Browse past news stories for Special Education in San Rafael, CA.

• Marinwood foster parent honored for dedication (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 06:21:42 am
  Single mom Mimi Katz has been averaging five foster children a year for the past 16 years, and she's still going strong.
• Schwarzenegger Calls Session To Discuss Water Deal (CBS 13 Sacramento)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:33:17 pm
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders plan a seventh straight day of water negotiations Monday, as the governor summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems.
• Lawmakers: Need More Time On Water Deal (CBS 13 Sacramento)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 06:46:30 am
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Sunday summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems, even as legislative negotiators ended nearly 12 hours of talks without reaching an agreement.
• Marin's senior tutors garner newfound experience (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 11:21:42 pm
  As she matched words like "cauldron" and "scouted" with definitions and related illustrations, 8-year-old Landy Chi-Chable had an unmistakable glimmer in her eye - the light bulb was flickering on.
• School Digest (Evanston Review)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 09:51:17 am
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• Novato Notebook (Novato Advance)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 07:46:22 pm
  Norris coming on strong for Astros San Marin High grad Bud Norris, called up to the Houston Astros earlier this summer, has experienced some highs and lows in his short major-league career; but it has been high times recently.
• Larkspur's Green Beans helps soldiers can wake up, smell the coffee (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 08:11:14 am
  Would you buy an American soldier serving overseas a cup of coffee if you could do it online? It's possible now that a Larkspur-based coffee company has launched a program called "Cup of Joe for a Joe."
• District scores still on the rise (Pasadena Star-News)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 04:35:17 am
  Editor's note: A Wednesday story on the 2009 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program erroneously said Pasadena Unified School District students had fallen further behind their statewide peers in English and math.
• Sold on love - and each other (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 10:15:57 am
  In 2006, neither Melissa Berry, now 33, nor Curtis Havel, 37, were searching for lasting love. Melissa, then living in Napa, was selling olive oil at the San Rafael farmers' market; Curtis, a city planner for the county of Marin then living in San Anselmo,...
• Kevin Alfaro plans run for school board (The St. Helena Star)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 07:29:28 am
  Kevin Alfaro, one of the leaders of the recall campaign against the school board, has taken out papers to run for the vacant seat on the board. Alfaro is the first person to throw his hat in the ring for the Nov. 3 mail-in election.
• New high school principal takes reins (The St. Helena Star)
  posted on July 8, 2009 at 07:31:59 am
  Julie Synyard has spent the last few months zipping between Berkeley, where she lives, St. Helena, where she works, and Los Angeles, where she’s getting her doctorate.
• Goyer leaves SM football job after two seasons (Novato Advance)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 08:48:54 pm
  After two years as varsity football coach at San Marin High, Kevin Goyer is moving down the road, to Drake High in San Anselmo. According to San Marin athletic director Keith Bergman, a teaching job in special education opened up at Drake and was an opportunity Goyer and his family couldn’t pass up.
• Call us at 707-579-2900 or e-mail us (North Bay Business Journal)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 10:13:07 am
  Mark Pounds joined Pisenti & Brinker as a manager working primarily in the assurance services and tax departments in the Petaluma office. His clients include insurance and high-tech companies. Mr. Pounds was previously a manager at Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf in Santa Barbara.
• Education leaders expand opportunities for students (North Bay Business Journal)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 10:11:27 am
  NORTH BAY – In order to have cutting-edge ideas in business today, a community needs innovative leaders in education. In the North Bay, there is an abundance of people dedicating their lives to developing the leaders of tomorrow.
• People (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 10:11:24 am
  Accounting Mark Pounds joined Pisenti & Brinker as a manager working primarily in the assurance services and tax departments in the Petaluma office. His clients include insurance and high-tech companies. Mr. Pounds was previously a manager at Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf in Santa Barbara. Construction
• Education leaders expand opportunities for students (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 10:07:32 am
  NORTH BAY - In order to have cutting-edge ideas in business today, a community needs innovative leaders in education. In the North Bay, there is an abundance of people dedicating their lives to developing the leaders of tomorrow. From superintendents, to business school deans, to principals dedicated to giving
• Federal aid to schools raises hopes, questions (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on April 22, 2009 at 12:59:37 am
  Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money may be coming to Marin's schools, but school officials say the funds are unlikely to offset the effects of state budget cuts.
• Banking & Finance (North Bay Business Journal)
  posted on April 21, 2009 at 08:41:57 am
  Kevin Gross and Diana Benedict joined Redding-based North Valley Bank in Santa Rosa, Mr. Gross as senior vice president and commercial loan officer, and Ms. Benedict as senior credit analyst.
• School windfall of $5.4 million has a hitch (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 01:40:23 am
  To special education advocates, it sounds too good to be true: $5.4 million in federal stimulus funds, money that could offset the $58 million Marin's school districts spend each year on services for children with disabilities.
• Marin schools find state budget a bitter pill to swallow (Marin Independent Journal)
  posted on February 21, 2009 at 02:07:03 am
  School officials throughout Marin found little to celebrate Friday in the state's budget compromise, which cuts per-student revenues and could allow districts to ignore caps on class sizes.