Sacramento City Unified School District

Lancaster resident Charles Whiteside said Wednesday that he will remain a board member of the Antelope Valley Union High School District and an administrator at Antelope Valley College because a planned job move to Sacramento did not materialize. Whiteside had told colleagues at the district and college of his planned move, sparking news about his impending dual resignations.

A 15-year-old boy walking his brother and a friend home was shot Tuesday afternoon in front of a middle school during an apparent gang-related exchange, police said. The boy, Cong V. Tran, was shot in the head and was in critical condition at a Sacramento hospital, said Vince Matranga, police chief for the Sacramento City Unified School District. The shooting occurred as Will C. Wood Middle School in southeast Sacramento had just let out for the day about 2:30 p.m.

A week after school started, striking Sacramento City Unified School District teachers ended their walkout Tuesday and returned to their classrooms. Negotiators for the district and teachers' union reached a tentative agreement after 1 1/2 days of round-the-clock talks. "The strike has been called off. . . . Everybody's back to work," said Paula Caplinger, a music teacher and organizer for the Sacramento City Teachers Assn.

E. Tom Giugni, superintendent of the 43,000-student Sacramento City Unified School District, has been offered the job of superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District, according to sources within the Long Beach district.

The state has declared a fiscal emergency in the Centinela Valley Union High School District and will send workers to help the district sort out its monetary woes. The state's Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team, formed in 1992 as a public agency to help school districts solve their budget problems before they face bankruptcy, made the declaration this week.

About 6,500 teachers in two California cities prepared Sunday to join 3,500 of their brethren on strike in six other states in what has become an annual end-of-summer rite. More than 5,000 teachers are threatening to strike the Sacramento-area school districts and there were plans for a walkout by 1,500 teachers in the San Jose Unified School District. Walkouts in those jurisdictions would affect about 120,000 students.

An estimated 400 teachers packed the regular meeting of the Long Beach Board of Education on Monday to protest stalled contract negotiations with the district. They also criticized the $90,000 salary the board will pay its recently hired superintendent, E. Tom Giugni. His district includes Catalina. Giugni, head of the Sacramento City Unified School District, was appointed at a special board meeting last Thursday. His four-year contract, effective Feb. 1, calls for an annual salary of $90,000.

An estimated 400 teachers packed the regular meeting of the Long Beach Board of Education Monday to protest stalled contract negotiations with the district. They also criticized the $90,000 salary the board has agreed to pay its recently hired district superintendent, E. Tom Giugni. Giugni (pronounced Junee), head of the Sacramento City Unified School District, was named superintendent at a special board meeting Thursday. His four-year contract, effective Feb.

Newhall School District trustees, concerned they cannot rely on the state to meet local financial needs, voted unanimously Tuesday night to place a $20-million school construction bond proposal on the June 4 ballot. The proposal, which requires a two-thirds vote to pass, is one of four school tax measures Santa Clarita Valley voters are likely to face in the next 10 months.

Thousands of students stayed away from Sacramento schools Wednesday as a walkout by teachers, counselors and nurses entered its second day. Meanwhile, San Jose's 29,000 students attended their second day of school in classrooms staffed by teachers who came very close to striking but at the last minute accepted a tentative contract offer. In San Diego, teachers prepared to go back to school next week with a 6.4% pay hike approved by school trustees Tuesday.