Education Headlines

• School districts using new visitor systems that check for sex offenders

  Don’t be surprised this week if you encounter new security measures as kids return to school.

  August 15, 2018

• Pinecrest school supporters have 60 days to convince superintendent a charter is viable

  The Tuolumne County Board of Education granted a conditional charter to the Pinecrest Expedition Academy in a 4-3 vote Monday night on the condition that the charter school rectify 11 educational and regulatory deficiencies in their petition within 60 days.

  August 15, 2018

• Fired El Monte Union superintendent awarded more than $700,000

  A former El Monte Union High School District superintendent, who alleged she was bullied by a former Board of Education member and that the district did nothing about it, was awarded more than $700,000.

  August 15, 2018

• Murrieta district pays $11 million over boy’s school pool death

  A Southern California school district will pay $11 million to the parents of a 13-year-old boy who drowned in a high school pool. A lawsuit settlement between the family of Alex Pierce and the Murrieta Valley Unified High School District was announced Tuesday.

  August 15, 2018

• Citing spike in weed usage among students, Palm Springs Unified wants to place focus on more counseling and prevention

  Citing a report that showed increased marijuana use by Colorado’s youth immediately following legalization in the state, the Palm Springs Unified School District wants to prevent similar outcomes for its students.

  August 15, 2018

• Coalition says it has the signatures for a measure to roll back Proposition 13 protections for businesses

  Forty years after the passage of the landmark Proposition 13 ballot initiative in California, a coalition of social justice organizations, labor unions, elected officials and other groups is working to roll back the part of that proposition that lets many businesses avoid steep increases in property taxes.

  August 15, 2018