SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Like most school districts across the country, the Park Hill School District faces diverse reporting requirements for student performance programs at both the state and federal level. But administrators at Park Hill wanted to make sure that student measurement reflected more than statistics. The Park Hill...
OAKLAND -- Stepped-up security measures, including metal- detection wands and bag checks, soon will be in place at a local middle school in which a gun recently discharged in a classroom, causing no injuries. When Cole Middle School students return Monday after the weeklong Thanksgiving holiday, they...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A-' underlying rating to Fairfax Elementary School District the district, California's $4.5 million series 2008 variable-rate certificates of participation COPs, and affirms the 'A' rating for the district's $3.6 million in outstanding general obligation GO debt. The COP rating is based on the...
AUSTIN, Texas -- Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to the Bryan Independent School District, Texas' (BISD, or the district) $28 million unlimited tax school building bonds, series 2008, based on a guaranty provided by the Texas Permanent School Fund PSF, whose insurer financial strength is rated 'AAA' by Fitch....
CASTRO VALLEY -- In 1994, the school board passed a resolution exempting the Castro Valley Unified School District from any city or county building ordinance. "It's a common process used throughout the entire state," Superintendent Jim Fitzpatrick said. "I don't know any other district in the county...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Today a coalition of immigrants' rights organizations asked a federal judge to compel the Department of Homeland Security DHS to disclose information about a program under which it removes non-citizens from the United States without hearings before immigration judges. The program, called "stipulated removal," has resulted in...
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a globalleader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced thatthe Tamalpais Union High School District in Marin County, California, hasdeployed Aruba's Wi-Fi networks across all of the district's campuses. Thedistrict wanted to provide ubiquitous and secure wireless to mergetechnology into the day-to-day classroom...
* Co-ordinated bombs kill at least 28 in Baghdad attack on schoolgirls' minibus Suicide bombers first attacked a bus full of schoolgirls in central Baghdad yesterday and then detonated a second bomb in the middle of a crowd of rescuers, killing at least 28 people and...
Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) todayannounced that Govplace has joined its North American Channel Partnerprogram as a Gold level member. Govplace specializes in Enterprise ITincluding data center solutions for the public sector. Working together,the companies will position cost-effective, scalable and secure solutionsfor state and municipal agencies, K-12 school districts and...
St. Lucie Public School District and Becker College Move to the Top of Their Class GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Presidio Networked Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of professional and managed services for IT Lifecycle Solutions, is seeing strong growth in its solutions and services to...
Predictably, Utah voted red on Tuesday. Even presidential candidate John McCain, who lost to Democrat Barack Obama nationwide, carried the day here. Republican incumbents Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. and Attorney General Mark Shurtleff won handily, as did congressional representatives Rob Bishop and newcomer Jason Chaffetz. A red...
Voters appeared to be rejecting three school district's bids to raise taxes, but voters in Fountain Fort Carson School District 8 were favoring the district's first request in 30 years for a tax increase. A fifth district, Academy School District 20, was winning voter's approval to move...
SAN LORENZO -- Measure O passed with more than 73 percent of voters giving the San Lorenzo Unified School District the go-ahead to issue an $83 million school bond. Fifty-five percent of the vote was needed for the bond measure to pass. Measure O...
A bond measure that will help the John Swett school district in renovating John Swett High School passed with 73 percent approval Tuesday. Yes votes totaled 3,308 while 1,197 voters opposed the measure. That figure represented 26.5 percent. Measure A is a $20 million bond measure...
ARAMARK and Amerex Continue Leadership in Electric Deregulation Procurement Innovation PHILADELPHIA -- ARAMARK, a world leader in professional services, and Amerex Energy Services have introduced an innovative electric procurement product to the State of Illinois designed to assist educational institutions in managing their utility costs. Loyola University, Saint...
SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noah Education Holdings Ltd. ("Noah") , a leading provider of interactive education content in China, today announced that it has been named in a securities class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleges claims...
Why is it that here in Utah even the simple act of having fun in an unconventional way is seen as offensive? Every year on the day of the state meet, the male cross-country runners from West High clad themselves in dresses to show team spirit. Unfortunately this year there...
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