Education Headlines

• EdSource: Poll shows residents split on whether to extend tax increases

  Californians are evenly divided on whether the state should extend the temporary tax increases approved by voters under Proposition 30 that have helped lift schools out of the recession, according to a survey released Wednesday.

  January 29, 2015

• Fresno Unified recoups $550,000 after statewide Office Depot settlement

  Fresno Unified teachers are each getting $150 to buy classroom supplies as part of a $550,000 payout from Office Depot, which allegedly overcharged the school district and more than 1,000 other California government agencies for office supplies between 2005 and 2010.

  January 29, 2015

• Rialto Unified: Embezzler Judith Oakes confesses in newly released police video, audio

  After years of embezzling from the Rialto Unified School District, former accountant Judith Oakes confessed to the crime in a school district office to a pair of Rialto Police Department detectives.

  January 29, 2015

• Marin family crusades for schools to ban unvaccinated children

  Reed Elementary School student Rhett Krawitt can’t be vaccinated because his immune system is compromised. Fearing for his son, the boy’s father, Carl Krawitt, has launched a crusade to ban children who haven’t been fully vaccinated against measles from Marin schools.

  January 29, 2015

• Benicia schools superintendent retires in June

  Janice Adams isn’t waiting until her final day as Benicia Unified Schools District superintendent in June. She’s already donated much of her business attire to charity — including one outfit she would rather shear than wear.

  January 29, 2015

• Bursting at the seams, Berkeley juggling elementary students, classes

  The school district will use every square foot of space available at its elementary schools next year for an expected surge of about 250 students and could add portable classrooms if the trend continues.

  January 29, 2015