Education Headlines

• Bakersfield City SD pays $30K settlement to local church in property dispute

  A church that two of the five Bakersfield City School District board members have an affiliation with recently received $30,000 from the district as part of a legal settlement.

  March 20, 2019

• Coast Unified will stick with shared superintendent through the end of the school year

  The Coast Unified School District won’t be looking for a full-time superintendent anytime soon, choosing instead to rely at least for the rest of this year on the interim services of a half-time superintendent and part-time assistant superintendent.

  March 20, 2019

• State legislators want to make it easier to pass school parcel taxes

  Seven state legislators are backing a proposal to make it easier for school districts to raise parcel taxes. The proposal would lower the threshold to pass a parcel tax for schools from the current two-thirds majority vote to 55 percent.

  March 20, 2019

• Beiser says there is “no truth” to sexual assault allegations, but political leaders call for his resignation

  San Diego Unified School Board Trustee Kevin Beiser said Tuesday there is “no truth” to the allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him.

  March 20, 2019

• Oxnard school board to vote on potential layoff of more than 45 classified employees

  The Oxnard School District board will consider a potential layoff that could affect 47 employees and a reduction in hours that would affect another 107.

  March 19, 2019

• Layoff notices will go to hundreds of Oakland school workers to trim budget

  Hundreds of Oakland school clerks, library workers and other staff will receive layoff notices in coming weeks as the school district grapples with the expense of the contract concessions that settled the seven-day teachers strike this month, the school board has decided.

  March 19, 2019