About 400 parents, teachers and staff packed the cafeteria at Monte Gardens Elementary Tuesday night, as the Mt. Diablo Unified School District board began to make painful… Read more “Mt. Diablo school board OKs tough budget cuts, including 200 teacher layoffs and shortening the school year”
Category: Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Mt. Diablo district to consider 200 lay-offs and cutting three days from the school year
The Mt. Diablo Unified School District board will vote Tuesday on making $48.8 million in cuts over the next four years that could lead to laying off… Read more “Mt. Diablo district to consider 200 lay-offs and cutting three days from the school year”
Day of Action for students and teachers to protest statewide school budget cuts
The Mt. Diablo Education Association is organizating several demonstrations of students, teachers, and staff today to protest $17 billion in state budget cuts to schools and colleges… Read more “Day of Action for students and teachers to protest statewide school budget cuts”
Mt. Diablo school board OKs $4 million in cuts
The Mt. Diablo Unified School District board of trustees agreed to cut $4 million to the budget Tuesday night, but that leaves many more millions that need to… Read more “Mt. Diablo school board OKs $4 million in cuts”
Would you vote yes to new parcel taxes to support local public school districts?
So, once again, the state is in a financial crisis, and the budget numbers don’t look good for local governments, including local school districts. Millions of dollars… Read more “Would you vote yes to new parcel taxes to support local public school districts?”
Does class size matter?
It’s been all over the news: how another budget crisis in Sacramento means another spring of budget crises for local public school districts, a desperate situation that… Read more “Does class size matter?”
It sucks for local school districts: Walnut Creek, Acalanes, Mt. Diablo dealing with layoffs, rising class sizes and closure of well-regarded alternative high school
Sorry, if some people find it offensive of me to use the word “sucks,” but right now, I can’t think of another term that applies to the scary financial… Read more “It sucks for local school districts: Walnut Creek, Acalanes, Mt. Diablo dealing with layoffs, rising class sizes and closure of well-regarded alternative high school”
Saturday’s big blow-out Music-A-Thon to save music in the Mt. Diablo schools
Faced with last year’s horrific budget crisis, and the failure of a parcel tax to pass, the Mt. Diablo Unified School District had to eliminate the 4th… Read more “Saturday’s big blow-out Music-A-Thon to save music in the Mt. Diablo schools”
Mt Diablo schools struggle in various ways to deal with next round of likely budget cuts
Tonight, the Mt. Diablo School Board will meet to discuss, on several fronts, what are likely to be the next round of severe budget cuts. According to… Read more “Mt Diablo schools struggle in various ways to deal with next round of likely budget cuts”
Mt. Diablo Unified gets new superintendent
The Mayor of Claycord is reporting that the Mt. Diablo Unified school board voted 5-0 Friday night to hire Sacramento-area schools chief Steven Lawrence to become their… Read more “Mt. Diablo Unified gets new superintendent”
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