Category Archives: School events

Public budget forums coming up this week

By Roger Phillips | Published: December 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
It’s been two weeks since Franklin and Stagg held forums on the budget at which the public could speak out about which people do not want cut and make cost-saving suggestions as SUSD tries to figure out how to slash a minimum of $20.1 million from its 2010-11 budget. Two more of the forums are set [...]
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On the Stagg budget forum, electives, SLCs and Success For All

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
The turnout at Stagg last night was much better than that at Franklin the night before. I’d guess about 60 people were in the Stagg auditorium at one time or another and it lasted about 90 minutes, as opposed to 40 minutes the night before at Franklin. There’ll be more about the forums in the paper [...]
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Small turnout for SUSD’s first public budget forum

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
Tonight, SUSD held the first of four public forums on the district’s budget situation. SUSD is expecting funding cuts from the state to result in 2010-11 budget cuts of at least $20.1 million. The forum was at Franklin High. According to district officials, parents and caregivers received several phone messages in advance of the meeting. Yet [...]
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Raising funds for science camp

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
A crowd of third- through sixth-graders packed the cafeteria at Elmwood Elementary this morning for the kickoff of a countywide effort to raise funds to send children to science camp. Between now and April, students at numerous schools around San Joaquin County will be selling raffle tickets at $5 a pop. The grand prize, to [...]
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A busy week begins

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 16, 2009 | Comments closed
Stockton Unified and Lincoln Unified both have meetings this week, SUSD on Tuesday, LUSD on Wednesday. SUSD’s meeting will be a budget study session. The district is looking at cutting at least $20.1 million from its 2010-11 budget and may learn in January of midyear cuts, too. Click here to view the Stockton Unified agenda. LUSD’s agenda.is [...]
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The great pumpkin caper

By Roger Phillips | Published: October 28, 2009 | Comments closed
You know, the morning after a spirit-darkening SUSD board meeting, it’s nice sometimes to go somewhere and see kids learning and having fun. This morning, the Adopt-A-School program visited Pam Delgado’s fourth-grade class at Hazelton Elementary in south Stockton. Workers from S-MART came bearing pumpkins. The students learned about some pumpkin trivia and then got [...]
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