Browse past news stories for Special Education in Santa Rosa, CA.

• Board OKs tentative teacher contract (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:23:28 pm
  The Sonoma Valley Unified School District board approved some procedural items in a quick hour-and-a-quarter meeting Tuesday.
• Medical Marijuana: No Longer Just for Adults (New York Times)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 01:30:11 am
  Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D.
• Briefly: Nov 20 (Kingston Reporter)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:05:41 am
  See what's happening in and around Kingston.
• Briefly: Nov. 13 (Kingston Reporter)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:18:08 am
  See what's happening in and around Kingston.
• Teaching students life skills (The Windsor Times)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:21:25 pm
  The Windsor Unified School District is looking for businesses interested in hiring special needs students from the Bridges Community-Based School, a program that prepares teenagers enrolled in special education for their adult lives.
• School district seeks jobs for special needs students (The Healdsburg Tribune)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 09:35:01 pm
  The Healdsburg Unified School District is looking for businesses interested in hiring special needs students from the Bridges Community-Based School, a program that prepares teenagers enrolled in special education for their adult lives.
• Briefly: Nov. 6 (Kingston Reporter)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:16:12 am
  See what's happening in and around Kingston.
• Merit pay an issue again (Pensacola News Journal)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 06:10:46 am
  The Escambia County School District is considering merit pay for the 2010-11 school year.
• 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.
• Young patients have an advocate (San Antonio Express-News)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 04:13:07 am
  The putrid smell was overpowering. It hit Gertrudis Iglesias in the face every time she opened the door to her apartment or turned on the air conditioner.
• Hornets blank Redwood; play unbeaten Tam on Sat. (Novato Advance)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 07:16:28 pm
  Tamalpais High’s football team, which got off to a good start last season only to falter later on, is once again on an early-season roll, this time under Kevin Goyer, who left San Marin after two seasons and is now coaching the Red-tailed Hawks.
• Small ballot, big choices in Monterey County election (The Salinas Californian)
  posted on October 3, 2009 at 12:13:00 pm
  Higher taxes, education leaders and a new town are all on the Nov. 3 ballot.
• 14-year-old boy arrested after allegedly hitting teacher (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 09:40:59 pm
  BY KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A Cook Middle School eighth-grader was arrested for battery after allegedly striking a teacher in the face during class. The 14-year-old boy fled the Sebastopol Road campus immediately after the incident and was arrested two hours later in his driveway, according to police. His name was not released because he is a juvenile.
• Dick Spotswood: Are Marin taxpayers California's best cash cow? (The Salt Lake Tribune)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 04:29:09 am
  It's often been said that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. It appears that after a year, California's budget crisis has been utterly wasted.
• Many mortgage modifications push payments .... higher (USA Today)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 09:59:52 pm
  Tens of thousands of financially strapped homeowners who have asked lenders to lower their mortgage payments are instead winding up with higher monthly payments and larger debts on their homes.
• Santa Rosa escapee surrenders after three days (KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 04:16:34 am
  A Santa Rosa man who escaped from police turned himself in Monday.
• Santa Rosa County has fewest new teachers in years (Pensacola News Journal)
  posted on August 14, 2009 at 06:39:10 pm
  Santa Rosa County welcomes its smallest class of new teachers in nine years.
• Shriver brought mentally disabled people brought into mainstream (New Haven Register)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 11:18:02 am
  BOSTON — Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of a president and founder of Special Olympics who helped demonstrate that the mentally disabled can triumph on the field of competition and lead productive lives outside the walls of institutions, died Tuesday at age 88.
• Your guide to today, tomorrow and beyond (El Paso Times)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 12:03:09 am
  Jazz on the Rocks featuring internationally acclaimed jazz clarinetist Allan Vache with New Impressions and special guest Mike Francis on keys will be at 8 p.m.
• Exploring the theory of relativity (The Stockton Record)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 07:08:43 am
  Mark and Glenn Zaleski have harmonized closely all of their lives.
• Santa Rosa school bus fees increasing this fall (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 05:05:32 pm
  BY KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Santa Rosa City Schools will charge more for students riding the bus this fall as district officials grapple with a reduction in state funding for school transportation.
• Stimulus funding still a trickle (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 03:29:13 pm
  By CLARK MASON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Federal authorities have allocated barely a quarter of the $787 billion, and only fraction of that - perhaps $100 billion - has reached the spending phase. That soon will change, say local and national officials.
• Gilbert woman holding off grief (12 News Phoenix)
  posted on June 28, 2009 at 02:39:11 pm
  It's been nearly a year since her entire Gilbert family was killed in a fiery plane crash, but Melissa Pitts has barely begun to grieve. The crash of the Pitts' personal plane June 29, 2008, started the clock on a journey that has taken her through despair and frustration.
• Gilbert woman holding off grief (The Arizona Republic)
  posted on June 28, 2009 at 08:47:27 am
  It's been nearly a year since her entire family was killed in a fiery plane crash, but Gilbert resident Melissa Pitts has barely begun to grieve.
• Young teen not competent to stand trial on rape charge (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 07:35:17 pm
  BY LAURA NORTON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT A 13-year-old boy accused in a gang rape of a 15-year-old Santa Rosa girl is not yet competent to stand trial, a juvenile court judge decided Friday. Judge Allan Hardcastle left the door open to try the boy at a later date, however, should his mental abilities increase.
• A victory over autism (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
  posted on June 22, 2009 at 06:36:13 am
  By CHRIS SMITH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT His autism diagnosis at age 3 hasn't stopped Santa Rosa's Scott Rich from achieving his goals. The recent San Francisco State University graduate with soon be returning to the campus to earn a master's degree in special education.
• Jazz Ensemble builds community (The Windsor Times)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 01:08:47 pm
  Doctor. Retired college professor. Windshield repair owner. Third grade teacher. Vineyard owner. Optometrist. Agilent employee. Computer company employee. Police chief. Physical therapist. Engineer.
• Young family supports others battling cancer (Ventura County Star)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 04:08:57 pm
  When his mother began making fleece blankets a few years ago, Dmitri Young wanted to cuddle up with a domino motif. His son, Damon, snagged camouflaged covers. Orders soon arrived from friends in Detroit for blankets with Tigers and Pistons patterns.
• Summer classes few, far between (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 09:26:22 am
  Summer school has long served as the last hope for struggling students, offering them a chance to make up failed courses or bone up on the basics in time to join their classmates in the fall. Other students rely on summer school to get classes out of the way and to free up their schedules for marching band, ROTC or other specialized electives.