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Stacy Rich-Palafox April 10, 2013 at 07:30 pm
Stacy Rich-Palafox April 10, 2013 at 06:49 pm
Please read San Bruno's Patch where Principal Shanks makes note of the mistake the State of…Read More California made with respect to high school graduation numbers. Capuchino in actuality has a 94.3% graduation rate. Not the lowest in the district, but third highest.
Michael G. Stogner March 9, 2013 at 08:29 pm
R.I.P. Ruairi you have joined a very cool angel, my thoughts and prayers are with your family and…Read More friends.
scott f March 21, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Love our teachers, they are working harder than ever!
- Wonder if there have been increases for the…Read More superintendent and other administrators During the last six years. If so, how much?
- Millbrae Patch, Is this something you can you look into? Probably would make a good story. Leading by example, etc...
Angelina P March 12, 2013 at 06:16 pm
I disagree that students should fight the intruder at their school. They should leave it to the…Read More teachers. Though I do respect that they help the student at their school.
Ken March 27, 2013 at 01:42 am
I see I have no response. And I'll bet the majority of people would respond "of…Read More course".....
Sorry folks, to the first airport in Oregon ( Medford,35 miles over the Northern border) , and flight time to San Diego (Southern border) from SF are nearly identical. WTH! Congratulations Bay Area...you are in Central California....Teachers need to teach and be allowed to do so.
The Captain March 27, 2013 at 01:30 am
Like I said, proves my point most definately, and Mrs. Java had a burning comment but couldn't…Read More disclose herself-Patch staff are Trolls and proven. I rest my case! Psst, change is coming, that's fine, that's only cause you mean emails will be matched and confirmed with thd person, you know Mrs. Java, like you did - post a comment, "First Name, email, and password-thank you for joint Patch :) ha ha, so easy. That would be better, but it seems you cant afford it yet! Ohh wait, trouble, if trouble is what you're trying to get us into, can we include you Mrs. Java for your Trollness ... I think you should. Common there's nothing wrong with being fair. Let's keep that in mind for the "change" woooo hooo, little baby cry.
LGCRC Coffee drinker March 26, 2013 at 02:05 am
all of you need to step way to the left or get ready to get run over.
we are coming. Change is upon…Read More us.
Lean Forward
Andrew Peceimer February 3, 2013 at 04:20 pm
How much money did WE the taxpayers lose in this law suit? Who was the law office that represented…Read More us? Why did Anne Campbell think we would win?
Anyone know?
Me January 28, 2013 at 01:29 pm
Bzzzzzzzzzz
RethinkWaste is a joint powers authority of twelve public agencies (Atherton, Belmont,…Read More Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Hillsborough, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, the County of San Mateo and the West Bay Sanitary District) in San Mateo County, California
Lionel Emde January 27, 2013 at 02:37 am
Uh, "Rethinkwaste" is a part of Recology, a profit-making corporation engaged in…Read More extracting money from residents they collect garbage from. Why didn't the story clearly identify that?
Cara Bryant January 26, 2013 at 02:01 pm
Actually, the lice shampoo didn't work for us at all, but this worked great, and was much less toxic…Read More than the shampoo option: http://www.nuvoforheadlice.com
Also, our school said my son could go back to school as soon as he was treated, and they did not check for nits, nor do they have a no nits policy.
Scott C. January 16, 2013 at 06:24 pm
Hi Todd,
I hope to see you at the SBPSD Board meeting 7pm tonight where there will much discussion…Read More about the district's budget; including a report from an external financial auditor. Perhaps you can ask him do what degree he might (or might not) think that funds are are being wasted?
Tonight's agenda is here... http://sbpsd.k12.ca.us/assets/docs/board-agenda.pdf
One thought about your comments:
- In our private business, we are able to turn away poor performers and unprofitable projects, public schools are obligated to educate all kids, and deliver on unfunded state requirements. In many ways, they are already micromanaged.
Scott C. January 16, 2013 at 06:05 pm
Not counted is the disparity in regards to wealthier parents being able to contribute more time and…Read More resources to their children's education inside and outside the classroom. I think the Brown budget isn't perfect, but it's headed in the right direction. You can find the 18 page summary here... http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/BudgetSummary/BSS/BSS.html
Todd Mirkin January 16, 2013 at 01:08 pm
If I am 100% honest with myself, and this goes against my core as somebody who manages people and…Read More projects for a living, I would micromanage the distribution of the education's budget. Before doling anything out I would look at each districts budgets and expenditures. As in look at their books. If balance their budgets in a true to real life way, as in the way we the people have to in our own lives and private businesses, and the budgets don't show tax dollars being wasted than they get moved up the list for more funds. If they do 1/2 of the have above put them in the pack in the middle of the list. If they do neither to bottom of the State's educational funds list they go.
Unfortunately due to budget trickery, such as using one time payments to balance the books, San Bruno would be in the middle of the pack.
M Feldman January 12, 2013 at 04:46 am
Its an interesting idea. Now, though,who is going to pay for all the computers needed for these…Read More tests? To make the test fair, each student will have to take them at the same time. Where will the schools put them? Who will pay for IT staff to make sure they are operating properly? Who will pay the insurance for the computers, and for the extra electricity needed at each school site? Where are the facts behind the ability to implement this new plan? This plan needs more details explained.
navigio January 10, 2013 at 03:18 pm
Not only that, but CST participation rate is a metric for AYP, so a school that falls below the 95%…Read More threshold will not make AYP (not that that matters anymore, nor that it ever mattered for non-title1 schools like SM).
I would expect ongoing district assessments are used more than CSTs for placement for intervention given that there are more of them and they are more closely aligned with what is going on the classroom. If its true that schools are using CST results for individual intervention decisions, then I think parents should know that (and realize its probably a bad idea). Your school site council should have info on that since its job is to monitor things like that.
In any case, anyone who wants to opt out should also ask their child. They should have a say in the matter.
Louis Educe January 10, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Gail Ann, while you are correct on the parent opt out right please make sure and tell parents to ask…Read More the school/district what the STAR scores are used for with in the disrtict/school/grage-level. if the child is in the middle grades (7th and 8th are most important) these scores are used to make placement choices for high school courses. Many HS counselors will NOT look very closely at grades (A,Bs) because of the fear of grade inflation - unless you can make sure you child also have some non-biased, standardized (normed) test data their placement choices might be limited. If your child is a high performer you can have them start taking the PSAT in 8th grade (but they will be compared to 10th grade standards). At the lower grade levels the CST data is used to also make placement choices into intervention as well as higher level instructional clusters. Be well aware of the implications of withdrawing your child from the testing before you just exercise you right to "make a point"
Shripathi Kamath January 16, 2013 at 06:40 pm
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Sylvia Jones January 16, 2013 at 06:24 pm
I am responding to Shlripathi Kamath's post of January 15 which takes exception to a teacher who…Read More receives a 78% pension for 12 years of teaching based on a salary in her/his last year in the classroom of $78,912. The writer cites no source for the information, and as a retired teacher I am concerned that readers will take this claim as fact.
Please consider the following: teacher retirement in the State of California is administered by the state, not by school districts. It is based on teacher age at retirement, number of years taught, and birthdate.
Here is an estimate of what a California teacher might receive based on the profile the writer uses. It is based on the formula as I came to understand it in going through my own retirement process.
Using the writer's data, here is what a California teacher might receive If she/he
retires this June with 12 years of experience, a birthdate of 1946 and an age at retirement of 64 years and seven moths, her/his retirement stipend would be approximately $1,869.89 per month or $22,438.68 per annum. That equates to 28% of final compensation, not the 78% that the writer decries.
Tom January 16, 2013 at 04:26 pm
Good teachers of course matter and I think most of them are quite good. I have kids at SRVHS and…Read More CWMS and for the most part am pleased with how professional they are. Sometimes though we do run into a bad one. When that happens my kids are strong enough to work through it and be fine but the weakers ones suffer.
In our school system it is MUCH easier for the teachers because you have VERY involved parents. We are a team and work with eachother. I hate the teachers union but respect the teachers. I also think there are many things we could do to improve things for students and teachers but we lack the backbone to do it.
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