SCHOOLS & KIDS
School fund campaign
Pleasanton's two educational foundations are doing a fundraiser.
Web Link
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bobbi |
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on Jun 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm by bobbi, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Sept. cut off date
I think incoming kindergarteners need to be 5 years old BEFORE they start school. That would help alot in all subjects taught. |
bobbi |
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on Jun 3, 2009 at 7:29 am by julie, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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What is an "instructional coach?" and why is PUSD funding instructional coaches rather than real teachers?
I have been following the thread on PUSD.
It used to be that every time a buddy of a superintendent or administrator "retired," the "retired" person somehow magically ended... |
Boondoggle |
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on Feb 21, 2013 at 11:33 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
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Parents doing Teachers job?
Is it just me or are more and more teachers trying to get parents to do their jobs? I have been a parent in this District for several years and this trend is disturbing. Is th... |
Brenda |
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on Sep 23, 2011 at 7:28 pm by Barbara, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
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Anti-Measure G Victory Song (America Wins!)
Here is a little country song I wrote about not paying for Measure G and about good old American Values. Here are the lyrics:
Listen here son I’m talkin’ about the American... |
Buford |
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on Jun 5, 2009 at 8:17 am by DTS, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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This School Parcel Tax is Ruining Lives!!!
This parcel tax is costing me an arm and a leg already! I tell you what, after 5 hours of listening Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, I’m really fired up! Why should I pay some gutl... |
Buford |
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on May 8, 2009 at 11:55 am by Katie, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
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We Don't Need No Yellowbelly Parcel Tax!
I've had it with people in this town putting spoiled kids before true American anti-tax values! Sorry, but why should I pay some liberal parcel taxes for the spoiled, latte-dr... |
Buford |
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on Apr 30, 2009 at 9:29 am by You don\'t fool me..., a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
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Forensic Audit Uncovers Embezzlement -- School Supt Arrested
Almanac News, Embarcadero Publishing's peninsula newspaper, along with the Mercury News is reporting a District superintendent was just arrested for using a District solar pan... |
Busted |
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on Jun 20, 2012 at 8:03 am by Oh, Arnold, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
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Kids and Bicycle Safety
Hi Friends,
Anyone else heartbroken about the news of a fifth-grade old boy in San Ramon who was killed when he accidentally entered a residential intersection into the pat... |
C Gage |
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on Mar 28, 2008 at 1:01 pm by Parent of a bike rider, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
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Willle Brown calls Public Employee pensions too generous
Even Willie Brown knows that Public Employee Unions are Bankrupting the state. He said recently:
"The deal used to be that civil servants were paid less than private se... |
Caesar |
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on Jan 26, 2010 at 11:56 pm by another resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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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,... |
Carl |
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on May 17, 2009 at 9:31 pm by resident, a resident of the Castlewood neighborhood |
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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... |
Carl |
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on May 14, 2009 at 12:36 pm by Ptown resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Union postpones pay raises for two years
Web Link
If PUSD/APT did this it would save $4.5M over two years and save how many teacher jobs? This would help Save Pleasanton Scho... |
Carl |
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on May 3, 2009 at 9:57 pm by Pleasanton Parent, a resident of the Pleasanton Meadows neighborhood |
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New Statewide Survey on Education
Published by the Public Policy Institue of California.
Web Link
Funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Los Angeles Times article:
h... |
Carl |
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on May 3, 2009 at 10:55 am by Tanner, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
When does a pay cut equal a pay raise?
Answer: When you work for PUSD.
Tony E posted a blog entry boasting of the pay cuts that PUSD teachers and administration are making. When you are scheduled to have $1.5M i... |
Carl |
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on Apr 29, 2009 at 9:11 pm by Carl, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
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Deficits, Taxes, Shared Sacrifice....Sound Familiar?
Huge state deficits, raising taxes all around, calls for shared sacrifice. And public employee union members get salary increases? Sound familiar?
Read this story from the ... |
Carl |
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on Apr 14, 2009 at 10:27 am by Love what I do, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
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Tim Hunt has a greater problem than a nanny state
Ni hao ma, effendi!
Health and fitness guru and sometime sycamore expert Tim Hunt has recently led by example in his discussion of healthy foods in his column. But not ever... |
Casanova_Frankenstein |
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on Sep 19, 2012 at 1:28 pm by Unlocked is Better, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Perceived Conflict of Interest
School Board Candidate, Bowser was quoted in last week’s Independent Newspaper as saying,”it is only a perceieved conflict of interest”. His wife works as a teacher for the d... |
Casey Jr. |
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on Nov 2, 2010 at 11:09 am by voter, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Where did all of the Yes on Measure G Supporters go?
We are only 4 weeks away from the deadline of August 14th to raise $2.8 million to save four critical programs in the Pleasanton school district: class size reduction, elemen... |
Cathy |
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on Jul 27, 2009 at 11:43 am by Parent, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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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)... |
Ceasar |
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on May 15, 2009 at 5:08 pm by Bad Business, a resident of the Happy Valley neighborhood |
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New Jersey Avoids Layoffs By Freezing Wages
Instead of deferring expenses, PUSD should just to what
Governor Corzine did in New Jersey
Check out the link
Web Link... |
Cesar |
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on Jun 4, 2009 at 3:25 pm by Cesar, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The numbers being proposed for teacher cuts does not look correct!
Has anyone really looked at the number being proposed for actual cuts? I have. These numbers do not make sense. Example: Under the possible Reductions for 2009-10 report, ... |
Chad |
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on Mar 15, 2009 at 9:56 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
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A School Superintendent takes big pay cut to save jobs
Here's something a bit heartwarming -
Corona-Norco (Riverside County) Superintendent Kent L. Bechler plans to donate $50,000 of his $250,000 salary to his district, giving... |
Check out this great guy |
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on Apr 11, 2009 at 10:43 pm by Be Positive, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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Pleasanton Schools Receive WAY MORE Money Than Other Districts
More important that which district are receiving parcel taxes, you have to look at how much money the district receive from the state, per student. This is called the Revenue ... |
checking |
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on Apr 13, 2011 at 11:07 am by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gov. Brown Could Reform Our Education System By Learning From Indiana
Indiana’s school choice plan will be the most sweeping in the country, if it passes its House and is signed by Governor Daniels, as expected.
According to Gov. Daniels, "C... |
Chris |
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on Apr 25, 2011 at 9:53 am by Bill Carman, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
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