Friday, May 18, 2012
Student newspaper reveals plans for new university president.
After tuition hikes, hunger-strikes, closed-out classes and enrollment caps, Cal State Northridge faces yet another money issue. Office renovations for incoming President Diane Harrison are costing $243,292 in state funding and renovations to her university house will cost around $115,000, according to the student-run Daily Sundial newspaper. “This is a time of tight budgets. This is a time of cutbacks. This is a time of faculty furloughs. This is a time of students being locked out of classes. It just sends the wrong message,” 20-year CSUN faculty member, Professor Nate Thomas told KCAL9. But interim CSUN President Harry Hellenbrand says his hands are tied. CSU regulations prohibit him from shifting money from one budget to another and …
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University plans four days of Pomp and Circumstance on the Northridge campus.
Monday 6 p.m.: Cal State Northridge will begin commencement exercises with an Honors Convocation on the lawn in front of the Oviatt Library, featuring CSUN interim President Harry Hellenbrand as the commencement speaker. More than 1,500 graduating students are expected to participate. Tuesday 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Cal State Northridge will hold three commencement ceremonies. At 8 a.m., the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communication ceremony will be held on the Oviatt Library lawn. At 3:30 p.m., the College of Science and Mathematics ceremony will be held on the lawn south of Manzanita Hall. At 6:30 p.m., the College of Health and Human Development ceremony will be held on the Oviatt Library lawn. Wednesday 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Cal …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tamar Galatzan of School Board, District 3, writes about charter affiliate schools.
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Wednesday, May 16
Several years ago, when the state budget crisis began, we saw the first of the Valley Schools applying to become affiliated charters. Yesterday, at the Charter meeting, a whopping 24 schools had public hearings to become affiliated charter schools—nearly all of them from my own Board District 3 and the San Fernando Valley. They represent some of the highest performing schools in my district, and some of the last schools with a significant middle class population in the city. They represent a tidal wave of change, and I wonder what it means for the Los Angeles Unified School District and for public education. Is this the birth of a new system? Will traditional public schools become a repository for the poor and the special education …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Students failed to get the university to freeze tuition.
The hunger strike at Cal State Northridge is over. A dozen students at six California State University campuses failed to get the university to freeze tuition, safeguard current classes and cut administrator pay and perks. But they did get the CSU trustees to consider a single demand: establishment of free speech areas on each campus. You'll find the full story here.
Lilly Parks ends her high school swimming career in the record books.
Lilly Parks, a Sierra Canyon senior, Friday became the first female swimmer in the Southern Section Div. IV to win the 100-yard breaststroke four years in a row by clocking 1 minute, 5.57 seconds at Riverside City College. "It's a bittersweet feeling. I'm walking out of here as the champion and record holder, but at the same time, I'm sad that it's over," Parks told the Daily News. "I'm just really happy and thankful that I had this spectacular opportunity over the last four years. When I look in the record book, I'm in there along with so many amazing people. I'm always going to be able to look back and have those memories and just remember how much fun I had." Read more about the swim meet and Lilly Parks here and here. Follow us on …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Tell Patch readers which teachers you think are making the grade.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson urged all Californians to find ways to appreciate teachers this week, designated as National Teacher Appreciation Week. “Teaching is the most important job there is,” Torlakson said. “Ask just about anyone about the person who made the biggest difference in their life, chances are that person is a teacher. Let’s all take a moment this week to say `thank you’ to California’s teachers.” Here’s Torlakson’s top 10 list. For students: For parents:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The school is ranked 736th in the country.
Northridge Academy High School has made the U.S. News & World Report list of top high schools in the nation. The school is listed at 736th in the list, which also notes that it is above the national average in terms of the "college readiness" of its students. That figure is based on the number of students passing their AP examinations. Schools in the list are measured against a number of other factors, including reading and math test score results and the performance of the school's least-advantaged students. Northridge Academy High School at 9601 Zelza Ave. is one of 50 LAUSD schools that made the list. Nearby Granada Hills Charter High ranked 726. Chatsworth High School did not place in the rankings. Click here to see the complete U.S. …
Beginning with the class of 2017, students will have to earn a C grade to pass the core classes, up from the current D.
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education Tueday approved new graduation requirements designed to ensure that students leaving high school are eligible for admittance into a state university. Beginning with the class of 2016, students will be required to complete the "A-G" requirements that were initially adopted by the district in 2005. The requirements include a series of core classes that must be completed for students to be eligible for admission at California State University or University of California campuses. Beginning with the class of 2017, however, students will have to earn a C grade to pass the core classes, up from the current D -- matching the requirement set by the UC and CSU systems. To give students more…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Private foundations could be permitted to raise funds on their own to increase the compensation by up to 10 percent.
The salary of new Cal State Northridge President Dianne F. Harrison would be frozen at the level of her predecessor under a policy approved by a CSU Board of Trustees committee Tuesday, but private foundations would be permitted to raise funds on their own to increase the compensation by up to 10 percent. The full board will consider the proposal, which would impact all 23 CSU presidents, Wednesday. The proposal was approved unanimously by the board's Special Committee on Presidential Selection and Compensation Policy, despite protests being staged outside the meeting by students, teachers and others who said all money - - even private dollars -- should be used to reduce tuition or increase teacher salaries, not paying executives. During …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Here's why five Northridge and Chatsworth individuals are Unforgettable Educators.
The 12th Annual Unforgettable Educator Science & Technology Award was recently presented to Rosalie Van Zyl of Nobel Middle School in Northridge. It was one of five awards presented to area teachers. Sponsored by the Chatsworth/Porter Ranch Chamber of Commerce and Facey Medical Group, the awards were designed to honor local teachers and school administrators whose dedication and active role in the community inspire and motivate their students to grow, learn, excel and give back. Watch the videos and you'll see why all of these individuals are such Unforgettable Educators. The other 2012 Award Recipients, each featured with a video, were nominated by their students and fellow colleagues. They are: Kathy Zika - Beckford Elementary …
Linda Coburn
2:24 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Outrageous. I find it hard to believe the budget has a line item in it for renovations to the President's office and house. The cost of these renovations is outrageous as well. What the heck are the doing to her office? Adding a sun porch? Building a Starbucks coffee bar? If it was good enough for Koester, it should be good enough for her. At least until the University gets its funding back. They… more ›