By Shari EMAMI About 100 Glendale community members, neighbors and teachers gathered outside the home of school board president Greg Krikorian on Wednesday evening, May 26, to silently protest the school board’s recently proposed 50% increase in class size and teacher layoffs in response to budget cuts. The Glendale Teachers Association held the vigil, handing […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After a Tuesday four-to-one vote by the Glendale school board, the district will be rescinding 22 layoffs notices that had been sent out to teachers in March. That is good news for the 22 but leaves 70 elementary school teachers and 13 secondary teachers still holding pink slips. “As painful and as […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The GUSD board meeting on Tuesday featured an awards presentation to some standout educators, then attention was turned to the job status of those teachers. The ongoing issue of layoffs within the district was again talked about, as parents and children from several elementary schools were allowed to speak in favor of rescinding the pink slips. Around 105 teachers have been handed RIF notices […]
By Chris BLUME The Glendale Unified School District held a meeting this week at Crescenta Valley High School to discuss the budget crisis that will affect the education of children in the district. In the state of California, 40% of the state’s budget is spent on education. Due to an anemic economy the governor and […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Negotiations between the Glendale Teachers Association and the Glendale Unified School District have intensified recently, and the main roadblock is a problem that is being felt nationwide. Because the state continues to pull funding for education, the district has proposed a new health care plan to save money for the long term. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After six and a half years as Glendale Unified School District Superintendent Michael Escalante is saying goodbye. “I need to start making up for all the time I spent away from my family,” Escalante said. Before coming to Glendale Escalante was superintendent of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District and had […]
By Chris BLUME Privacy rights for users of school technology was one subject tackled at the Nov. 17 meeting of the Glendale Unified School District board of education. After hearing from the public, discussion turned to a new board policy concerning employee use of technology provided by the district. Among the items discussed was employee […]