Teachers protest state cuts; dozens of layoffs possible
Alameda’s teachers gathered in front of schools Thursday to ask parents to call their legislators and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to demand the not make further funding cuts to education. The gatherings were part of a statewide day of action set up to protest state budget cuts to education.
The gatherings come two days after Alameda’s Board [...]
Eve Pearlman: Swim together, right now
As you may have heard, come next fall there will be a new charter school opening its doors in Alameda.
The Academy of Alameda Middle School will almost certainly be housed in the current site of Chipman. The West End middle school is right now in its fourth year of ‘program improvement,’ a designation given to [...]
Alameda Soccer Club announces Islanders Select tryouts
Girls and boys are invited to try out for the Alameda Soccer Club Islanders Select (Class III) teams for the 2010 fall season.
The goal of the club’s ’select soccer’ program is to challenge players to realize their highest potential through better training and higher levels of competition. ‘Select soccer’ focuses on all areas of [...]
Your weekend: Alameda reads, reels, robots
Looking for something to do with the kids during this never-ending downpour? The Alameda Free Library’s got movies, crafts, author talks and even a visit from your friendly neighborhood Stormtrooper this month, all part of “Across the Pages: An Alameda Community Reads Program.”
The program is set up to encourage local communities to read the same [...]
WireAlameda needs your help!
I got a nice e-mail this morning from Howard Ashcraft of WireAlameda, the group that’s working with the city to get Google to plant their high speed fiber experiment here in town. Both the city and WireAlameda will be submitting applications to Google this month, and the community group needs information and testimonials from as [...]
Locals, city start America’s Cup campaign
City officials and members of Alameda’s sailing and business communities are banding together in an effort to help bring the America’s Cup sailing race to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2013, a move they hope will lift the Island’s profile – and generate cash for city and commercial coffers.
Development Services Director Leslie Little has [...]
Alameda schools in brief
*
Alameda High student wins national Girls Inc. scholarship
*
Alameda High School senior Anjuli Sastry has been selected as a Girls Incorporated National Scholar, earning a $15,000 scholarship. Sastry was one of just two dozen students selected for the honor, which was sought by 11th and 12th grade students from more than 90 Girls Inc. affiliates across [...]
School Board okays teacher contract
The Board of Education has okayed an agreement with the teacher’s union that will allow the district to shorten the next two school years and to temporarily suspend limits on K-3 class sizes, which will mean layoff notices for some teachers. The vote was 4-1, with Trustee Trish Hererra Spencer casting the “no” vote.
The agreement, [...]
The Blotter
*
Monday, February 22
*
CLERICAL CONFLICT: Police said someone challenged a priest to a fight because the person thought the priest was being rude to them. Police said the alleged incident occurred at around 6:10 p.m. on the 1400 block of Sixth Street.
Stolen bicycles: Green 2002 Dahon Boardwalk 20”, between 6 p.m. and 6:10 p.m., from the [...]
Island sports: Alameda Islanders swimming
New Team Records Set by Alameda Islanders at Zone 2 Championships
Maddy Delore of the Alameda Islanders set six new Islander records and Morgan Truong also set a new team record for 13-14 boys 100 yard breast at the Zone 2 Championships, which were held February 20-21 in San Ramon.
Forty-three Islanders swimmers competed at the Cal [...]
School board holds special meeting today
Alameda’s Board of Education is holding a special meeting today in the superintendent’s conference room at the district’s offices, 2200 Central Avenue. On the agenda: Approval of a contract with Alameda’s public school teachers, approval of an all-mail ballot in case of parcel tax, and closed-session consideration of a lawsuit, subject unnamed, against the state.
Carla [...]
