January 12, 2010
The City Council will vote today on a school funding proposal that will have major implications for taxpayers and Memphis City Schools. After shooting down a 31-cent tax increase proposed by Mayor A C Wharton to fund the school system two weeks ago, the council will vote today on a plan to use a mix […]
January 12, 2010
Michigan will need another federal bailout or more tax revenue to avoid another round of steep reductions in the 2011 budget, $1.58 billion in the red given current spending and revenue levels, that Gov. Jennifer Granholm will present lawmakers next month. And some West Michigan Republicans say it might be time to make changes in […]
January 12, 2010
No additional 4 year olds can be enrolled in the LA-4 pre-school program this year, high school students could be limited in co-enrolling in community or technical college courses, literacy and math programs will be reduced and college readiness programs will be trimmed. These are just some of the impacts of a $16 million cut […]
January 12, 2010
Last Wednesday, school administrators from the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District [PRJUSD] released a draft list of potential budget cuts that could go into effect as soon as next month if approved by the district’s Feb. 1 deadline. Issuing the list of recommended cost-saving measures represented the district’s first step in starting a decision-making […]
January 12, 2010
Five days after releasing a recommended list of cuts to help alleviate a $3.6 million gap in its budget, the Pleasanton school district announced Monday that it could be facing an additional $3.3 million deficit. In an e-mail, the district announced that after its advisers reviewed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2010-11 […]
January 12, 2010
After hundreds of hours of deliberation with staff, Superintendent Stephen Mills recently presented what he called a living, breathing thing: His recommendation for cuts in the proposed school budget, including multiple teacher layoffs. At the joint Acton Public Schools and Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee meeting Jan. 7, Mills detailed 16 faculty and staff members he […]
January 12, 2010
The local school governing board took its next-to-last step Monday night in its process of deciding whether or not to close Daytona Middle School next fall. The Lake Havasu Unified School District governing board listened to student, teacher, and parent comments during a public meeting regarding the possibility. “Your presence here shows you care about […]
January 12, 2010
As few as nine Orange County school districts have committed to implement sweeping reforms championed under President Obama’s federal Race to the Top grant program for schools, leaving up to 19 ineligible to receive the potentially millions of federal stimulus dollars that California is seeking. &l t;p>School districts across the state were required to commit […]
January 12, 2010
Funding cuts and a loss of students is forcing one local school district to make a tough decision. The Athens school district in Calhoun County is looking to close one of its three schools. On Monday night the superintendent made his recommendation on which building should be shut down. Newschannel 3 was at that meeting. […]
January 12, 2010
Up to nine schools in Greeley-Evans School District 6 could be combined and reorganized in an attempt to save as much as $2 million in the face of mounting state funding cuts. District officials are considering a draft plan that would combine most students at Cameron and Jefferson elementary schools into a new, larger elementary […]