SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board delays cuts, for now
While no reductions were made at Tuesday night's school board meeting, the deadline to make cuts and put a parcel tax on the ballot are nearing.
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on Feb 28, 2009 at 10:09 am by Parent, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Just one of the kids
When Michael and Pam Wallace were pregnant with their fourth child, everything appeared to be typical. The standard triple screen test came back negative, but they soon found ... |
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on Feb 27, 2009 at 4:57 pm by glorialinda, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board moves Tuesday's parcel tax debate to Amador Valley High
The Pleasanton school district announced late today that the school board's meeting next Tuesday on deciding if it will ask voters to approve a parcel task will be held in the... |
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on Feb 24, 2009 at 9:59 am by Mom, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A taxing situation
The time for the school district to deal with the budget crisis has come. On Tuesday night, the board will identify reductions to popular programs as well as deciding whether ... |
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on Feb 24, 2009 at 9:47 am by Mom also, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pot at PMS
Has anyone heard that there were 7th graders caught doing pot and selling it at PMS this week? Apparently they are saying they got it from some high schoolers last week when ... |
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on Feb 23, 2009 at 2:03 pm by What the Heck, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A taxing situation
The time for the school district to deal with the budget crisis has come. The state budget was finalized Thursday morning, and now on Tuesday the board will identify reduction... |
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on Feb 23, 2009 at 9:42 am by another parent, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Statewide Impacts of Budget Cuts to K-12 Schools
This is based on the Governor's proposal to cut $9.7 billion from the revenue limits of K-12 school districts, using figures provided by the California Dept. of Finance.
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on Feb 23, 2009 at 8:57 am by Mad Mother, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Axis welcomes spacious, new behavioral health facility
Health specialists yesterday celebrated the long-awaited grand opening of cushy, new offices and meeting rooms for Axis Community Health.
Read the full story here Web Link.... |
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on Feb 20, 2009 at 10:46 am by Marylou Santos, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board to identify $8.7M in school cuts tonight
While debate continues over a possible parcel tax, the school board must identify $8.7 million in reductions to maintain a balanced budget. Some items on the list of potential... |
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on Feb 20, 2009 at 7:17 am by Mother, a member of the Valley View Elementary School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Amador's civics team places first in statewide championship on Constitution, Bill of Rights
Amador Valley High School's competition civics team won the California state championship Friday at the statewide "We the People…" competition. It was the eighth time that Ama... |
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on Feb 17, 2009 at 10:45 am by Dennis Jones, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Amador moves on to D.C. in 'We the People' civics competition
Amador Valley High School's competition civics team will be competing at the nationwide level of the "We the People" competition after an impressive win last Friday.
Read th... |
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on Feb 16, 2009 at 12:16 pm by unclehomerr.., a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mandatory Community Service
Pleasanton High Schools have a mandatory community service program which the high school children must complete. I think this is a wonderful program that instills social resp... |
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on Feb 15, 2009 at 9:30 pm by Leslie, a member of the Foothill High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What cuts for top administrators of PUSD
Simple question: What cuts are the top administrators of PUSD taking for themselves?
Are they being an example by cutting something that they get personally? Maybe they... |
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on Feb 14, 2009 at 6:47 pm by Ceaser, a resident of the Vineyard Avenue neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Getting a head start on spring cleaning
Fifth graders from Ms. Ferreira's Walnut Grove Elementary School class recently took part in a service learning assignment. Teams of five students partnered to perform a proje... |
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on Feb 11, 2009 at 5:27 pm by Just a thought..., a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why blame the Teachers?
From what I understand, half the population of Pleasanton moved here in the last five years. I'll bet our wonderful school district influenced many people to move here. Our C... |
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on Feb 11, 2009 at 12:42 pm by Another Homeowner, a resident of the Golden Eagle neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
BUSC and Rage Placement of local children in Div 1
Below is the criteria used for selecting boys for division 1. I think this is similar to Rage (correct me if wrong)
From the BUSC website:
Former and potential competitiv... |
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on Feb 11, 2009 at 12:33 pm by It\'s a joke, a resident of the Highland Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
We the People - State Finals
Sacramento
1st Place - Amador Valley High School
2nd place - Foothill High School
followed by the rest of the state. Congratulations Pleasanton!
Amador Valley's team wi... |
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on Feb 9, 2009 at 8:57 am by Liz, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers Use Cell Phones In Class
Few could argue with the ban on student cell phone use in the class. However, the use of cell phones by teachers is quite common in the Pleasanton Unified School District. Ac... |
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on Feb 8, 2009 at 8:05 pm by concerned, a member of the Foothill High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Shrinking Enrollment at Amador?
Checking my child's "Zangle" GPA, I noticed in the last column that the class of 2011 started with 711 kids, dropped to 609, now up by 20 or so.
Where did these kids go? I... |
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on Feb 8, 2009 at 7:01 pm by Clued In, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School administrators' group calls state funding reductions too deep
The Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) said yesterday that funding cuts to California schools that are being proposed by the state are too deep and could t... |
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on Feb 8, 2009 at 4:16 pm by Teacher & Parent, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Amador Valley High student tests positive for staph infection
A student at Amador Valley High School is under a medical quarantine after testing positive for a Staph infection--clinically called Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureu... |
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on Feb 6, 2009 at 4:28 pm by Julie, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Amador Valley and Foothill High School - We the People
The California state semi-finals for the We the People constitutional debate was held Thursday in Sacramento. Only four teams advanced to Friday's final. The four schools ad... |
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on Feb 6, 2009 at 8:48 am by Scott Walsh, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stock Market Swoon Hammers Cal PERS.
If the stock market does not recover, the California Pension Retirement System will demand more money from cities and counties.
Please read the Wall Street Journal article be... |
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on Feb 5, 2009 at 11:44 pm by The Jackal, a member of the Vintage Hills Elementary School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Underage Drinking Halloween Parties this weekend
Halloween Parties by teens this weekend in Pleasanton is a hot topic on the MySpace pages and FaceBook pages today. Chatter such as what parent is buying the alcohol is very s... |
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on Feb 5, 2009 at 7:45 pm by Katie, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton Drivers-The Anti-Heroes
This morning I was waiting on Main St. to make a right turn onto Del Valle Parkway. I had a green light but I had to wait because there were kids in the crosswalk, one on a ... |
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on Feb 5, 2009 at 7:35 pm by Katie, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
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