Riverside Unified School District

Fullerton School District Superintendent Ron Cooper recently announced a new director of instructional support services. Ana Stover, recently a principal in the Riverside Unified School District, has taken over the duties of overseeing testing evaluations, categorical programs, GATE programs and curriculum and staff development. Stover served as principal in the Whittier City School District for six years and taught in the ABC Unified School District.

Los Angeles school officials received grim news Thursday: They may have to slash $36 million from the current budget and up to $500 million next year. Those reductions could affect reform efforts, salaries and classroom programs. In his preliminary budget released Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed reducing spending for public schools by $4.

The Riverside Unified School District has agreed to pay UC Riverside a fee--believed to be between $3,000 and $5,000--so that fans at University Stadium can continue to park free for Riverside Poly and Riverside North games. . . . Karen Osterkamp has resigned as tennis coach at Corona Centennial after 11 years. She will continue to teach at the school and will pursue a credential in counseling at Azusa Pacific. . . .

Maxine Pierce Frost, 76, who served 40 years as a trustee in the Riverside Unified School District, died Nov. 27 of cancer at her home in Riverside, according to her son, Doug. Elected to the board of trustees in 1967, Frost saw the Riverside district grow from about 23,000 students to 43,000 during her tenure. A native of Janesville, Wis., Frost was a young girl when she moved with her parents to California.

Maxine Pierce Frost, 76, who served 40 years as a trustee in the Riverside Unified School District, died Nov. 27 of cancer at her home in Riverside, according to her son, Doug. Elected to the board of trustees in 1967, Frost saw the Riverside district grow from about 23,000 students to 43,000 during her tenure. A native of Janesville, Wis., Frost was a young girl when she moved with her parents to California.

The stink started with a picture drawn by Pam Santi's 7-year-old grandson. "It was disgusting," said the Riverside resident. "He was drawing a piece of poop." More specifically, Taylond, a second-grader, was sketching Deputy Doo-Doo, the villainous character in "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" by Dav Pilkey.

As the school term began last week, all but an estimated 2,000 of the 30,000 California public schoolteachers previously facing layoffs were back in the classroom. But their relief that most of the pink slips have been rescinded does not fully erase the pain of the budget cycle, teachers say. For example, Jan Forni was among 38 teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, north of San Francisco, who were laid off over the summer.

As children return to classrooms up and down the state, school districts are hastily devising programs to comply with Proposition 227--and are spinning out a variety of efforts to delay, dilute or embrace the law's requirement that students be taught "nearly all in English." No surprise there. The ambiguous language of the initiative was intended to encourage flexibility in developing English immersion programs to replace bilingual education.

Los Angeles school officials received grim news Thursday: They may have to slash $36 million from the current budget and up to $500 million next year. Those reductions could affect reform efforts, salaries and classroom programs. In his preliminary budget released Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed reducing spending for public schools by $4.

First, Super Diaper Baby triumphed over the evil Deputy Doo Doo. On Thursday, the storybook character defeated critics who wanted the infant banned from the Riverside Unified School District. In a 5-2 vote, a seven-member committee of teachers, parents and administrators rejected a parental guardian's request to remove Dav Pilkey's "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" from its libraries and classrooms.

As the school term began last week, all but an estimated 2,000 of the 30,000 California public schoolteachers previously facing layoffs were back in the classroom. But their relief that most of the pink slips have been rescinded does not fully erase the pain of the budget cycle, teachers say. For example, Jan Forni was among 38 teachers in the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, north of San Francisco, who were laid off over the summer.

First, Super Diaper Baby triumphed over the evil Deputy Doo Doo. On Thursday, the storybook character defeated critics who wanted the infant banned from the Riverside Unified School District. In a 5-2 vote, a seven-member committee of teachers, parents and administrators rejected a parental guardian's request to remove Dav Pilkey's "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" from its libraries and classrooms.

Super Diaper Baby's adventures continued Wednesday afternoon as parents, teachers and administrators contemplated banning a feces-fighting storybook character from the Riverside Unified School District.

The stink started with a picture drawn by Pam Santi's 7-year-old grandson. "It was disgusting," said the Riverside resident. "He was drawing a piece of poop." More specifically, Taylond, a second-grader, was sketching Deputy Doo-Doo, the villainous character in "The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby" by Dav Pilkey.

Fullerton School District Superintendent Ron Cooper recently announced a new director of instructional support services. Ana Stover, recently a principal in the Riverside Unified School District, has taken over the duties of overseeing testing evaluations, categorical programs, GATE programs and curriculum and staff development. Stover served as principal in the Whittier City School District for six years and taught in the ABC Unified School District.

As children return to classrooms up and down the state, school districts are hastily devising programs to comply with Proposition 227--and are spinning out a variety of efforts to delay, dilute or embrace the law's requirement that students be taught "nearly all in English." No surprise there. The ambiguous language of the initiative was intended to encourage flexibility in developing English immersion programs to replace bilingual education.

Super Diaper Baby's adventures continued Wednesday afternoon as parents, teachers and administrators contemplated banning a feces-fighting storybook character from the Riverside Unified School District.

The school board on Tuesday named Richard L. Miller as the new superintendent of the Riverside Unified School District. He is expected to begin his post at the 43,400-student district early next year. Miller, who has worked in education for 37 years, is chief of the Oxnard School District. He replaces Susan J. Rainey, who retired in July after 10 years as superintendent. -- Seema Mehta

The Riverside Unified School District has agreed to pay UC Riverside a fee--believed to be between $3,000 and $5,000--so that fans at University Stadium can continue to park free for Riverside Poly and Riverside North games. . . . Karen Osterkamp has resigned as tennis coach at Corona Centennial after 11 years. She will continue to teach at the school and will pursue a credential in counseling at Azusa Pacific. . . .