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This is what kids really see at school ...
Every time I go out reporting for a story, I get way more than I can fit in one article.
I hope to use this blog as a way to occasionally share some of that information I can't fit in the paper. For example, I wrote a story for Thursday's paper about the Safe School Ambassadors program. The program teaches kids how to make their schools safer and is in 24 Kern schools. In the first sentence of that story I described many of the students...
So this blog has been up about five minutes and already everyone wants to talk about teacher pay.
OK. Let's talk about teacher pay. It's an especially timely topic as the Bakersfield City School District and Bakersfield Elementary Teachers Association have reached an impasse in contract negotiations. That means a state mediator is about to get involved. BCSD Superintendent Mike Lingo said everything the teachers want will cost the district $14.9 million for one year, which is...
I'm Lisa Schencker, The Bakersfield Californian's education reporter. I write about students, parents, school boards, teachers, administrators, budgets, and successes and challenges in our schools.
This is an interesting time for education both in Kern County and across the nation. No Child Left Behind has changed the face of education. School is a much different place today than it was even 10 years ago. Kern County's schools are also among the fastest growing in the state. My goal is to...
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