Board Brief

Board of Education Briefs: Feb. 7, 2012

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation outlining student success at Conley-Caraballo High, the District’s continuation and alternative education high school.
 
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Board Briefs: Dec. 13, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved an extension of winter break by one day, through Monday, Jan. 2. Schools, which will be closed starting next Monday (Dec. 19), will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 3.
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Board Briefs: Nov. 15, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved a format for interviewing candidates for a provisional appointment to the Board, to fill the vacancy that will be created when Board member Kevin Harper’s resignation becomes effective at the end of the calendar year. Mr. Harper announced his resignation last month because he and his wife are moving out of the District.
 
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Board Briefs: Nov. 1, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night agreed to move ahead with the process of calling a special election next May, to ask New Haven voters to approve a parcel tax to relieve some of the budget pressures caused by the state’s ongoing financial crisis. 
 
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Board Briefs: Oct. 18, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation from representatives of a group of parents, teachers, classified employees, administrators and business/community leaders advocating for the District to make another attempt to pass a parcel tax, to relieve some of the budget pressures caused by the state’s ongoing financial crisis. 
 
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Board Briefs: Oct. 4, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation from Superintendent Kari McVeigh about the ongoing work to create a Union City Kids’ Zone.
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Board Briefs: Sept. 20, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night ratified a contract that has allowed Conley-Caraballo High School to begin offering a culinary arts program.
 
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Board Briefs: Sept. 6, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night welcomed its two student representatives for the 2011-12 school year, Lily Nguyen of James Logan High School and Victor Benites of Conley-Caraballo High.
 
The Board also recognized and thanked the New Haven Schools Foundation, the New Haven Boosters Association and a parents’ group known as TFIN (Their Future Is Now) for their contributions to the District.
 
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Board Briefs: June 21, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved a conditional budget that includes a shorter school year, larger class sizes and reduced funding for after-school activities – and that’s a “best-case” scenario. The school year will be even shorter, class sizes even larger and after-school funding even smaller – and schools will be without librarians – if the California legislature and Gov. Brown fail to agree fairly soon on a state budget.
 
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Board Briefs: June 7, 2011

Standing with District teachers, classified employees and administrators, the Board of Education on Tuesday night voted unanimously to reduce expenses by taking a furlough.
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Board Briefs/Election Update

Julie Panebianco, an English teacher and leader of the Puente Program at James Logan High School, has been selected as the New Haven Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year, it was announced during the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Joan Wolfe, secretary at Searles Elementary School, was named Classified Employee of the Year. Read More… »»

Board Briefs: April 19, 2011

Should school grades take into account factors such as homework, classroom behavior and participation, or should grades primarily reflect how much a student knows?
 
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Board Briefs: March 15, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a report showing District-wide improvement in reading as well as progress in ongoing efforts to close the achievement gap between the highest- and lowest-performing student sub-groups. The information was part of a report from the Division of Teaching & Learning on progress made toward the outcomes identified in the District’s Strategic Plan*, based on New Haven’s Seven Essentials for Growth and Improvement.
 
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Board Briefs: March 1, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved issuing layoff notices sufficient to keep the District solvent in a worst-case financial scenario – in the event Measure B is defeated and proposed state tax extensions either fail to reach the ballot or are defeated at the polls. Read More… »»

Board Briefs: Feb. 15, 2011

The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation on proposed budget reductions for 2011-12, reflecting Gov. Brown’s state budget proposal and various scenarios depending on whether Measure B is approved by District voters and/or the Governor’s request for tax extensions is adopted by the Legislature and approved by state voters. Read More… »»

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