SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton School Board Planning on Adding New Debt to Offer Golden Handshake Packages
The Pleasanton school board tonight, item 14.4 (Web Link) will be voting to authorize an early retirement... |
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on Mar 14, 2012 at 5:40 pm by john, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Plesanton school board to consider borrowing from technology fund to pay for facilities plan
The Pleasanton school board tonight will look at the possibility of borrowing money from a fund set up with the sale of property -- known as the Sycamore fund -- to pay for a ... |
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on Mar 13, 2012 at 9:03 pm by Radumton, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Why Minimum day today for all schools?
The PUSD calendar says minimum day for at-risk at grades 1 -5 only for 3/8 and 3/9. And then we find out this week it's a minimum day for all the schools on 3/9? Does anyone... |
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on Mar 12, 2012 at 9:46 am by Parent and Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
OPINION: To honor its 115th anniversary, PTA needs to tackle school funding
Last week, the Pleasanton PTA Council celebrated PTA Founder's Day, marking the 115th anniversary of the national organization and also honoring its three founders that includ... |
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on Mar 12, 2012 at 9:13 am by mom O2, a member of the Foothill High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A great school with classroom numbers under 24
Sunol Glen is the place my granddaughter attends. It has no plans to go above 25 next year, most classes are around 22-23.
I love this school, its small and wonderful. I... |
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on Mar 11, 2012 at 11:51 am by Just wondering, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD cuts 70 jobs
A week after the Pleasanton school board voted to slash more than $5.3 million in spending in anticipation of state cuts, the board made it real by eliminating 70 jobs.
Read ... |
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on Mar 11, 2012 at 11:06 am by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton school board to hold study session on debt service tonight
The Pleasanton School Board will hold an hour-long study session starting at 5 p.m. tonight to look at the district's debt service.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Mar 10, 2012 at 10:50 pm by TV Watcher, a resident of the Danbury Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is it just Amador Valley High School?
Does anyone know about the We the people program? I was at a party this afternoon and found out that many students who applied to the "We the People" program at AVHS were rej... |
Wondering |
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on Mar 6, 2012 at 9:01 pm by Michaela, a resident of the Stoneridge neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is it just AVHS? Cont'd
Opening the thread again (about We the People) since the original was limited by the PW staff to registered members. |
Wondering |
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on Mar 6, 2012 at 8:20 pm by weedalin, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
"The (PUSD) Board Failed!"
Cries of "The (PUSD) Board Failed!" came from the audience at tonight's school board meeting after the motion to restore reading programs and postpone spending on a master fac... |
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on Mar 3, 2012 at 8:21 am by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Carden West parents battle over tuition payments
New details are emerging about Carden West, the school's bankruptcy and a fight between parents of students at the school.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Feb 26, 2012 at 9:40 pm by noncarden, a resident of the Bonde Ranch neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
UNCOVER THE REALITIES on kid & teen drug use in Pleasanton
UNCOVER THE REALITIES
An educational forum on kid & teen drug use in Pleasanton
Many parents in Pleasanton ass ume that their children are not at risk for drug or alcohol ab... |
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on Feb 25, 2012 at 5:41 pm by Sandy Piderit, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Congress Prepared to Cut Funding to We The People Programs
Greetings Community Members,
As of this moment Congress has excluded several civic education programs run by the federal government including the CloseUp Program that takes... |
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on Feb 25, 2012 at 2:22 pm by doesnt matter anymore, a resident of the Amador Estates neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Scholarships for Village, Foothill, Amador Seniors
Amador Valley Scholarships, Inc., is a community based nonprofit that awards scholarships to graduating seniors from Village, Foothill and Amador High Schools who plan to atte... |
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on Feb 24, 2012 at 5:27 pm by Mary Reding, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton's Carden West school in deep debt
Carden West School, a small private school at 4576 Willow Road in the Hacienda Business Park, is in serious financial trouble, court records show.
Read the full story here ht... |
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on Feb 24, 2012 at 8:24 am by Former Carden West Parent, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bone Marrow Drive TODAY and next Saturday at Amador Valley
GO to Amador to swab! The CACC is holding a Bone Marrow Donor Drive TODAY between 9-1 @ the Amador Valley High School Theater. If you can't make it today you can come next Sat... |
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on Feb 19, 2012 at 9:14 am by Jeff, a resident of the Del Prado neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Dozens protest reading cuts at Pleasanton school board meeting
A reading program on the chopping block drew an overflow crowd to the Pleasanton school board meeting Tuesday night, spilling out from the boardroom and into the hall and entr... |
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on Feb 17, 2012 at 8:19 pm by Wrong, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
We The People State Finals Result?
Anyone hear the result of the WTP state finals being held in Bakersfield yesterday? Both Amador and Foothill were competing. Can't find anything on the web about it. |
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on Feb 15, 2012 at 9:37 pm by Congrats!, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A Better Way to Support Schools
As we all well know, schools need our financial help. A Parcel Tax is not the way to do it. For one thing a parcel tax with same amount per parcel is not an ad valorem t... |
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on Feb 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm by Fool me once, a resident of the California Reflections neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
OPINION: What's the rush?
Pleasanton has always made crime prevention a top priority, which benefits all that live, work and raise families here.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
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on Feb 4, 2012 at 6:57 pm by Ridiculous, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Budget Reductions
From the PUSD web site:
"Budget Information
Once again we face an uncertain future with the budget. The Governor’s proposed budget released this month is based on a tax in... |
Kathleen Ruegsegger |
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on Feb 3, 2012 at 5:51 pm by Beth, a member of the Walnut Grove Elementary School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Budget Cuts - an alternative
An idea:
There is going to be a huge impact on our schools because of school budget uncertainty in CA.
Current Proposed Reductions: 75 jobs lost for $5,356,148 in budge... |
Simple Solution |
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on Feb 2, 2012 at 7:57 pm by Guy, a resident of the California Reflections neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Court Rules on students'4th Amendment rights with drug dog
SPS Did NOT violate students'4th Amendment rights with drug sniffing dog search, court rules
Web Link... |
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on Jan 31, 2012 at 8:58 pm by questioned?, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sunol Glen School - Small town school = excellent
Sunol Glen School is a great school and I know many people do not even realize that they have open enrollment every year. Many of their students come in from Pleasanton and Fr... |
Sharon |
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on Jan 31, 2012 at 7:17 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Parkside neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Registration now open for city's summer camps
Registration is now open for more than 40 summer day camps offered through the Pleasanton Community Services department. The camps offer something for every age and interest, ... |
Editor |
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on Jan 31, 2012 at 9:57 am by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
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