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Category Archives: Education
Remembering Mr. Pew
The SCV lost a truly great man this weekend. He’s not someone you would have read about regularly, or seen in the paper or on Facebook. Rather, he was a man of quiet but profound influence, a man who lived … Continue reading
Posted in Education
24 Comments
Pendulum swings back to Hart
Whether Jeff has retired like Sanders or Favre is an open question. In the meantime, I’m left to stand up for the valley’s greatest football program, Hart High School, against the new kid who graduated from Valencia and Myers, who … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Shameless Newhall Boosterism, Sports
9 Comments
Assembly Bill could change COC’s class offerings
A bill working its way through the California State Assembly could substantially alter the way College of the Canyons provides some classes to students in the SCV. The bill, AB 515, would allow community colleges like COC to “establish and … Continue reading
Posted in College of the Canyons, Education
18 Comments
Name the new High School in Castaic!
You may have thought the new Castaic High School would be named Castaic High School. But this is Santa Clarita. Place names don’t mean much here, as Mike’s mental geography exercises have proven. And we like to name our roads, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Humor
22 Comments
Enough with the drama at Hart!
In a full-page ad entitled “Enough is Enough” in Sunday’s Signal, the “friends” of Gloria Mercado-Fortine fired off a volley of accusations directed at school board members Joe Messina and Steve Sturgeon. The ad starts off by alleging that “There is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Misc., Opinion
24 Comments
Insulting and Offensive
I have never seen such an obtuse, insulting response from a public agency over how money has been spent as I saw in today’s Signal report on the Hart District’s $300 million in Measure SA money,. Checkitout: I’ve been a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Politics
24 Comments
Seniority and tenure: on their way out?
A major blow to the job security of “senior” Los Angeles Unified School District teachers came this week as a result of the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a coalition of civil rights lawyers on behalf of students at three LAUSD middle … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Opinion
14 Comments
West Creek Academy: music, language and culture update
Music is the centerpiece of the curriculum at West Creek Academy, and details on the program have firmed up in the past few days. As we reported in Februrary, music is a required subject at the shiny new school, and students can … Continue reading
Posted in Education
21 Comments
On IDing Master’s Students
In the Daily Brief yesterday I stated, quite provocatively, that the righteousness quotient had risen in the SCV as Master’s College students returned to the SCV. One reader took offfense: So Jeff….you have “witnessed” TMC students all over town? How … Continue reading
Posted in Education
30 Comments
Cars and traffic at West Creek Academy
West Creek Academy has a traffic problem.
Posted in Education, Traffic
17 Comments