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SLO County schools concerned with post-election hate speech

Written on 5 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

In the aftermath of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in last month’s election, the superintendent of San Luis Obispo County schools is warning local students against demonstrating racism and using hate speech. [Tribune] Though it does not appear the incidents resulted... (Continue reading)

Jared Springer gets a new prom

Written on 11 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

An Arroyo Grande High School student who is battling a brain tumor has become a local celebrity after being kept out of his senior prom by the Lucia Mar school district. The community is now organizing a replacement prom for... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar teachers endorse a strike

Written on 27 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 129 comments

The South County teachers’ union currently engaged in a pay dispute with the Lucia Mar Unified School District voted Thursday to authorize a strike. Representatives of the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association must still meet at least once more time... (Continue reading)

Lucia Mar teachers could strike next month

Written on 25 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

Lucia Mar district officials and representatives of its teachers’ union will gather Wednesday for a mediation hearing in an attempt to stave off a strike that could occur in less than a month. District officials and the Lucia Mar Teachers... (Continue reading)

Government schools and the state of the republic

Written on 25 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 18 comments

OPINION BY GARY KIRKLAND I start this essay with a bit of false reasoning, argumentum ad verecundium, which means appeal from authority. I was a teacher in government schools for 37 years. I was able to observe what these schools... (Continue reading)

California legislator calls for return to bilingual educations

Written on 21 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

California State Senator Ricardo Lara proposed a ballot measure Thursday that would reverse the state’s ban on multilingual education in public schools. [LA Times] Sixteen years ago, California voters approved Proposition 227, which requires public schools to instruct students in... (Continue reading)