board approves smaller classes for first-graders The Pleasanton school board has approved class size reductions for first-graders.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton school board goes out of town to hire new principals for schools here The Pleasanton school district Tuesday hired Jason Krolikowski (in photo), an assistant principal from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, as Foothill High's new pri... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on May 15, 2013 at 2:54 pm There have been 43 comments on this topic, the most recent 8 hours ago.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Let Them Starve As Punishment: Food Stamps Cut Once Again The Senate Agriculture Committee completed work on the 2013 Farm Bill Tuesday, and took another big whack at food aid, again. They voted to cut the Supplemental Nutritional As... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Freedom, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 14, 2013 at 3:55 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 6:20 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton school board could appoint new principals at its meeting tonight The Pleasantonton school board may hire three principals at its meeting tonight, to replace two high school administrators and one at a middle school.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Senior Ditch Day What are your thoughts about senior ditch day? Let them, or don't let them. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Interested, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood, on May 3, 2013 at 1:07 pm There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2013 at 12:41 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Foothill parents say what they want in a new principal Parents of Foothill High School students are looking for a "strong leader" in a new principal, someone with "demonstrable experience in improving test scores."
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SCHOOLS & KIDS PPIE and Class-size Reduction Sounds like all the money from the PPIE Run for Education is going towards class size reduction in 1st grade. Really?? Was this disclosed to participants that all money made... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by concerned parent, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, on Apr 30, 2013 at 1:09 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 1, 2013 at 3:56 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Do AP classes live up to their promise? Though skeptical of the unequivocal value of Advanced Placement courses, a Stanford University researcher says high schools with well-supported AP programs should not cap or l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 30, 2013 at 10:16 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2013 at 10:13 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Another failure -- Common Core Standards may be dropped? The Washington Post reports that the so-called Common Core Standards that is supposed to be implemented nationwide next year is under fire in multiple states.
Recent testin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Titanic, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Apr 29, 2013 at 7:47 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 2, 2013 at 9:38 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador Valley advances to 'We the People' finals in Washington, D.C. competition Amador Valley High School advanced to the championship round of the 2013 "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" national finals last night in Washington, D.C., fini... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 28, 2013 at 10:28 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 29, 2013 at 1:09 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador Valley High Makes We The People Finals Again! Congrats to the AVHS team and coaches for making the Top 10 and advancing to tomorrow's finals.
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- CALIFORNIA, Amador Valley High Scho... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by AvFan, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Apr 28, 2013 at 7:08 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS Happy Talkers Foundation to provide free child developmental screenings today The founders of the School of Imagination in Dublin and the Happy Talkers Foundation for Autism have teamed up with CBS and Microsoft to provide free developmental screenings ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 23, 2013 at 9:33 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 23, 2013 at 9:33 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Were your kids unsupervised last night? If you have a child who was at a party/sleepover last night in the Mohr Ave/Sutter Gate/McHenry Gate area, you may want to have a conversation with the supervising (or lack of... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Unsupervised Kids???, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on Apr 21, 2013 at 9:50 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 28, 2013 at 4:22 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Our Kids Are Better Off Than Kids in Tonga: Cutting Through Liberal Mainstream Press Bias Admittedly, the United States ranks 34 out of 35 on a UNICEF measure of relative child poverty in developed nations. And, according to the liberal mainstream media, that 34 o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Arnold, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Apr 20, 2013 at 12:20 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 20, 2013 at 3:37 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador's Class of 2013 ready to graduate Commencement exercises are less than two months away but the Class of 2013 at Amador Valley High School couldn't wait to get on the school's football field where the ceremonie... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:51 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 20, 2013 at 8:57 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Amador parents, staff, students create wish list for new principal Parents of Amador Valley High School students want a principal who can balance being an administrator and still be personable with students. And someone who'll stick around, t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 18, 2013 at 4:24 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 23, 2013 at 6:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton school district to consider layoffs of classified union members Even as it's hiring counselors, custodians and assistant principals, the Pleasanton School Board will consider laying off the equivalent of more than 11 classified employees a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 16, 2013 at 9:03 am There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 18, 2013 at 11:58 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS PPIE hosting half-marathon, 5K event today to benefit Pleasanton schools The Pleasanton Partnerships in Education (PPIE) Foundation will sponsor a half-marathon and 5K event today starting at the Alameda County Fairgrounds to raise money for educat... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Apr 15, 2013 at 8:46 am There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 19, 2013 at 2:24 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton students witness mock tragedy caused by drunken driving The aftermath of a horrific car crash, a dead principal, a badly injured student helicoptered away for treatment, and another arrested for drinking under the influence.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS School board to learn more about teaching teachers at meeting today The Pleasanton School Board will learn more about instructional coaching at a study session set for later today.
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