SCHOOLS & KIDS Our Schools Don't Need Teachers like Jerry Shelley After reading the postings by former teacher Jerry Shelley, I am glad he is a former teacher!
He may be a nice man, but he's not someone I would want as a teacher.
His posti... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by High School, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 16, 2009 at 9:28 am There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 22, 2009 at 1:52 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Our schools need you! So many opinions, so many missed facts. I retired after thirty-five years service to the Pleasanton School District and have not gone back to work for the district office. In ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jerry Shelley, a member of the Fairlands Elementary School community, on May 15, 2009 at 10:34 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 19, 2009 at 8:09 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Our schools need you! So many opinions, so many missed facts. I retired after thirty-five years service to the Pleasanton School District and have not gone back to work for the district office. In ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jerry Shelley, a member of the Fairlands Elementary School community, on May 15, 2009 at 10:31 pm There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 30, 2009 at 2:02 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Didn't believe the KPIX story? Read what successful realtor Doug Buenz (Alain Pinel) has to say about it For those of you who have noticed homes in your neighborhood with cobwebs on their for sale signs and questioned the Pleasanton is a "hotbed" of real estate activity story, pl... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Fighting Fiction, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 15, 2009 at 5:22 pm There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2009 at 7:28 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS There are NO guarantees in G I posted earlier my objection to Measure G because it doesn't guarantee CSR. CSR is something I believe is important.
But having attended the forums and watched the school b... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ptown resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 15, 2009 at 12:35 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2009 at 11:18 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS "Yes on G" Guarantees Double Taxation The Federal Government has already committed $6.7 million to California School in order to back fill the cuts from the State government (the intent of Measure G). We also kno... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Thanks Feds, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 15, 2009 at 12:34 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS "No on G" guarantees larger class sizes With the uncertainty about how the governor's May revise will affect next year's school budget, it is hard to know how severe the additional cuts to schools will be.
What ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sandy, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood, on May 15, 2009 at 10:51 am There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 20, 2009 at 12:29 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Rules on Using Stimulus Funds Not Clear Here's an exerpt from an article in today's San Jose Mercury News:
"the $8 billion in federal stimulus funds for California schools come with a lot of ifs and buts attached... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sandy, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood, on May 15, 2009 at 10:36 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2009 at 12:53 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS CSR is NOT guaranteed by Measure G The Pleasanton community has expressed the importance it places on class size reduction.
Ask parents what they want to see PUSD keep, and many of them will say CSR.
Measure ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ptown resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 15, 2009 at 7:51 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2009 at 9:52 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Public Sector Unions Growing Power An outstanding analysis of the growing power of public sector unions is in the Wall Stree Journal's Editorial page. This guy crushed it
(accurate assesment of the situation)... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ceasar, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood, on May 14, 2009 at 3:41 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2009 at 5:08 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Where the $9.7 million estimate for cuts came from Last night at the school board meeting, around 9:35 or 9:40 pm, Luz Cazares provided a recap of why the cabinet and board decided in February that they needed to plan for cuts... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sandy, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood, on May 13, 2009 at 6:43 pm There have been 55 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2009 at 12:59 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Time for a Measure G Town Hall before the June 2 vote? With three weeks to go before the June 2 vote, and with all the new fiscal troubles at the state level that are projected by PUSD to greatly negatively impact school finances,... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Carl, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, on May 13, 2009 at 6:48 am There have been 65 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2009 at 9:31 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS The Actual Cuts to PUSD I posted this buried in another thread, but I think the numbers are useful to see published so a new thread is probably best for this information. These numbers are the actua... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on May 12, 2009 at 10:52 pm There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 13, 2009 at 10:52 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Save Pleasanton Schools - campaigning with fiction? Save Pleasanton Schools posted a video of a KPIX news clip at the top of their home page. And on Sunday e-mailed a link to that clip to all of their supporters.
This news c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by tax revolt 2, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, on May 11, 2009 at 6:18 pm There have been 65 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2009 at 3:54 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Federal Stimulus Money Just to be clear... PUSD will be receiving Federal Stimulus money from different parts of ARRA.
The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund is Division A, Title XIV of ARRA. (http... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood, on May 10, 2009 at 10:18 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2009 at 8:42 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS NO PARCEL TAX NECESSARY & PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT NEEDING A TAX? Hello, Archie and Jughead here. We live with Doglover.
We are so happy we can't stop wagging our tails.
Today we got real chicken as a special treat.
Doglover is celebrati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by doglover, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 10, 2009 at 8:09 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2009 at 9:47 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS PARCEL TAX NOT NEEDED - REPOSTED W/BETTER HEADLINE Parcel Tax still needed?
Schools & Kids, posted by Carl, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, 20 hours ago
Quite a few pro-G supporters claim that PUSD is a well m... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ptown resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 10, 2009 at 7:21 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2009 at 8:28 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Parcel Tax still needed? Quite a few pro-G supporters claim that PUSD is a well managed public entity.
At the Feb 3 PUSD workshop Trustee Kernan said, as quoted in the PW (Feb 6, 2009) Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Carl, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, on May 9, 2009 at 10:29 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2009 at 12:36 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Pleasanton Schools Receiving $2.5 million extra for Special Education I heard at this weeks budget advisory committee meeting that not only did Pleasanton receive the $2.1 million in federal stimulus package money for special education, we actua... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by jay, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on May 9, 2009 at 12:30 am There have been 36 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2009 at 10:12 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Regents raise UC tuition 9.3% for 2009-2010 school year The results of Thursday's University of California Board of Regents meeting in which the board voted in favor of student fee hikes and major salary increases for two new chanc... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on May 8, 2009 at 11:27 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2009 at 7:33 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Can local businesses help fund our schools? Businesses can and do donate to our school district as well as to our two educational foundations, Pleasanton Partners In Education (PPIE) Web Link and Pleasanton ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Tony E., a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood, on May 8, 2009 at 7:38 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2009 at 10:24 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Received my measure G ballot today - voted No! One more vote for no. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Pleasanton Parent, a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood, on May 8, 2009 at 7:35 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2009 at 4:52 pm.
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