Teacher layoff notifications okayed
The Blotter
* Monday, March 1 * BURGLARY: Police arrested Denise Renee Porter, 35, address not given, and Jason Santiago Inocencio, 22, no address given, on burglary charges. Police said Porter was arrested on probable cause when sh[...]
Running around town
Looking for a good reason to get in shape over the next few months? How about three? First up: Back to Life Chiropractic’s St. Patty’s Day Dash, which takes place this Saturday, March 13 at Robert W. Crown Me[...]
COMPANY WINS $1.95 MILLION JUDGMENT IN TELECOM SUIT
Updated 4:01 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 A company that sued the city over money it said it was owed from Alameda’s former telecommunications business has won a $1.95 million judgment after a three-week trial in federal [...]
Getting ready for The Academy
By Stacy Lawrence At today’s Board of Education meeting, Alameda Unified School District officials will provide an update on The Academy of Alameda Middle School. That’s the charter school approved by the Sch[...]
City’s got civic center vision thing
City leaders are moving forward on a plan to revamp Alameda’s civic core that could be put in motion in the next 15 to 18 months, Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant has said. The plan envisions new uses for the[...]
Island sports: Alameda Girls Softball Association
* Game Recaps Saturday, March 6 2010 – Opening Day * AGSA 6U Protex Wax Alameda A’s vs. Burger King/Astropress Firecrackers We were so excited it decided not to rain for our opening game! Charlotte Daly had a great[...]
Otis considers staggered mornings next year
By Ani Dimusheva Teachers at Otis Elementary School are proposing to stagger the start of the school day for the school’s K-3 students in an effort to preserve small group instruction time they fear they’ll lose [...]
Proposed anti-bullying books available for review
School district officials have released a list of books they’re considering to complement the district’s existing elementary school-level anti-bullying curriculum. The 39 books on the list, which includes boo[...]
Info on bus changes out this week
AC Transit is setting up information tables across the two East Bay counties it serves to let riders know about some major service changes they’ve made that will go into effect on March 28. They’ll have a tab[...]
UPDATED Ferry passenger apparently goes overboard, drowns
Updated at 2:10 p.m. Saturday, March 6 The San Francisco Appeal is reporting that the identity of the woman who apparently went overboard off a Friday morning ferry has been released. The San Francisco Medical Examiner&[...]
Island News, Schools
Teacher layoff notifications okayed
The Board of Education undertook the grim task Tuesday night of approving notifications to dozens of teachers that they could be laid off at the end of the school year. The district could cut the full-time equivalent of up to 102.7 teaching positions for a savings of more than $6.2 million. Some 46 temporary teachers could [...]
The Blotter
* Monday, March 1 * BURGLARY: Police arrested Denise Renee Porter, 35, address not given, and Jason Santiago Inocencio, 22, no address given, on burglary charges. Police said Porter was arrested on probable cause when she was observed walking in front of a school on the 2200 block of Encinal Avenue and that Inocencio was stopped and detained [...]
