LINCOLN BLVD — With the snip of a pair of average-size scissors, the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica on Wednesday cut the ribbon on its Club Tech Center of Excellence, an upgrade in hardware and software for its kids, courtesy of Microsoft.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — All 10 nurses currently working in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will keep their jobs for the 2011-12 school year, although the details of what kind of support staff they will have haven’t been worked out.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — For this year only, seniors and eighth graders will get the chance to attend graduation and other end-of-the-year events despite violating the district’s controlled substance policy.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — After nearly two years of work, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District officials and members of the Special Education District Advisory Committee completed their magnum opus — an analysis of the past decade of income and spending on special education, district wide.
CITY HALL — Over six months after voters approved a half-cent sales tax, City Hall approved a deal with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District to split the revenues in exchange for access to high school sports facilities.
SMC — A restaurateur and a math professor are recipients of the 2011 Alumni Recognition Awards issued by the Santa Monica College Foundation, it was announced last week.
SMC — A state bill with roots in Santa Monica would overhaul the way community colleges pay for some classes in an effort to increase course offerings.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — The school board voted unanimously Thursday night to reconvene a citizen-led committee to look at the possibility of a future parcel tax and bond measure.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Nearly half of the nurses that received layoff notices from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will get to keep their jobs under a new proposal put forward by the superintendent, but critics say the plan ignores recommendations made by a committee which held cuts to zero
SMMUSD HDQTRS — In the wake of Monday’s release of Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Chief Financial Officer Jan Maez was left shaking her head.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s newest superintendent will start at $230,000 in base pay, but will not receive all the same perks or the work schedule that her predecessor enjoyed, according to the contract released Monday by district officials.
SMMUSD HDQTRS — Public schools here are excelling in preparing students of color for college, but are failing to make significant progress in closing the achievement gap that exists between white and minority students, according to a report released last month by an educational advocacy group.
