The Assistance League of Glendale had an open house meeting on Oct. 12 with a dozen guests to learn how the League helps the Glendale schools with their Authors & Illustrators, Scholarships and Operation School Bell programs. Through Operation School Bell, Assistance League members last year gave uniforms, back packs and books to over 500 […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District’s board of education held its bi-monthly board meeting with an array of topics to discuss. Summer school, building repairs, textbooks and various other subjects were all on the agenda. However, one topic seemed to overshadow the rest and was heavily on the minds of the viewing public […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At a recent Glendale Unified School District board meeting Assistant Superintendent Katherine Fundukian Thorossian presented the board with information on how the district is increasing its Advanced Placement class participation. “This allows our students to be college ready,” Thorossian said. Advance Placement classes are college level courses where students have a choice […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Senate Bill 847 has been approved and is now waiting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature, as of press time. This was the last bill to reach the State Senate floor Tuesday night. If signed the bill enables the state to funnel approved federal dollars to local districts. “California’s share from Washington is about […]
By Rachel KANE California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter #3 and the Glendale Unified School District reached a tentative employee agreement Tuesday for the 2010-2011 through the 2012-2013 school years. The agreement includes concessions made by the CSEA in favor of keeping the district in solid financial standing in light of the current state budget […]
By Rachel KANE An advisory report issued by an independent fact-finding panel that may have played a major role in employee labor negotiations between the Glendale Unified School District and the Glendale Teachers Assoc. this month is poised to be released to the public in little more than a week. The report came after the […]
By Rachel KANE Glendale Unified School District officials and Glendale Teachers Association representatives reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on contract negotiations regarding the 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 school years. The agreement comes on the heels of the release of an independent fact-finding panel’s advisory report, released to the district and the teachers association on Aug. 17 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Unified School District and Glendale Teachers Union remain in a holding pattern as they await the results from the fact finding report expected by Aug. 15. At the July 27 GUSD school board meeting Assistant Superintendent John Garcia ran through a Power Point presentation to help clarify the time line […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The James R. Brown Award was presented to Linda Evans at Tuesday’s board meeting of the GUSD. Evans, who retired this year as the principal of Crescenta Valley High School, told the board she was accepting the award on behalf of the staff and students at her former school. The award’s namesake, […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The leaders of the Glendale Teachers Association and Glendale Unified School District met for a fact-finding hearing on July 16 as part of the ongoing efforts to settle the contract dispute between the two parties. The two argued before a state appointed fact-finding panel, but were unable to reach a suitable resolution. […]