Author: Carolyn Schuk
Schools
Unsubstantiated Allegations Against District SCUSD Contractors Threaten Real Losses for Students
July 8, 2015
Portable classrooms are needed at Laurelwood Elementary to handle next year’s enrollment, but before they can be put down, paving...
City Politics
City Desk: June 24, 2015
July 1, 2015
Commemorative Statue Commission Goes to Bay Area Sculptor Linda Serrao At the June 23 City Council meeting, it is expected...
City Politics
City Desk: June 17, 2015
June 24, 2015
Five Year Plan Shows Steady Revenue Growth, Surpluses What a difference five years makes to Santa Clara’s five-year financial forecast....
Schools
Education Desk: June 17, 2015
June 24, 2015
June 11’s Santa Clara Unified Board of Trustees meeting featured a balanced budget, a review of the first year’s performance...
City Politics
City Desk: June 10, 2015
June 17, 2015
Council Extends Convention Center Funding Through June 2016 Santa Clara officials are optimistic that there’s an avenue to retaining ownership...
Schools
Education Desk: June 10, 2015
June 17, 2015
The central new business on the May 28 Santa Clara Unified school board agenda was Mark Allgire’s overview of the...
City Politics
City Desk: June 3, 2015
June 10, 2015
Growth, Not Soccer Fields, Dominates City-School Liaison Committee Some assumed that last week’s Santa Clara City-School Liaison Committee meeting would...
Schools
Education Desk: June 3, 2015
June 10, 2015
Scott Lane Elementary: Signs of Academic Turnaround Santa Clara Unified’s Scott Lane Elementary School has the district’s highest number of...
City Politics
City Desk: May 27, 2015
June 3, 2015
Budget Forecast: Revenues Up, But Utility and Pension Costs Are Concerns Santa Clara’s 2015-16 budget forecast starts with a budgeted...
City Politics
Education Desk: May 27, 2015
June 3, 2015
New California Student Assessments Are Here After a year’s hiatus, standardized state tests are back. The new California Assessment of...