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SMUD Recognizes Sac City鈥檚 Energy Conservation Efforts with $250K Check
Sacramento Municipal Utilities District (SMUD) officials will present a check for $250,674 to the Sacramento City Unified School District鈥檚 Board of Education tonight 鈥� an energy efficiency incentive to recognize the district鈥檚 commitment to conservation.
During 2010, 精品SM在线影片 partnered with SMUD to identify opportunities for reducing energy costs. From this partnership came an aggressive lighting improvement project that upgraded lighting systems in 50 campuses while cutting energy and maintenance costs.
Sac City Schools Closed on February 14 in Observance of Lincoln鈥檚 Birthday
All schools in Sacramento City Unified School District will be closed for students on Monday, February 14, in observance of Abraham Lincoln鈥檚 birthday, district officials announced.
District schools traditionally have been closed on this holiday, but, due to an error, the official 精品SM在线影片 School Year Calendar shows February 14 as a regular school day. School will resume on Tuesday, February 15. Teachers and principals will be using this day for a variety of purposes, including staff development focused on critical district initiatives and administrative prep time.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over long winter break
Holidays are happy times for kids on vacation, but they can be trying times for school districts hit hard by vandals, thieves and arsonists taking advantage of empty, darkened campuses.
In fact, school districts experience more property losses in the month of December than any other time of the year, according to risk management agencies. In light of this, 精品SM在线影片 is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over the long break, which begins Monday, December 20, and ends Monday, January 3.
Anti Youth-Violence Rally Expected to Draw Hundreds of Students Downtown
鈥楶eace Rally鈥� Culminates a Week of Teen Tolerance-Building Activities
What: Hundreds of teens from several regional high schools are staging a 鈥淧eace Rally鈥� to bring attention to rising gang violence and an increase in teen crime victims. Hosted by the Sacramento Youth Commission, the rally culminates a week of peace-related activities on various campuses throughout Sacramento.
Who: Mayor Kevin Johnson
County Supervisor Phil Serna
Supervising Deputy District Attorney Karen Maxwell
Students from Hiram Johnson, C.K. McClatchy, Grant, Luther
Burbank and St. Francis
When: Friday, March 18, 2011
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Teachscape Training, Bond Funding Update, and more
A Teachscape follow-up training session for principals and Central Office administrators was held on Thursday at the former Genesis High School site. The half-day session focused on the examination of data collected from the classroom walkthroughs completed by site administrators and district personnel between January and June. The focus of the session was to revisit the classroom walkthrough process (below) with an emphasis on extracting data gathered through the Teachscape reporting feature. The session emphasized the reflective dialogue that should occur after the data is isolated and presented.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over Thanksgiving recess
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays
Sacramento: The holidays are a busy time of year 鈥� especially for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.
In light of this, 精品SM在线影片 is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over the Thanksgiving break (November 21-25).
鈥淢ost of our schools are surrounded by homes, and we need those neighbors to join us in protecting these valuable and sometimes vulnerable community centers,鈥� said Sacramento Police Lt. Katherine Lester, who heads 精品SM在线影片 security services.
Neighbors asked to help protect schools over winter recess
Metal thieves, vandals prey on schools during the holidays
The holidays are a busy time of year 鈥� especially for vandals, thieves and arsonists looking to take advantage of empty school campuses.
In light of this, 精品SM在线影片 is asking the community for help in keeping schools safe and secure over winter break (December 24 through January 8 鈥� school resumes Monday, January 9).
鈥淢ost of our schools are surrounded by homes, and we need those neighbors to join us in protecting these valuable and sometimes vulnerable community centers,鈥� said Sacramento Police Lt. Katherine Lester, who heads 精品SM在线影片 security services.
精品SM在线影片 Teacher Selected for Expedition to Antarctica
Kim Williams of Washington Elementary is one of two 鈥楥oolest Teachers in the World鈥�
February 8, 2012 (Sacramento): Washington Elementary School
sixth-grade teacher Kim Williams will go to the ends of the Earth
to help her students understand the importance of protecting the
environment. Literally.
Williams will journey to Antarctica this month with the 2041 International Antarctic Expedition, led by explorer Robert Swan, the first person ever to have walked to the North and South poles.
Superintendent Raymond to Testify at Senate Hearing
Local impacts of Governor Brown鈥檚 proposed 2012-13 budget 鈥� including projected $28 million deficit 鈥� to be discussed
February 15, 2012 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond will testify about the local impacts of state education cuts before the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee at tomorrow morning鈥檚 hearing.
精品SM在线影片 faces a $28 million deficit for 2012-13 under Governor Brown鈥檚 proposed state budget.