Browse past news stories for Special Education in Vacaville, CA.

• Survey Results: Vacaville Unified School District 2008-09 School Year (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:15:34 pm
  Superintendent John Aycock: Compensation package of $208,848 includes $176,598 base salary; $3,976 honorariums and allowances; $12,660 longevity pay; and $15,614 retirement contribution. Also receives 18 days sick leave and 25 days annual leave (222-day position).
• Program provides special students with day of fun (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 08:15:03 am
  Wearing matching T-shirts, Vacaville High School students Chris Water and Carlos Soaz exchanged high fives as they tried to make putts at the Green Tree Golf Club on Friday.The T-shirts they were wearing are from last year's Day on the Green, which Friday marked it's 11th anniversary.
• He works hard at being involved (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 08:16:44 am
  Chris Flask believes that education is the greatest investment a community can make.That's why he says he is one of six candidates running for three seats on the Vacaville Unified School District Governing Board.Having attended public schools all of his life, including earning a Bachelor of Science and MBA degree from the University of California system, Flask insists he knows the power and
• Salary Results: Solano County Office of Education (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 09:59:54 pm
  Certificated employees receive no paid vacation. Principals work 210 days per year and certificated directors, 220 days. Associate and assistant superintendents receive 25 days annual leave. Certificated administrators are entitled to 11 or 12 sick days per year, depending on the number of days they work.
• Budget lifts diploma hurdle for special-ed kids (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 07:42:11 am
  Changes to the California High School Exit Exam policy tucked into the state's new budget may offer a different future for thousands of disabled children denied diplomas over the past two years. The deal signed by the governor Tuesday suspends the exit exam...
• Budget deal could give special-ed students diplomas (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on July 28, 2009 at 01:22:19 am
  While fiscally insignificant, changes to the California High School Exit Exam policy tucked into the state's budget deal last week could offer a different future for thousands of disabled children denied diplomas over the past two years. The deal expected to...
• Schools' top boss to retire (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 08:17:04 am
  Solano County's top education official has announced she will not seek re-election at the end of her term, while at the same time endorsing a longtime county educator for the job.Dee Alarcón, Solano County Superintendent of Schools, sent a letter to county school employees last week, announcing her retirement at the end of her term in January 2011.
• Solano County schools' chief plans 2011 exit (Vallejo Times-Herald)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 08:06:24 am
  Solano County's top education official has announced she will not seek re-election at the end of her term, while at the same time endorsing a longtime county educator for the job.Dee Alarcón, Solano County superintendent of schools, sent a letter to county school
• Budget to take center stage during trustee meeting (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 08:32:10 am
  Vacaville Unified School District trustees will meet Thursday to adopt a budget for the 2009-10 school year. The special meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will include a public hearing.After of months of budget sessions and monitoring of the state's deteriorating fiscal fortunes, district staff has crafted a budget that addresses a $12.
• Retiring Pacifica educators reflect on their careers (Pacifica Tribune)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 01:06:17 pm
  IBL Middle School Teacher Maxine Bailey: A teacher with the Pacifica School District for 35 years, Maxine Bailey began her career at (now closed) Fairmont teaching kindergarten and continued to teach kindergarten and first grade for 15 years.
• VUSD cutting summer school (The Vacaville Reporter)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 08:17:26 am
  Fewer students will be attending summer school in Vacaville, but it's not because they're getting better grades.During a special board meeting and budget session Wednesday, Vacaville Unified School District trustees voted to approve a resolution modifying the summer program in an effort to save the district hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time when the district is staring at a $12.
• Vacaville Teacher Jobs Saved, Buses Cut (KCRA 3 Sacramento)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 01:45:48 am
  Federal stimulus money will help Vacaville schools save teacher jobs, but not school transportation.
• Questions/Answers (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on June 9, 2009 at 01:06:57 pm
  Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. POMONA - The change was noticeable in his eyes.
• Pomona's Prentice set to relate her experience with a child involved in drugs, prison (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on June 8, 2009 at 04:40:28 am
  POMONA - The change was noticeable in his eyes. Gloria Prentice, a longtime educator and activist in Pomona, was "hurt, devastated and embarassed" when she realized her son was ditching classes, taking drugs and committing crimes.
• Job fair busy despite grim job picture (Chico Enterprise-Record)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 07:26:41 am
  CHICO -- Yes, it's a tough time to be going into the job market, but Chico State University students who attended the all-majors career fair Thursday didn't let that keep them at home.