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
Trampoline Business Posting Inappropriate Pictures of Local Teens
I'm writing as a very concerned local parent who recently learned that a Dublin company advertising fun for the teenagers of the tri-valley on Friday nights is using provocati... |
concernedparent |
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on Sep 16, 2011 at 9:54 pm by Carson, a resident of Dublin |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton school board votes to place $233 parcel tax on June 2 ballot
The Pleasanton school board agreed tonight to ask voters to approve a $233 a year parcel tax in a special election June 2. If approved by at least two-thirds of the voters who... |
Editor |
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on Mar 15, 2009 at 9:52 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Major Pleasanton developer wants school district to halt tonight's expected approval of half-billion-dollar facilities plan
The developer of a multi-million-dollar apartment complex in Hacienda Business Park criticized the Pleasanton school board last night for moving forward on a half-billion-doll... |
Editor |
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:23 pm by Been there, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Can someone explain to me
Why are the cuts being proposed in Pleasanton totally focussed on elementary schools here - the schools people seem to love and have no problem with. And the parents are of c... |
concerned |
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on Mar 15, 2011 at 7:55 am by Mary, a member of the Mohr Elementary School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Measure E. Why so much negativity toward teachers?
We recently relocated to Pleasanton because we were impressed with the quality of the schools (on paper). My kids are in middle and high school now and I have had nothing but ... |
New to town |
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on Mar 21, 2011 at 8:08 pm by Gina Channell-Allen, president of the Pleasanton Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What the heck is PUSD's Core Academic Instruction Parcel Tax
Looking at the agenda for the 2/1 PUSD Special Board Meeting, is agenda item 5.1 Report, Discussion and Possible Action to Approve Resolution 2010-11.16 Calling an Election fo... |
Start Afresh |
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on Feb 2, 2011 at 8:55 am by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood 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
STAR tests show Pleasanton schools continue to improve
Students in the Pleasanton school district scored above both the state and the Alameda County averages in recent statewide STAR tests for 2011.
Read the full story here http:... |
Editor |
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on Aug 23, 2011 at 2:54 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Should the school board elect or appoint its new member?
The school board is looking for someone to fill the school board seat left by president Juanita Haugen, who died March 5. At their regular meeting March 13, the board discus... |
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on Apr 22, 2007 at 9:43 pm by Ann, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Harvest Park student arrested for ecstasy possession, distribution
A 13-year-old boy was arrested Thursday after allegedly possessing and furnishing the drug ecstasy to some students, according to police. The student, who was not named becaus... |
Editor |
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on Oct 1, 2009 at 7:51 am by OnlyMe2009, a resident of Livermore |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Are you in denial as to what your teenager is 'really' doing?
I am so disappointed in one fact, and that is the fact that most parents do not want to take responsibility for 'what is going on' by telling their kids that they will (and th... |
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on Sep 24, 2007 at 12:20 pm by M, a resident of the Las Positas neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grassroot Effort to Save Class Size in Pleasanton
There is a grassroot effort to keep the Class Size to a 25 students to 1 teacher ratio for K-3. No money is due now. Only your pledge is required today (before June 10) and m... |
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on May 19, 2011 at 8:19 am by Really! Really!, a resident of the Bordeaux Estates neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Barton Reading or paid Birthday Holidays - PUSD board to decide 2/22
This Tuesday, the PUSD school board will decide to reduce Barton reading program funding by 50% to save $53,000.
They will also begin formal negotiations with the CSEA union ... |
Nomad |
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on Apr 12, 2011 at 11:02 am by Start Afresh, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Prop 30 and prop 38
Both proposition 30 and proposition 38 have implications for our local schools, and next Tuesday night, the school board will decide whether to endorse them. Here's a summary ... |
Sandy |
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on Sep 6, 2012 at 7:29 am by well, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD employees get a paid Birthday Holiday?
According to the PUSD/CSEA contract (Web Link) and other documents on the CSEA website, hundreds o... |
Nomad |
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on Nov 20, 2010 at 6:40 am by Dark Corners of Town, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents talk about about school safety worries at public forum
Armed guards. A police officer at every school. Locked fences. Those were a few of the suggestions raised by some Pleasanton parents who are worried about the safety of their ... |
Editor |
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on Jan 24, 2013 at 7:32 am by Common sense, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Getting along
A number of my neighbors were talking the other day during a neighborhood garage sale, why we just can't all get along. I mean, it's true that our area has become more and mor... |
MOTHER OF 4 |
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on Aug 18, 2012 at 12:58 pm by Cholo, a resident of Livermore |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board signs $220,000-year contract with new superintendent
The Pleasanton School Board last night unanimously approved a $220,000 per-year contract for incoming Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on May 26, 2010 at 11:29 pm by Common Sense, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High School Options
We are new to the area. We have a high schooler and middle schooler.
We are really disappointed in the high school for many reasons, but most importantly the issues of sche... |
New Mom |
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on Aug 27, 2012 at 12:04 am by Been there, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton chooses new school superintendent
In a search that's lasted nearly six months, Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) has selected its next superintendent to replace John Casey when he retires June 30.
Rea... |
Editor |
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on May 3, 2010 at 9:05 pm by Patriot, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Measure E opponents: district has lost peoples' trust
Opponents of the parcel tax, Measure E, were out in force again at the Pleasanton school board meeting Tuesday night, questioning, among other things, the district's recent re... |
Editor |
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on Apr 28, 2011 at 10:18 pm by The Big S, a resident of the Parkside neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Senior Ditch Day
So, unfamiliar with this. Is it really a dear, old AVHS tradition? |
Ricky |
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on Sep 21, 2010 at 5:23 pm by senior, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kids turned away from school sports for lack of funds
I was saddened today when my sons school basketball team had to turn away students. The kids had not had their sports physical for the sole purpose that their parents could ... |
Ptown Press |
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on Sep 12, 2010 at 12:22 pm by Glenn Wohltmann, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A persuasive voice for a school parcel tax
If the Pleasanton school board is going to ask voters again next year to pass a parcel tax, as is likely, it can count on its new superintendent Parvin Ahmadi to be a persuasi... |
Editor |
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on Dec 1, 2010 at 8:15 am by a reader, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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