Article from MercuryNews.com: http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_19672171 Maybe you’re anxious about trigger cuts at your kid’s school. Or you don’t want your neighborhood school closed, or you’re outraged by an administrator’s salary. So you pick up the phone to call a school board member. How do you find the number? Only about one-third of the school districts in Read more
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_19525839 SACRAMENTO — As Gov. Jerry Brown gets ready to pull the trigger on more budget cuts this week, lawmakers and interest groups are bracing to see how devastating the cuts will be. While many in the Capitol are resigned to the worst, some believe the governor will do all he can to avoid cuts Read more
Link to original article: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&title=The%20most%20important%20unimportant%20number&id=167465 California parents, prospective parents, education professionals and other caring citizens often wait anxiously for the one day each year when they find out how their school performed in the annual API (Academic Performance Index) reports. That day came earlier this month. Here in San Carlos (as in many other communities Read more
Re-posted from the San Mateo Daily Journal – August 26, 2011 Adequate school funding By Shelly Masur It’s that time of year again — back to school, yes, but it’s also the time when all schools receive their annual grade. Test scores have arrived and the annual judging has begun. Because of the high premium Read more
Original article: Belmont Patch Sandpiper Elementary School was honored last month by the San Mateo County School Boards Association for its innovative after-school enrichment program. The Kent Award is given to schools in the county that have designed and implemented inventive classroom programs or unique non-classroom programs. “We are delighted that our schools have been selected Read more
Original article: Belmont Patch Teachers designed program aimed at empowering fifth graders. Sometimes the simple tasks of raising the American flag and emptying recycling bins are all that’s required to foster school spirit and jumpstart a young person’s involvement in service work. The Cipriani Fifth Grade Service Program, designed and implemented by several of the Read more
Original article: Mercury News A counselor in the San Mateo-Foster City School District has won a countywide honor recognizing her efforts to empower students. Kate Nasse received the 2011 Emily Garfield Preventive Counseling Award from the San Mateo County School Boards Association. The award highlights outstanding work in the fields of substance-abuse prevention, youth development Read more
Original article: Burlingame Patch BIS was honored by the San Mateo County School Boards Association for their Project Based Learning Program. On May 23, 2011, the San Mateo County School Boards Association (SMCSBA) presented Burlingame Intermediate School (BIS) with the J. Russell Kent Award for the Project Based Learning Program. BIS was honored along with 18 other winners Read more
Original article: Pacifica Patch The San Mateo County School Board Association honored two Pacifica schools, Ingrid B. Lacy Middle School and Ocean Shore School, at the Kent Awards dinner on Monday, May 23. The Kent Awards, named after J. Russell Kent, a past Superintendent of Schools for San Mateo County, marks new school programs and teachers that positively influence Read more
Original article: San Bruno Patch ‘Healthy and Green’ teaches kids to care for themselves, the environment and each other. Oblivious to a stubbornly gray sky, first, second and third graders at Rollingwood Elementary eagerly donned work gloves and began pulling tools from a wheelbarrow, explaining to a visitor what each is used for. “You use this Read more
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