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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School board okays anti-bully book list
1, April 14, 2010 – 4:50 am | 2 Comments
School board okays anti-bully book list

The Alameda Board of Education voted to approve the use of 21 new books intended to broaden representation of people of different races and ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations and people with disabilities in the Island’s …

School board to consider books to replace Lesson 9
1, April 13, 2010 – 5:00 am | 4 Comments
School board to consider books to replace Lesson 9

Alameda’s Board of Education is set to consider a list of books for grade schoolers at its meeting tonight that’s intended to bolster the school district’s anti-bullying efforts – and replace the district’s anti-gay bullying …

Draft anti-bullying book list presented
1, March 24, 2010 – 5:00 am | 4 Comments
Draft anti-bullying book list presented

School district officials are working on a list of books for grade schoolers aimed at curbing bullying based on race, religion and a variety of other factors.
The effort is an outgrowth of the Board of …

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 …

Proposed anti-bullying books available for review
1, March 8, 2010 – 5:50 am | One Comment
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 books from the California Department of Education’s recommended …

Parents launch fresh suit to quash Lesson 9
1, February 19, 2010 – 5:45 am | 4 Comments
Parents launch fresh suit to quash Lesson 9

Updated 6:00 a.m. Friday, February 19
A pair of Alameda parents is suing the school district and school board, claiming the board violated the Brown Act by voting to readopt the anti-gay bullying Lesson 9 and …

PARENTS LAUNCH FRESH SUIT TO QUASH LESSON 9
1, February 18, 2010 – 3:39 pm | 2 Comments
PARENTS LAUNCH FRESH SUIT TO QUASH LESSON 9

A pair of Alameda parents is suing the school district and school board, claiming the board violated the Brown Act by voting to readopt the anti-gay bullying Lesson 9 and to adopt accompanying literature that …

School board recall proponents drop bid
1, December 29, 2009 – 6:00 am | 8 Comments
School board recall proponents drop bid

Proponents of an effort to recall three school board members who voted to implement an anti-gay bullying curriculum in Alameda’s elementary schools have called a halt to those efforts.
“S.E.R.V.E. Alameda, proponents of the Recall of …

RECALL RECALLED
1, December 28, 2009 – 3:23 pm | 2 Comments
RECALL RECALLED

Proponents of a recall of three school board members who voted to implement anti-gay bullying lessons in Alameda’s public schools have called a halt to their recall efforts.
“S.E.R.V.E. Alameda, proponents of the Recall of Jensen, …

Eve Pearlman: Public schools and diversity
1, December 11, 2009 – 6:00 am | 18 Comments
Eve Pearlman: Public schools and diversity

As a Jewish person, or a person of Jewish ancestry, or a non-religious, Jewish-identified person – or however you like to describe me (and you would think I would have adopted an appropriate phrase after …

SCHOOL BOARD OKAYS NEW ANTI-BULLYING LESSONS, RETAINS LESSON 9
1, December 9, 2009 – 6:00 am | 3 Comments
SCHOOL BOARD OKAYS NEW ANTI-BULLYING LESSONS, RETAINS LESSON 9

The School Board decided Tuesday night to adopt new anti-bullying lessons for the district’s elementary schools and to retain a lesson intended to halt anti-gay bullying until new ones that specifically address bullying on the …