Thousands of California teachers were given layoff notices a few weeks ago because state law requires the slips to be sent out each spring if administrators and trustees believe cuts are needed to balance their budgets.
This month, the districts must decide whether to continue or rescind those layoffs on the assumption that by then they’ll know the state of their 2012-13 finances.
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JENNY PETER
01/30/12 1:00 AM
Joyce Cornelison and her daughter, Erin Barrett, giggled with excitement as they moved from one station to the next in the Clark Middle School cafeteria on a recent Saturday morning.
They were about to embark on a journey, and whether it be out of anticipation or fear — or maybe a little bit of both — neither of them could keep the smile from her face.
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Parents planning to enroll their children in transitional kindergarten were frustrated last week when the San Francisco Unified School District announced plans to scrap the program for kids whose fifth birthdays fall after a new school entrance cut-off date.The district’s about-face was prompted by Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2012-13 budget proposal, which eliminates funding for such students.
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DAVE SKRETTA
01/29/12 8:48 AM
Charlie Weis could have spent the rest of his career basking in the Florida sun, then ambled off into retirement with a bunch of Super Bowl rings and a reputation burnished over two decades as one of football's great offensive minds.
Instead, he ambled to a lectern on a crisp December day, using a cane to help him along as he awaited hip replacement surgery. He smiled and grimaced, sometimes simultaneously.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 1:23 PM
The Chicago Bears have hired Kansas City Chiefs director of college scouting Phil Emery as their new general manager.
Emery was an area scout for the Bears from 1998-2004 and replaces Jerry Angelo, who was fired after an injury-riddled 8-8 season.
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GENARO C. ARMAS
01/28/12 12:17 PM
For decades, Joe Paterno was the public face of Penn State. For almost as long, his near-constant companion, wife Sue, seemingly wielded as much influence.
As tributes flowed this week for the late Hall of Fame coach, the extent of Sue Paterno's sway on her husband, the football program and the university became obvious, for those watching in or outside of Happy Valley.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 11:57 AM
An outbreak of flu-like symptoms has prompted a suburban Kansas City school district to cancel classes in all 18 of its schools Monday.
The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/A4QYVR ) reported that the Raytown School District is disinfecting all its buildings and buses. Spokeswoman Cathy Allie says the work is expected to continue into Monday.
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CHRISTINA HOAG
01/28/12 9:30 AM
Students at Roosevelt High School have declared a food fight to win back peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Fed up with new, healthy cafeteria cuisine that features dishes like ancho chili chicken with yakosoba edamame and tortellini with butternut squash, they're petitioning the school district to return old favorites like PB&J and calzones to the lunch lineup.
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RUSS BYNUM
01/28/12 9:19 AM
As Gov. Nathan Deal seeks to boost state funding for cancer research and expand the ranks of post-graduate medical residents in Georgia, the state's largest teaching hospital outside Atlanta faces budget cuts that could require shrinking its own residency program.
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The Associated Press
01/28/12 9:15 AM
Nurses at University of Illinois Medical Center have voted to ratify a new three-year contract with the hospital.
Nurses represented by the Illinois Nurses Association voted 490 to 68 in favor of the contract that takes effect immediately.
Staff will get raises of up to 17.85 percent over the three-year agreement. They also have the potential to get $1,000 bonuses in the second and third years of the deal.
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