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Tri-Valley students will be provided no-cost at-home COVID testsAll four Tri-Valley school districts received COVID-19 antigen home test kits to provide students returning to school after...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2022Last comment by Pleasanton Parent, on Jan 6, 2022 at 11:53 am | 2 comments | 5682 Views
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Pleasanton Unified and APT prepare for more negotiationsThe Pleasanton school board marked their final meeting of 2021 by holding two public hearings on upcoming negotiations with...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2021Last comment by Wow, on Dec 28, 2021 at 8:49 pm | 4 comments | 4920 Views
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Pleasanton school board approves 4.5% pay raise for classified workersPleasanton Unified School District's classified staff members received a 4.5% salary increase for the 2021-22 school year,...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2021Last comment by Jimmy The Jet, on Dec 15, 2021 at 1:00 pm | 4 comments | 5829 Views
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Where to put new homes? Pleasanton officials plan special Housing Element meetingWith several thousand new units of housing being assigned to Pleasanton's sixth cycle Housing Element update, officials are...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2021Last comment by KG, on Dec 1, 2021 at 5:58 pm | 3 comments | 6440 Views
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School board ratifies new contract between Pleasanton Unified and teachers unionMonths of tense negotiations between the Pleasanton Unified School District and the Association of Pleasanton Teachers came...
Original post made on Nov. 24, 2021Last comment by Kathleen Ruegsegger, on Nov 24, 2021 at 2:28 pm | 2 comments | 5371 Views
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4.5% pay raise among key provisions in deal between Pleasanton Unified, teachers unionA 4.5% salary increase, a $2,000 bonus for last year and some class size reductions at the elementary level are among key...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2021Last comment by Jeff, on Nov 17, 2021 at 11:21 am | 6 comments | 8626 Views
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Pleasanton Unified, teachers union negotiators reach tentative agreementLess than a month after a strike was authorized by its members, the Association of Pleasanton Teachers has reached a tentative...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2021Last comment by Jeff, on Nov 11, 2021 at 8:30 pm | 14 comments | 8768 Views
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Why would one want to teach in Pleasanton?In PUSD the superintendent and his cabinet have secured extremely generous raises for themselves before settling with their...
Original post made by Jeff Keller on Nov. 8, 2021Last comment by Jeff, on Nov 11, 2021 at 8:14 am | 3 comments | 1492 Views
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Guest Opinion: Pleasanton Unified leadership is cheating studentsBy putting their own interests first, and by undermining teachers, Pleasanton Unified School District leaders are creating...
Original post made on Oct. 28, 2021Last comment by Jeff, on Nov 5, 2021 at 10:47 am | 20 comments | 14920 Views
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Salaries and benefits for the PUSD superintendent and assistantsThis information is a matter of public record; however, it's remarkably hard to find. Most people aren't aware of the...
Original post made by Registered Joe on Oct. 18, 2021Last comment by KathleenRuegsegger, on Oct 27, 2021 at 9:02 am | 26 comments | 4277 Views
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Pleasanton teachers union votes 'overwhelmingly' to authorize strikeAfter months of tense labor negotiations, members of the Association of Pleasanton Teachers 'overwhelmingly' authorized a...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2021Last comment by Kevin, on Oct 17, 2021 at 5:42 pm | 32 comments | 27057 Views
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Las Positas College breaks ground on new Measure A projectsLas Positas College in Livermore will soon have an academic support and office building, public safety complex/advanced manufacturing...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2021There are no comments yet. 5073 Views
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Pratt appointed interim principal at Walnut Grove ElementaryWalnut Grove Elementary School has new leadership as of several weeks ago, but with a face that will be familiar to students...
Original post made on Sep. 23, 2021Last comment by Pleasanton mama, on Sep 24, 2021 at 3:50 pm | 11 comments | 7537 Views
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Equity gaps are focus of special Pleasanton Unified board meeting on TuesdayPleasanton Unified School District's recent progress toward removing systemic academic barriers and improving educational...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2021Last comment by MichaelB, on Sep 22, 2021 at 5:03 am | 4 comments | 3049 Views
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Pleasanton Unified proceeding with plans for by-trustee-area electionsThe Pleasanton school board will work through a range of items, from by-trustee-area elections to site improvement projects...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2021Last comment by Truth, on Sep 17, 2021 at 3:07 pm | 7 comments | 5516 Views
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Pleasanton school board ponders merits, drawbacks of area-based electionsPleasanton voters may select the next Board of Trustees representatives from a pool of geographically-determined candidates...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2021Last comment by Support our teachers, on Sep 9, 2021 at 10:07 am | 12 comments | 6196 Views
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Pleasanton Preps: Foothill bids farewell to longtime football scoreboard operator IsaacsWhen Foothill High School's opening night football win over Castro Valley came to an end on Aug. 30, it also ended one heck...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2021Last comment by bill, on Sep 8, 2021 at 8:21 am | 2 comments | 8459 Views
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Dublin trustees greenlight $115 million Emerald High budget boostDublin Unified School District's planned second comprehensive high school received a $115 million boost for building costs...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2021Last comment by VAB , on Sep 1, 2021 at 1:24 pm | 1 comment | 4936 Views
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School is in session at Pleasanton UnifiedThough perhaps more anticipated than previous years, it was a mostly normal scene when students came back last week for the...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2021Last comment by Todd, on Aug 26, 2021 at 1:29 pm | 3 comments | 5445 Views
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Livermore: Anti-mask speakers urge school board to drop mandate for studentsA group of Livermore residents and parents addressed the LVJUSD board last week expressing their concerns about students...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2021Last comment by John, on Aug 24, 2021 at 9:23 pm | 7 comments | 5470 Views
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