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After months of debate over teacher pay raises and health and retirement benefits, the Las Virgenes Unified School District and the Las Virgenes Educators Association, the union representing teachers, have reached agreement. Teachers won a 3 percent salary hike retroactive to July, plus an additional 3 percent raise effective Feb. 1. More ... Sixty Oak Park residents on opposing sides of the H6 school bond issue defeated in November met Thurs., Jan. 11, to discuss why the measure failed and what steps the school district might want to take next. Organized by concerned residents and community leaders, the forum was billed as a grassroots effort to support the school district in the wake of the failed bond. More ... Corner Pocket, a band formed by three Lindero Canyon Middle School seventhgraders, will give a benefit concert for Max of A Million Dreams Foundation at noon Sun., Feb. 4 in Hees Hall at Lupin Hill Elementary School, 26210 Adamor Road, Calabasas. More ... After graduating from Calabasas' Viewpoint School in 2005, Amber Shevin looked forward to heading off to college at the University of San Diego. But after just a year, the international relations student decided to move to a different classroom for a semester- one on the sea. More ... SPOTLIGHT- Oak Park High School students Nate Landers, left, and Anthony Donlon, both 17, perform "Food Rap" at the Oak Park High School talent show on Friday. More ... Stephen Corwin, 17, loves mathematics, but it was his knack for writing that landed him, his math teacher Steve Bacharach and Agoura High School in the limelight. Stephen entered a nationwide Texas Instruments essay contest asking students to demonstrate how a teacher has affected a pupil's academic success by using a TI graphing calculator. More ... All events (subject to change) are listed by name, location and time if provided. If calendars are modified, school sources are asked to contact us with updated information at this email address: newstip@theacorn.com. More ... The Oak Park High School Comedy Sportz will host a special charity benefit at 7:15 p.m. Fri., Jan. 26 in the OPHS Performing Arts Pavilion. The event is to raise funds for Transplant Recipients International Organization, a nonprofit group that works to improve the quality of life for transplant recipents, donors and their families. More ... SHOOT FOR THE STARS--Calabasas High School students Jacob Schwartz and Erica Wolfish, pictured with school Principal Dave Jackson, are honored at the Las Virgenes Unified School District board meeting Jan. 9 for their participation in the COSMOS program for math and science. More ... Calabasas High School's new grand piano took center stage at the school's standing-room-only winter concert recently. The concert, directed by Josh Barroll and Aaron Kohen, featured two allfemale choirs, Harmony and Vivace, a co-ed choir called Maestoso, two a cappella groups, Bare Rhythm and Unstrumental, and the school's wind ensemble. More ... College graduates are invited to apply for the 2007-08 Capital Fellows Program. "This 11-month program gives college graduates the opportunity of a lifetime to become fulltime policy assistants," said Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Woodland Hills). More ... Schools RSS feed |
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