Browse past news stories for Union Elementary School in Union, CT.

• Elementary district asks community where to cut $1.4 million (The Galt Herald)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:54:45 pm
  In October and November, the Galt Joint Union Elementary School District (GJUESD) held three community forums to discuss the budget for the district. The school district estimates it will have a $1.4 million shortfall in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. The table talks were open to the community.
• Real Men Read (The Ponca City News)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 04:11:35 pm
  THE REV. Mike Smith of First United Methodist Church reads Tuesday morning with third graders Tyler Baugas, Brendon Burton and Kaden Rowe as part of "Real Men Read" at Union Elementary School.
• Thanksgiving closures (Lodi News-Sentinel)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 10:31:00 am
  The Lodi News-Sentinel office will be closed Thursday, but a paper will be published.
• Grants affect students, teachers around district (Southlake Times)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:45:35 am
  On Oct.29 the Dragon Drum Corps could be heard playing cadences and seen marching through the halls of eight CISD campuses. The occasion for drums in the hall was the Carroll Education Foundation Grant Patrol.
• Collins to kids: 'Be whatever you want to be' (Bangor Daily News)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 02:30:38 am
  UNION, Maine -- The kids at Union Elementary School may be too young to vote, but they were thrilled Tuesday afternoon to meet one of the country's most influential politicians -- and the feeling …
• Government roundup: Courthouse contract awarded (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 01:58:22 am
  A San Jose firm was awarded a nearly $22 million design and construction contract for the new federal courthouse in downtown Bakersfield, city officials have learned. The announcement came Tuesday from the federal General Services Administration, which awarded the stimulus funds to Gilbane Building Co. and NBBJ Architects.
• Around Oakley: Community groups ready for holiday season (Oakley News)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 06:39:07 pm
  HARD TO BELIEVE but now that Thanksgiving is past, it is less than a month until Christmas. Oakley is just like other communities gearing up for the big day with local groups and organizations working on raising money and promoting their activities during the holidays.
• Sterling school superintendent retiring (The Norwich Bulletin)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 05:28:13 am
  School Superintendent Richard Spurling originally told the Board of Education he hoped to leave the position he’s held since July 2001 on Dec. 1, but then agreed to remain on the job while the board seeks a new superintendent. “I’ll probably remain here at least into January,” he said.
• Corning woman killed; boyfriend arrested (Willows Journal)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 02:18:35 am
  A 55-year-old Corning woman was killed Monday and her live-in boyfriend arrested in connection with her death, the Corning police reported. Linda I. Griggs was found dead in the kitchen of her home in the 1400 block of Chicago Avenue after police...
• Regional Roundup (Lodi News-Sentinel)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 08:16:10 am
  Lodi Citizens in Action, in conjunction with TEA Party Patriots, is hosting a rally to bring awareness to local farmers today at Salas Park from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
• Andy Shapiro, It Takes a Village: Community members contribute to a meaningful education (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 09:36:51 am
  A meaningful education should touch the heart as well as the mind. That is among the many reasons that I invite a wide variety of guests to share their stories with my students.
• RBUESD students of trimester (Red Bluff Daily News)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 04:45:08 pm
  Red Bluff Union Elementary School District Students Ricky Ornelas, Caitlin Ruszcyk, Brittany Lawley and Johanna White were named students of the trimester.
• LODI (Lodi News-Sentinel)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 10:46:00 am
  TEA party today in Salas Park Lodi Citizens in Action, in conjunction with TEA Party Patriots, is hosting a rally to bring awareness to local farmers today at Salas Park from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
• Soquel Schools Discuss Impacts of Enrollment Trends (The Mid-County Post)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 03:35:04 am
  Superintendent Kathleen Howard is delighted that after years of declining enrollment, her Soquel Union Elementary School District has seen that trend reverse with two years of enrollment growth. The extra students, however, did not move into the neighborhoods with plenty of room in the schools.
• Westside School students 'adopt-a-business' (Los Banos Enterprise)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:02:25 pm
  Westside Union Elementary School started a program at the beginning of the school year that administration and staff members are sure will benefit the student body and the campus' surrounding downtown area.
• Bonny Doon fills open school board spots (Press-Banner)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 06:41:10 am
  Cresson Fraley and Scott Lipscomb were selected from seven candidates to replace board members Sam Clarkson and Tyler Bourcier on the Bonny Doon Union Elementary School board.
• Supe greeted with smiles - mostly (Morgan Hill Times)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:37:20 am
  New superintendent Dr. Wes Smith, right, observes Beth Pools' food class at Ann Sobrato High School Monday morning with Principal Debbie Padilla and school board President Don Moody. Photo by: Lora Schraft New Superintendent Dr. Wesley Smith was escorted around P.A. Walsh Elementary School Tuesday, admiring the playground, portables and friendly staff and students there. He chatted with students ...
• NU looks at academics with a sports eye By CHAD WILLIAMSON (Marysville Journal-Tribune)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 12:46:14 pm
  Selects district’s all-league academic ‘teams’ Charts and statistics can be boring and lose a crowd instantly. Based on this, North Union Curriculum Coordinator Dave Baker decided to honor the district’s academic progress using sports terminology.
• Schools, employees reach pact settlement (Corning Observer)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 05:59:55 am
  Corning Union Elementary School District recently reached contract agreements with its classified and certified employee unions for the 2009-2010 school year. The contracts are subject to ratification by the employee groups. "This is the third...
• Northington eyes school chief post (The Union Democrat)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 04:22:44 am
  Kathy Northington, superintendent of the Mark Twain Union Elementary School District, has chalked in her name as a candidate for county superintendent of schools. Northington, a 32-year veteran of Calaveras County schools, is the first to announce her intention to run for the position. Current Superintendent John Brophy intends to retire when his third term ends in December next year.
• The boys are back (Calaveras Enterprise)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:11:58 am
  Sixth-grade girls basketball games have become a bit of a stroll down memory lane at Mark Twain Union Elementary School this year.
• Bavaro waiting on final vote count (Modesto Bee)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 08:01:44 am
  The outcome of the Empire Union Elementary school board race is still uncertain a week after the ele
• All Dates for this Event: (The Inter-Mountain)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 05:13:51 am
  LONGABERGER BASKET BINGO hosted by Union Elementary School PTO will begin at 2 p.m. Dec. 5 at the school. Twenty games of bingo will be played. Tickets are $20 each. Other activities will include raffles and a concession stand.
• 30 years on the job (Red Bluff Daily News)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 01:51:01 am
  Red Bluff Union Elementary School District honored Richard Hart for his 30 years of service to the district on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Hart has served as the senior custodian at Bidwell School since July 1979.
• Superintendent leaving (Anderson Valley Post)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 05:57:18 pm
  Cascade Union Elementary School District will be seeking a new superintendent in the near future as Dr. Wes Smith takes a similar post in Morgan Hill.
• Fairsite ready to get kids ready to succeed in school (The Galt Herald)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 10:51:23 am
  The Fairsite School Readiness Center held a grand opening on Oct. 8. Community members, business leaders, parents and their children were all invited to stop by to see all that the new center has to offer. The center focuses on children from birth to age 5 before they enroll in kindergarten.
• School districts likely to face ax as state deficit grows (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 09:37:21 am
  SANTA CRUZ -- With the projected state budget deficit expected to reach $7 billion by next summer, educators are bracing for the possibility of more cuts this academic year -- even before they even finalize spending plans for next year.
• Measure C passes (The Lake County Record-Bee)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 06:33:47 am
  LAKE COUNTY Youth program funding and safety resonated in the minds of Measure C supporters and opponents after the Tuesday election.
• Transportation faces half-million-dollar budget deficit for next year (The Galt Herald)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:40:38 pm
  Though there are no plans at this time to charge families for busing service or to eliminate routes, the Galt elementary school district is facing a half-million dollar transportation budget shortfall in 2009-2010, and all aspects of transportation are being examined.
• UPDATED: Wes Smith takes job at Morgan Hill (Anderson Valley Post)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:42:17 pm
  Cascade Union Elementary School District will be seeking a new superintendent in the near future. After a closed session board meeting last night, Morgan Hill’s school board decided to hire Dr. Wes Smith, 40, as their superintendent starting Nov. 16.