Author: Carolyn Schuk
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...
City Politics
City Desk: May 22, 2015
May 27, 2015
49ers $3 Million Rebuffed, Kohl’s Plaza Project Gets Go–Ahead Last week’s meeting of the Santa Clara City Council was preceded...
Schools
Education Desk: May 22, 2015
May 27, 2015
New Central Park Elementary: A Blank Canvas Amid all the talk about new schools on the Northside, Santa Clara Unified...
City Politics
City Desk: May 13, 2015
May 20, 2015
The May 6 City Council meeting and study session brought forth several pending development projects and an array of sensitive...
Community
California-s Developmental Disabilities Services in Critical Condition
May 13, 2015
While Bay Area Water District executives reap a rich harvest from the public trough, some of the lowest-income Californians, those...
City Politics
City Desk: April 29, 2015
May 6, 2015
Verbal Soccer Melee Dominates Santa Clara Spotlight The immediate outcome of April 21’s Santa Clara City Council study session on...