April 23rd, 2009 07:12pm
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I’m live at Sassarini Elementary School in Sonoma as the student council puts on a STAR prep-pep rally. The school will host an assembly Thursday night for parents to help them prepare their students for next week’s testing.
1:59: Students start to stream into the cafeteria which is decorated with blue and gold streamers. Posters read: “You are a star!” “Go far and be a star!” and “Seahawks for star testing.” …
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April 23rd, 2009 01:00am
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UPDATE: I have had a few inquiries about what it would cost to keep woodshop going at SRHS. Here is the info from district office: The approximate cost to fund all five classes is $82,500. The district is currently paying $33,000 for two periods of woodshop and the county ROP program is picking up the tab for the other three. That ROP funding isn’t coming back next year and the …
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April 23rd, 2009 12:43am
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Santa Rosa City Schools will lose 46 long time staffers to retirement this year. Added up, the number of years these folks have spent teaching, counseling and otherwise working in schools is about 960 years.
For the list of teachers, check here.
“We wish you the best as you leave us and hope to see you back,” said board president Donna Jeye Wednesday night.
Bob Thompson, assistant superintendent of human resources, noted that …
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April 23rd, 2009 12:37am
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Patricia Crocker has been named Santa Rosa City Schools assistant superintendent for human resources for the 2009-10 school year. The board approved the hire on a 6-0 vote. Trustee Frank Pugh was not at the meeting.
Crocker, who has been doing consulting work for the district, will work and be compensated at 80 percent of full time levels. She will receive approximately $120,000 annually.
Crocker, who served as superintendent of the …
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April 22nd, 2009 07:12pm
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No on Proposition 1A launched Tuesday, with former L.A. mayor Richard Riordan leading the charge.
“Whether you are a conservative, a liberal, a Republican or a Democrat, you should be against Proposition 1A. It was built on the backs of the poor and it will drive away the people who can create the jobs they need. Sacramento is out of control, and the people are saying enough is enough,” he said …
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April 22nd, 2009 06:22pm
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Henry Rollins, of Black Flag and Rollins Band fame, has been chosen at the 2009 Sonoma State University commencement speaker, according to campus officials.
Rollins will speak to graduates and their guests on the Rohnert Park campus at the two ceremonies on Saturday, May 23.
The Associated Students choose commencement speakers and are responsible for any applicable fees.
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April 21st, 2009 08:00pm
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The California State PTA has backed four of the six propositions that will appear on the May 19 ballot. It came out against Prop. 1D and took no position on Prop.1F having to do with legislative pay increases. Prop. 1D proposes to take more than $1.6 billion in voter-approved taxes away from programs designed for children age 5 and younger and use the money to help lower the overall state …
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April 21st, 2009 03:00am
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The Sonoma County Office of Education has provided the date, time, and location of high school graduation ceremonies in Sonoma County:
High School Graduations in Sonoma County
May-June, 2009
District High School Date Time Location
Cloverdale Cloverdale May 29 8:00 pm Cloverdale High, Football Field
Johanna Echols-Hansen May 29 8:00 pm Cloverdale High, Football Field
Cotati-Rohnert Park El Camino (Continuation) June 11 6:00 pm El Camino High
Phoenix June 10 6:00 pm …
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April 20th, 2009 07:50pm
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Jenny Diaz’s class of third and fourth graders at Coyote Valley Elementary School raised nearly $300 through their fund drive for Savethechildren.org. Students collected change over the course of three weeks, calling their effort “Project Newborn.” The United States Agency for International Development is quadrupling the gift, meaning the students can claim credit for more than $1,100 going to purchase basic medical supplies to clean and treat newborn babies.
They …
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April 20th, 2009 04:49pm
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SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS CENTERUp this week at Sonoma State University:
* Segregation and the Greatest Generation* Incognito – One Man’s Search for a Racial Identity* Energy Technology and the Case for a New Vision* Gay Back in the Day at SSU
SEGREGATION AND “THE GREATEST GENERATION” – Historyprofessor Steve Estes examines World War II veterans who returnedfrom duty overseas to fight not for equality, but for segregation. Thetraditional story …
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