UPDATED: ALAMEDA FIRE CHIEF ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
1, September 2, 2010 – 10:43 am | 8 Comments

Updated 1:23 p.m. Thursday, September 2
Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler has been placed on administrative leave following revelations he used the city’s gas pumps to fuel his personal vehicles and that he had faced similar …

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Ed Board to chat about charters
1, March 22, 2010 – 4:50 am | 2 Comments
Ed Board to chat about charters

Alameda’s Board of Education is set to consider extending the Alameda Community Learning Center’s charter by five years with changes that would completely separate the school from the district. District staff is recommending approval of …

Getting ready for The Academy
1, March 9, 2010 – 6:00 am | No Comment
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 School Board late last …

School Board okays Chipman charter
1, December 17, 2009 – 5:50 am | No Comment
School Board okays Chipman charter

The School Board voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve The Academy of Alameda Middle School charter. The school, which is being eyed as a replacement for Chipman Middle School, is expected to be up and …

School Board set to decide on Chipman charter Tuesday
1, December 15, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
School Board set to decide on Chipman charter Tuesday

The School Board is slated to make a decision tonight on a charter proposal put forward by parents and teachers who hope it can replace Chipman Middle School. District staff is recommending approval.
If approved, the …

Chipman charter proponents make pitch
1, November 11, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Chipman charter proponents make pitch

The School Board on Tuesday night heard the pitch for a new charter that would replace Chipman Middle School.
Proponents of the Academy of Alameda charter laid out a plan to create a school that would …

School board tables charter policy revision
1, September 23, 2009 – 6:00 am | No Comment
School board tables charter policy revision

The School Board decided Tuesday night to hold off on a proposal to change a freshly approved policy on charter schools. District staff had said the changes are needed to establish firm process and accountability …

School board considers amending charter policy
1, September 22, 2009 – 5:50 am | No Comment
School board considers amending charter policy

In what I’m sure is going to be an ohsobrief meeting (ha!), the School Board is set to consider changes to their charter school policy that would, in the words of board President Mike McMahon, …

Nea charter hits language snag
1, February 24, 2009 – 8:00 am | 9 Comments

Tonight, the school board will again discuss postponing approval of an agreement between Alameda Unified at the Nea Community Learning Center, a K-12 charter that is slated to open this fall. No date to sign …

NEA CHARTER APPROVED
1, November 26, 2008 – 8:30 am | No Comment

The school board on Tuesday night approved a charter application for Nea Community Learning Center. The vote was 3-1, with Trustee Janet Gibson casting the sole vote against the charter and Board President Bill Schaff …

UPDATED Yea Nea?
1, November 25, 2008 – 7:45 am | No Comment

UPDATED 1:27 p.m.
Tonight’s school board meeting promises to be an exciting one. The board will introduce our new superintendent, Kirsten Vital, and its members are slated to make a decision regarding Nea Community Learning Center’s …

New Nea application heard
1, October 29, 2008 – 9:00 am | No Comment

The folks proposing the Nea Community Learning Center charter school presented their new-and-improved application to the school board on Tuesday night, offering a raft of changes to the application rejected by the school board and …