Documents Tagged ‘school board’
Berkeley School Desegregation through the Eyes of Carol Sibley
Archive Entry Date: 3/24/2010
A video narrating Berkeley's school desegregation, produced by a friend of a pioneering School Board member
School Expenses Error Discovered
Archive Entry Date: 03/13/1976
A half-million dollar overestimate in expenses potentially halved the budget deficit
“Shenanigans but no fraud”
Archive Entry Date: 03/03/1976
An independent audit of BUSD's budget practices found something funny with the money, but no illegal activity.
School Board Nixes Tax Hike Vote
Archive Entry Date: 03/02/1976
Director Louise Stoll's proposal to put a tax-rate hike on the ballot fell short
Bill Thomas Resigns
Archive Entry Date: 06/17/1975
Looming deficits prompted the district's business manager to resign under a cloud
School Specialists To Fill Teacher Vacancies
Archive Entry Date: 04/16/1975
Superintendent Wilson seeks to slim out the teacher and administrative base.
School Turmoil Finally Over
Archive Entry Date: 04/09/1975
Berkeley teachers appeared to have reached an agreement on their 1975-1976 contract
School Fine For Administrators
Archive Entry Date: 04/03/1975
The administration of experimental schools once again proved problematic for the district
“Teachers Vote ‘No’ to Strike”
Archive Entry Date: 04/03/1975
Disorder between Berkeley's many teacher organizations and their respective ballots contributes to frustration with negotiations.
Administrative Staff Cut
Archive Entry Date: 04/02/1975
Superintendent Wilson recommended cuts to administrators involved in early educational development
Bus Drivers ‘Sick’
Archive Entry Date: 10/73
A largely black and female workforce took action to achieve pay equity
Union Letter of Acceptance
Archive Entry Date: 9/25/73
The bus drivers' union accepted the school board's offer
Special Meeting on Negotiations with Bus Drivers
Archive Entry Date: 9/25/73
Minutes from a special school board meeting, convened to address the bus drivers' job action
School Board Considering Plan to Help Minority Achievement
Archive Entry Date: 04/25/1973
The school board and their audience "had harsh words for the report"
Schools Hiring Policy Unchanged
Archive Entry Date: 04/20/1973
Director Samuel Markowitz's bid to end formal affirmative action hiring policies fell short
Only One Council Radical; Pot Wins, Split on Police
Archive Entry Date: 04/18/73
The results of the 1973 election as announced by The Berkeley Daily Gazette.
School Board Advertisement
Archive Entry Date: 04/16/1973
More conservative school board candidates were touted as the only candidates with the right "intellectual capacity" for the job
Berkeley’s Outlook Hardly Promising
Archive Entry Date: 04/13/73
Three columns of discontent from moderate and conservative Berkeleyans.
The Berkeley Daily Gazette Endorses Fraenkel-Conrat and Roh
Archive Entry Date: 04/09/1973
"A broad base of citizens supports the candidacies of both Mrs. Fraenkel-Conrat and Gene Roh."
School Board Must Face Four Major Issues Here
Archive Entry Date: 04/9/73
The School Board Director laid out the critical problems the new school board would face
Gene Roh Fights For Quality Education
Archive Entry Date: 04/05/1973
Candidate Gene Roh, probation officer and concerned citizen, threw his hat in the ring.
YES on Charter Measure
Archive Entry Date: 04/05/73
The Gazette supported a salary increase for school board directors
Teacher Here Says Berkeley Schools Won’t Hire Whites
Archive Entry Date: 04/05/1973
Beatrice Tobias predicted "the end of decent public education"
Berkeley’s School Integration Program Proceeds Smoothly
Archive Entry Date: 9/2/1968
On the advent of the new busing program, the LA Times found cause for optimism
On The Way
Archive Entry Date: 8/31/1968
On the eve of the buses rolling, the school district laid out how it and the larger community had prepared
Berkeley ’68
Archive Entry Date: 03/31/1968
Five months before the buses would roll, the BUSD explained how school desegregation would work