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Keith Reid

Keith Reid has been a Record reporter since 2005. He currently covers the Lodi Unified School District and Manteca Unified School District. He also covers the San Joaquin County Real Estate scene.

LUSD Trustees call for bus route changes

By Keith Reid | Published: March 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi Unified Trustees on Tuesday night directed district staff to begin the process of making changes to bus routes, a cost savings of $2 million towards a $27.7 million budget shortfall. Here are some of the areas where savings will be found: Reduction in operational costs/staffing: $96,000 Routing changes, creating bus stop “hubs” for all grade levels: $560,000 Limit [...]
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From the Sacramento Bee: At least we’re not as bad as San Joaquin County

By Keith Reid | Published: March 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
State educators on Monday released its list of lowest performing schools. Nine schools (four from Lodi Unified) in San Joaquin County made the list. We’re still waiting on more specifics on why a school like McNair High was listed. There were three Sacramento schools on Monday’s list, and while education leaders there weren’t jumping up and [...]
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One year since courtroom attack

By Keith Reid | Published: March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s been one year since murder defendant David Paradiso attacked Judge Cinda Fox with a shiv in Department 25 of  San Joaquin County Superior Court, and was shot dead by a Lodi police detective. (Read today’s stories by Record reporter Scott Smith on that detective being cleared in the shooting, and Fox recounting the traumatic [...]
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More budget notes from LUSD

By Keith Reid | Published: March 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
It doesn’t matter much what the Lodi Unified School District puts on its board meeting agendas these days, the budget has been a giant elephant in the room going on two years now. Of course, unlike the cliché elephant in the room, everybody’s talking about this one. Tuesday night was no exception. As reported, there was [...]
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It’s nearing crunch time for school labor negotiations

By Keith Reid | Published: March 1, 2010 | 0 Comments
It’s March 1, and the next couple months are going to be intense as school districts try to slash budgets, and union groups consider what concessions they might or might not be willing to make. On March 4, there will be a variety of education rallies hosted by coalitions and union leaders. The goal is to [...]
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Lodi Unified supe answers budget FAQs

By Keith Reid | Published: February 25, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi Unified Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer e-mailed the following list of questions and answers to district employees today. Certainly union leaders and community members have many more questions about the budget, but this appears to be a pretty good sample of what types of things people want to know. Here’s the unedited FAQs. It’s also posted on [...]
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Grab bag

By Keith Reid | Published: February 23, 2010 | 0 Comments
A few random notes and news items. On the education beat… The Jim Elliot High School robotics team is inching closer to their March departure for Israel where they will take part in a 10-day tour of the country while also participating in a robotics competition. The school on Monday night was visited by representatives of the [...]
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Will Lodi propose a sales tax increase for public safety?

By Keith Reid | Published: February 18, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi City Council member Bob Johnson was in attendance at Wednesday’s City/County Criminal Justice Task Force meeting in Stockton, where city leaders and law enforcement talked about a potential sales tax measure to help pay the operations cost of a San Joaquin County Jail expansion. Johnson had reservations regarding voter reaction to a countwide half cent [...]
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Healthier meals coming to a school cafeteria near you?

By Keith Reid | Published: February 8, 2010 | 0 Comments
First Lady Michelle Obama is working with federal health officials to roll out a modernized version of the Child Nutrition Act, which will aim its arrows at improving food choices in school cafeterias. Read the San Francisco Chronicle’s story here. This is not an overly surprising development. Schools have began to face scrutiny regarding lunch menus as [...]
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Trustee tells teachers to pin budget woes on lawmakers

By Keith Reid | Published: February 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
Lodi Unified Trustee Ken Davis offered up what he called a challenge to school district employees on Tuesday night. Stop pointing the finger at district officials, and start telling state lawmakers that education cuts are not acceptable. “I write an e-mail to a legislator everyday. I write seven of them a week. It takes 60 seconds,” Davis [...]
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