Monthly Archives: August 2008

New leader for IBML

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 25, 2008 | Comments closed
    SUSD’s Institute of Business, Management and Law waited two weeks to learn who would be in charge after Principal Bill Parks took over as interim principal at Stagg High on Aug. 11.     Today, former Stagg assistant principal Shawnterra Moore was named interim principal at IBML. She greeted her new staff during a lunch-hour meeting [...]
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Grand jury response next week? (Update)

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 23, 2008 | Comments closed
    SUSD’s board holds its next meeting Tuesday. The short version of the agenda just popped into e-mail. And it appears the district may issue a response to the San Joaquin County Grand Jury’s report that was released on June 18.     The district was given 90 days to respond when the report was released. Tuesday [...]
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Two sides of the kindergarten coin

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 22, 2008 | Comments closed
    Earlier this week I spent my first full day in kindergarten in 44 years, following 5-year-old Antonio Quesada around in Janie Williams’ class at Mable Barron Elementary. It didn’t look much different from my concept of kindergarten, as you can see from the video that accompanied the article.    Apparently, though, the only reason it didn’t [...]
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Ranking large districts on test scores

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 16, 2008 | Comments closed
    Last month, I compiled a list of the 40 largest districts in California and their dropouts rates. Stockton Unified’s dropout rate was the highest in the state among the 40 largest districts.     Thursday, the state released its latest batch of data — STAR test results. So here goes, the 40 largest districts in the [...]
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Bits and pieces re: Stagg, Anderson, Parks, IBML

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 13, 2008 | Comments closed
   As mentioned in today’s article, it’s tough to say what role — if any — former Stagg High principal Jessica Anderson’s past stated opposition to the institution of small learning communities at the school had to do with her sudden departure. District officials do not discuss personnel matters and Anderson had virtually no comment last week. [...]
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Back on the beat

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 11, 2008 | Comments closed
    There’s lots to catch up on after a week off. For starters, the fields for the school board campaigns are just about set. In races where an incumbent opted not to seek reelection, non-incumbents have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to file if they want to run for a school board seat. This means it’s [...]
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Walton renovation meetings scheduled

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 1, 2008 | Comments closed
   Walton Special Center, Stockton Unified’s school for the severely disabled, will hold an informational meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to update parents on the planned renovation of the facility.    The hourlong meeting will provide details of work to be done as the result of the February passage of Stockton Unified’s $464.5-million Measure Q construction bond. Walton [...]
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