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State cuts threaten education for deaf, blind in Bay Area

By: Amy Crawford 01/26/12 9:52 PM
A proposed budget cut for California’s state-funded public schools for the deaf and blind has alarmed advocates, who say the move may hurt California in the long run by diminishing the employment prospects of deaf or blind young people.“This is one more thing that affects our population devastatingly,” said Bryan Bashin, director of LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a San Francisco-based organization that provides services for the blind. Read More

San Francisco schools prepare for the worst as new state budget battle looms

By: Amy Crawford 01/11/12 12:00 AM
The San Francisco Unified School District will plan for a worst-case scenario after Gov. Jerry Brown issued a budget proposal that makes school funding contingent upon voters’ approval of a tax increase.“How could we plan on what we don’t know?” Superintendent Carlos Garcia asked at the school board’s first official meeting of 2012 on Tuesday. “We have to make plans, and the only thing we can plan for is the worst-case scenario.” Read More

California principals under pressure with budget cuts

By: Cheri Carlson 01/06/12 5:00 AM
California principals are facing shrinking budgets and mounting responsibilities to lead teachers and keep schools running — creating competing pressures that may make the job untenable, a study has found. Principals reported working 60 and sometimes 70 hours a week. As budget cuts thinned the ranks of support staff, they juggled roles as teachers, community liaisons, nurses, athletic directors, crisis managers and budget gurus. Read More

SF Unified School District bracing for $13 million gouge

By: Amy Crawford 12/11/11 5:00 AM
It looks like another tough season of budget cuts and hard choices next year for the San Francisco Unified School District. “It’s pretty dismal, actually, the outlook,” said Sandra Lee Fewer, chair of the school board’s Budget and Business Services Committee, which got a preview of this year’s budget-planning process at a meeting last week. It’s a story that has become depressingly familiar in the years since the economic downturn hit California. Read More

School bond measure will complete upgrades

By: SF Examiner Editorial 10/29/11 9:00 PM
In this tough economy, the San Francisco Unified School District is taking a chance by placing a $531 million bond measure to upgrade schools on the November ballot. Over-taxed San Franciscans might decide to take a pass this time around after having approved a $295 million school bond in 2003 and a $450 million school bond in 2006. Read More

Peninsula schools hoping Lehman lawsuit pays off

By: Paul Gackle 10/29/11 4:00 AM
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A lawsuit pitting Peninsula schools against the county could have wide-ranging impacts on campus construction projects.The loss of bond money means districts are either halting or cutting back on projects for new facilities, classrooms, campus modernization, energy efficiency and purchasing of up-to-date technology. Read More

When high achievers are shortchanged, we all suffer

By: Bill Maxwell 10/18/11 9:00 PM
For nearly two decades, public school educators have been trying to close, or at least narrow, the race- and income-based achievement gaps in graduation rates and test scores. The movement, which became a mandate with passage of the No Child Left Behind Act during President George W. Bush’s first term, has become an obsession. Read More

For parents, school choice is easier than ballot initiatives

By: Lance T. Izumi 10/09/11 4:00 AM
There’s a grass-roots parent revolt surging in California. Parents statewide and at the local level are pushing ballot measures to overturn unpopular government education policies. While the initiative process may be Democracy 101 in action, it would be easier for parents if they were simply given vouchers to choose the school that best meets the needs of their children. Read More

SF school politics keeping kids from having any fun

By: Ken Garcia 10/08/11 4:00 PM
Writing about San Francisco often brings letters from outsiders with the shared sentiment questioning whether I am making stories up. Things like banning Happy Meal toys and “meatless Mondays” — you know, stuff we make laws about here. Read More

San Francisco officials compete to change health fund rules

By: Melissa Griffin 10/04/11 4:00 AM
For those of you keeping score at home, there are now three proposals to amend The City’s Health Care Security Ordinance — one by Supervisor David Campos, one by Supervisor David Chiu and one by Mayor Ed Lee.   Read More
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