AUSD school board report
I was otherwise occupied, but The Island‘s own Michele Ellson sat through last night’s school board meeting and issued this detailed report. Of the hot topics on the table were a growing population of...
View ArticleAlameda School Board approves capacity-increasing plan for east-side...
The Alameda Unified School Board voted just moments ago to approve the district’s plan for accommodating increased enrollment at several East End schools. The approved plan includes moving Edison...
View ArticleAlameda schools, the anti-bullying curriculum
It would have been hard not to notice that there’s been a lot of heated discussion in Alameda about a proposed addition to the Alameda Unified School District’s anti-bullying curriculum. The Alameda...
View ArticleSchool board meeting tonight: Alameda’s anti-bullying curriculum tonight
So, once again, an Alameda debate has hit the regional news. And the Christian right has picked up the story and run with it. There’s also a lot of heated rhetoric swirling around (check out the...
View ArticleAlameda Anti-bullying curriculum meeting continued to Monday May 18
The Alameda Journal‘s report on Tuesday night’s Alameda school board meeting is here. Both KTUV and NBC came to town and did stories. Passions were high in the over-crowded council meeting room, and...
View ArticleAUSD master planning meeting tonight at Haight School
Tonight is the first of three Alameda Unified School District community meetings about the future of Alameda schools. The idea, as I understand it, is to create a master plan for the public school...
View ArticleAlameda push poll on gay and lesbian school curriculum
A neighbor reports that she just got a phone call in which she was asked to answer a series of automated survey questions. Below is her best recollection of what she was asked: Do you care about...
View ArticleLife on the Island: Alameda Safe Schools curriculum
Life on the Island, the column I write for the Alameda Journal is up online now. This week it’s about the Alameda Unified School District’s proposed anti-bullying curriculum…the one that has generated...
View ArticleControversial curriculum OKed for elementary schools
No more breath-holding over the anti-bullying curriculum that polarized parents into clearly defined support and opposition camps. The Board of Education voted 3-2 last night to approve the 45-minute...
View ArticleNew faces in school district
At the July 14 special meeting under consent items the following personnel appointments were approved: School Trustee Mike McMahon reports these recent appointments at Alameda schools: Lincoln Middle...
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