Friday, May 18, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown again calls for support of November initiatives to ease California budget deficit.
Gov. Jerry Brown says K-12 schools and both state university systems will suffer even more cuts and force tuition increases if California voters don’t approve a quarter-cent bump in the state’s sales tax rate to 7.5 percent and boost the income tax rate for people making more than $250,000 a year. Local school districts, including Glendora Unified and Charter Oak Unified, are projecting multi-million dollar shortfalls should the tax increases fail to receive voter approval. Brown's critics say the projected $16 billion state budget deficit can be erased without voter-approved tax hikes in November. Whose arguments do you buy?
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Education faces drastic cuts ahead if tax initiatives fail to receive voter approval in November.
Governor Jerry Brown’s May Budget Revise has raised the stakes for voters to pass Brown’s tax initiatives in November, or public school education will face even deeper cuts than expected. Local school districts have been waiting on the May Revise to gauge the impacts the projected cuts will have on schools. If the ballot initiatives to raise taxes fail, the automatic triggers will increase from $657 million to $5.5 billion. The new trigger includes a $2.8 billion deferral and a reduction in program funding of $2.7 billion. This equates to a reduction of 15 days to the school year. Brown said the state deficit has ballooned from $9 billion in January to $16 billion. Local school districts are still analyzing how the numbers will affect them…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Citrus College is presented with an award recognizing its campus-wide green and sustainable efforts.
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Wednesday, May 16
Citrus College accepted the inaugural California Community Colleges Board of Governors Energy & Sustainability District Leadership Award at a recent Board of Governors meeting in Sacramento. The California Community Colleges Board of Governors selected Citrus College as one of three winners of the inaugural Energy and Sustainability Awards competition last month. The other two winning colleges were Butte College in Oroville and Cuyamaca College in San Diego County. - Citrus College
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thirteen Azusa Pacific University students graduate on May 5.
Thirteen Glendora students graduated from Azusa Pacific University on May 5. The following graduates were among 1,400 graduates at the spring commencement ceremonies: Shawna Barnett graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Design. Sara Bruno graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies. Stephen Chakerian graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business: Accounting. Keziah Kantiok graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Vincent Lehigh graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business: Marketing. Jeremiah Mullins graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies. Crystal Munoz graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. Andrew Rehfeld graduated with a …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Food trucks offered a sample of a few of the best street eats.
From spicy Cajun to gourmet grilled cheese, Glendora High School hosted Taste-O-Rama, a food truck festival offering a taste of some of the most popular food trucks to hit the streets. Saturday’s fundraiser benefited the Glendora High School Band and Pageantry program and also included performances from the high school pageantry program. Food trucks that rolled into the high school parking lot included The Grilled Cheese Truck, Pie 'N Burger, No Jodas Kitchen, Ragin Cajun, King Kone and Sinfully Sweet Apple. The Glendora High School marching band can be seen marching at the L.A. County Fair on Glendora Day and at high school home football games. The band was also invited to march at the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade. Visit the Glendora …
Citrus College professor Dale Salwak recently returned from a "life-changing" trip to North Korea.
Dale Salwak recalls how in April he sat just 30 feet away from new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an event celebrating the centennial of the birth of Un’s grandfather, the late Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The event was followed by speeches and what Salwak called the one of the most elaborate firework shows synchronized to national music he had ever seen. Salwak captivated audiences during his weeklong trip in the North Korean capital, but it wasn’t passionate speeches on political ideology that had audiences spellbound. It was magic. While tensions continue to mount against the communist country for its nuclear testing, Salwak said diplomacy and cultural exchange is what brought him and a small American delegation to …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Have embarrassing prom photos? How about old photos of your junior or senior prom? Upload them to our image gallery!
Prom season is in full swing! There’s the prom dress, the tux, the corsage, the limo, and the tradition of prom that goes back decades. Do you remember your junior or senior prom? Have prom pictures of that vintage dress or that wild tux? Have any Glendora High School prom photos? What about embarrassing photos you’re brave enough to share with the Glendora Patch community? We want to see your old school style! We're paying homage to one of high school ‘s best memories with a collection of your prom pictures! Black and white photos, bell bottoms, or giant hair – let's see it all! If you have a great prom photo (or if you’re able to sneak us your spouses, or better yet, your sisters!) please upload it to the image gallery above! Have a …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
CSU Long Beach Professor Thomas Gufrey is named one of Princeton Review's top 300 professors.
The Regents take a 9-0 win over Charter Oak.
A CSU Board of Trustees committee approved freezing the salaries of new Cal State University presidents at the level of their predecessors
The salaries of new Cal State University presidents would be frozen at the level of their predecessors under a policy approved by a CSU Board of Trustees committee today, 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 tomorrow. 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 the committee meeting, members insisted that they were …
Eljay
3:18 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
It's real "nice" that everybody wants to keep funding colleges, but our states should only be subsidizing primary education. College is a priviledge, not an entitlement. Our primary schools are suffering their entitled education in order to fund secondary education. BTW, I have two teenaged kids so don't think I don't want it easy... that would be "nice" but our state can't afford niceties any … more ›