SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton school board votes to restore 38 positions at cost of near-$3-million
The Pleasanton school board, on a split vote, chose to add $102,500 for new one-time rehiring, on top of approving more than $2.8 million to restore other positions.
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on Mar 4, 2013 at 7:09 pm by Doomed, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers must play role in budget fix
Viewpoint From The Sacramento Bee (well written):
How do you know when you're in a family? When you're asked to clean up messes you didn't make and pay for expenses you did... |
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on Feb 14, 2010 at 6:55 pm by Insider, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton Middle School told to do better job teaching Hispanic students
Pleasanton Middle School has to do a better job of teaching math to Hispanic students, according to a state review of test scores.
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on Mar 4, 2011 at 1:34 pm by lisa, a resident of the Ironwood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Parcel Tax Survey report available
The 11/9 PUSD Board of Trustees meeting agenda includes a report and discussion of the recently completed parcel tax survey. It is embedded in the Board packet available here ... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Nov 14, 2010 at 8:47 pm by observation, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
UPDATE: Pleasanton Middle School investigated for compromised testing practices
Staff gathered at Pleasanton Middle School Thursday to discuss the withholding of the school's Academic Performance Index (API) scores after the California Department of Educa... |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:07 am by Pleasanton Resident, a member of the Pleasanton Middle School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Confidential school board emails/reports from Superintendent to school trustees?
Based on another thread from someone from Civic Square called uniformed talking about the Palo Alto district, I was looking at the Embarcadero Palo Alto Weekly and see that th... |
Lou |
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on Jun 1, 2012 at 2:11 pm by Lou, a resident of the Pleasanton Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Thank you teachers
Dear PUSD Teachers
From the bottom of my heart, I want to say Thank You for all that you do for our students. The tragedy on Friday has affected me deeply as a parent. I ... |
New Mom |
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on Dec 23, 2012 at 7:12 pm by Thank you Pleasanton!!!, a resident of the Ruby Hill neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Who is financing the Parcel Tax Campaign?
The filings from the county show the parcel tax campaign has raised $67,956. Contributors include:
Caltronics Business Systems, Sacrament, $500
Hart Middle School PTA, $9... |
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on May 4, 2011 at 4:19 am by Tennessee Jed, a resident of the Jensen Tract neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Drug dogs may be headed to Pleasanton high schools
Teens, teachers and parents, leave your pot at home if you're headed to any of the city's three high schools after January. A measure is headed to the school board that would ... |
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on Jan 12, 2012 at 7:58 pm by Amador Parent, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
California Senate Approves Measure Mandating Homosexual (Gay) History Curriculum
The California Senate passed a bill mandating California's public schools include homosexual (gay) history in social studies lessons. Homosexual supporters state the move is ... |
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on Apr 26, 2011 at 12:43 am by nightowl, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Surprised on high district pensions!
I had always thought that school district employees were fairly paid but not highly paid. Then I went to www.CaliforniaPensionReform.com and saw there were 15 employees of ou... |
Jill |
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on Apr 2, 2011 at 8:44 am by comment, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Vote NO on Measure E
The public school systems here and everywhere in the US are insatiable for taxpayers to pay more. Tell them to manage their existing budgets, eliminate teachers unions, become... |
NoOnE |
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on Apr 6, 2011 at 5:12 pm by Nomad, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Are PTA's donations to Measure E Legal?
Donating to your PTA is not necessarily going to help the classrooms. If you look at the donations the PTAs made to the parcel tax campaign, you can see where their donations ... |
PTAs are a PAC (Political Action Committee) |
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on Apr 18, 2011 at 8:01 pm by Parent, a member of the Foothill High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Payment at Registration
I agree with another post that said the same people keep donating over and over.....I am one of those. I donate because I have 3 kids in schools in Pleasanton and feel it is ... |
Parent of 3 |
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on May 11, 2011 at 12:07 am by Hoss, a resident of the Ponderosa neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Four Kid's Country facilities cited with 'serious' violations
An after-school childcare program at San Ramon Valley elementary schools has acquired a recent history of serious "Type A" violations, according to state officials. Four Kid's... |
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on Jun 7, 2011 at 1:43 am by Tamara, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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
Letters
Hostility toward teacher's union
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 24, 2010, 12:00 AM |
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on Jan 11, 2011 at 8:35 pm by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Judging Teachers
I just read Trevor Knaggs letter in the Pleasanton weekly, titled, "Judging Teachers. Mr. Knaggs writes that the priority of the APT is in improving the skills of teachers... |
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on Dec 3, 2010 at 6:50 pm by Be Positive, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton middle school student almost drowns during school field trip
Thought the Weekly would have posted this news article by now.
A Pleasanton middle school student had to be resuscitated by lifeguards after an incident this afternoon duri... |
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on Jun 15, 2009 at 6:07 pm by town, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Emotions run high with school cuts on the line
With the elimination of class-size reductions on their worry lists, parents, educators and others packed a school district meeting Tuesday night as the board discussed two hot... |
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on Feb 4, 2009 at 2:06 pm by Need Credibility, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Weapon threat puts Amador on temporary lockdown
Amador Valley High School was on lockdown for about 45 minutes this morning as police responded to a weapon threat, according to the Pleasanton Unified School District.
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Editor |
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on Sep 21, 2009 at 11:53 pm by glydaytot, a resident of the Ridgeview Commons neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
If You Could Control the PUSD Budget
A grassroots movement has begun to maintain CSR, proving many in the community feel this is important enough to justify the spending of huge amounts of money to support this t... |
Really! Really! |
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on May 22, 2011 at 5:38 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is PUSD broke...? Part 2
Following up on an April 8 post Web Link on the PUSD reserve fund getting wiped out and needing to borrow $15M, the City ... |
tax revolt 2 |
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on Apr 27, 2009 at 9:25 am by Russell, a member of the Vintage Hills Elementary School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Employee who will vote NO on Measure G
I too will be voting no on Measure G for a variety of reasons. The Union of school employees is actually failing our teachers, our employees and our kids. When you have a sy... |
Concerned |
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on May 28, 2009 at 11:53 am by Me, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
27 positions on possible chopping block in Pleasanton school district
The Pleasanton school board voted last night to send notices of possible layoff for 27 full-time positions, fewer than expected and even some of those could be spared if state... |
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on Mar 18, 2010 at 9:34 am by Resident, a resident of the Pleasanton Heights neighborhood |
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