Applications open for Sustainability Leadership Fellows program 19 Feb, 2021
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) seeks applications from Colorado State University advanced doctoral degree students and early career postdoctoral researchers to be a Sustainability Leadership Fellow.
The SoGES Sustainability Leadership Fellows program prepares future innovators and thought leaders with state-of-the-art science communication and career development training.
Over the course of one year, fellows receive training to effectively communicate science to the media and public, professional development skills and techniques, and strategies to build successful careers that incorporate meaningful science communication, engagement and interdisciplinarity.
Application deadline March 15, 2021
For more information and to apply, visit: sustainability.colostate.edu/slf-application
By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
January 23, 2021
| 7:33 p.m.
The Lompoc Unified School District board president’s push to hire an attorney for unspecified legal services prompted strong opposition from administrators about the unusual proposal.
Bill Heath
The agenda for the LUSD board meeting earlier this month included “approval of agreement to provide specialized legal services” and was proposed by board president Bill Heath.
He recommended that the five-member board approve a contract with Santa Barbara-based KVT Law Group LLP to provide temporary specialized legal services at a rate of $300 per hour for attorney time and $125 per hour for paralegal services.
By Kathy Chouteau
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) is preparing to open a K-12 Virtual Academy during the 2021-2022 school year. It will be the district’s 54
th school.
During the Jan. 13 Board of Education Zoom meeting, the district laid out its plans to open a brand-new school in time for the next academic year. At a time when many WCCUSD families are hesitant about someday sending their children back to in-person instruction, the new school will provide a permanent online option. Board members offered their unanimous support of the agenda item, provided some directional input and ultimately gave the green light for the district to move forward on determining the school’s roadmap.
Photo credit: Kathy Chouteau
West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) families are being asked to respond to a survey about a possible return to in-person instruction. The “Thought Exchange” survey aims to “gather families’ feelings around returning to school,” the district said.
The survey was released in the wake of recently-proposed legislation, Assembly Bill 10, which would require public schools to reopen as soon as spring if infection rates drop. Under the proposed legislation, districts would be required to reopen once their county has moved from the State’s most restrictive color-coded purple tier.
WCCUSD released its survey on Dec. 16, about a week after AB10 was introduced. Families have until Friday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. to respond.
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The Sequoia Union High School District agreed to pay more than $250,000 to Superintendent Mary Streshly in exchange for her resignation. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
The Sequoia Union High School District paid former Superintendent Mary Streshly $256,276 to leave her position, according to a resignation and separation agreement obtained by The Almanac.
Former Sequoia Union High School District Superintendent Mary Streshly, on Aug. 24, 2017. Photo by Ana Sofia Amieva-Wang.
Streshly, whose contract was set to expire on June 30, 2022, stepped down from her role in September following calls for her firing by teachers, top district officials and administrators. The agreement states that Streshly voluntarily resigned from her post.