Temple City Ca Schools

The sagging pants in the ad raised Temple City schools Supt. Clinton Taylor's ire. Mervyn's should stop promoting the gang look to teen-agers, he wrote the clothing retailer. To his surprise, the company agreed. Mervyn's revised its advertising guidelines for their newspaper insert, which reaches more than 2 million readers in 15 states, after Taylor complained on behalf of the Board of Education.

Authorities believe that arson was the cause of a fire that damaged the Temple City Unified School District offices early Wednesday. Damage was estimated at $100,000. Shortly before 4 a.m., Los Angeles County firefighters were dispatched to the administration building in the 9500 block of Longden Avenue and doused the blaze in about 10 minutes. No one was hurt and the building was empty, officials said.

Authorities believe that arson was the cause of a fire that damaged the Temple City Unified School District offices early Wednesday. Damage was estimated at $100,000. Shortly before 4 a.m., Los Angeles County firefighters were dispatched to the administration building in the 9500 block of Longden Avenue and doused the blaze in about 10 minutes. No one was hurt and the building was empty, officials said.

Specially trained dogs will be used at city schools this semester to sniff out drugs or weapons on campus, officials said Tuesday. The Labradors and golden retrievers, which can detect illegal drugs, alcohol, gunpowder and some prescription medicines, will be used to conduct searches on a random basis in classrooms, lockers and corridors. The animals, provided by Interquest of Houston, will sniff objects as opposed to students and will check classrooms when students are not present.

School administrators in two San Gabriel Valley cities are exploring whether to allow a private company to run three local schools. The Edison Project, a New York-based brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Whittle, is courting school boards in Temple City and Monrovia to join a system already established in a dozen other schools across the country. If it is hired by either district, the Edison Project would make its first dent in a state it has tried to penetrate for several years.

Specially trained dogs will be used at city schools this semester to sniff out drugs or weapons on campus, officials said Tuesday. The Labradors and golden retrievers, which can detect illegal drugs, alcohol, gunpowder and some prescription medicines, will be used to conduct searches on a random basis in classrooms, lockers and corridors. The animals, provided by Interquest of Houston, will sniff objects as opposed to students and will check classrooms when students are not present.

The Temple City Unified School District has appointed Al Clegg, a teacher in the district, as assistant principal at Oak Avenue School. Clegg, 39, will assume the position July 1. The job pays $50,069 a year. Clegg has taught math at Temple City High School for the past three years and also coached the varsity football team. Before coming to Temple City, Clegg taught at Monrovia High School, where he also served as head football coach, athletic director and business department chairman.

Over objections of neighbors, the City Council this week approved the use of city offices as an alternative school for Temple Unified School District students. City Council members, in a joint session Tuesday with the Board of Education, voted unanimously to allow offices at the city's maintenance yard, 9229 E. Pentland Ave., to become a school for students 16 to 18 years old.

Emperor Elementary School is different from most others. Teachers at the Temple City campus rarely raise their voices in frustration. Children queue up silently after recess, with hardly a word from their instructors. Administrators settle squabbles between children by admonishing them to remember the school's code of conduct: Treat everyone with respect. On the playground, many older students volunteer to play with the youngest ones.

School administrators in two San Gabriel Valley cities are exploring whether to allow a private company to run three local schools. The Edison Project, a New York-based brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Whittle, is courting school boards in Temple City and Monrovia to join a system already established in a dozen other schools across the country. If it is hired by either district, the Edison Project would make its first dent in a state it has tried to penetrate for several years.

Emperor Elementary School is different from most others. Teachers at the Temple City campus rarely raise their voices in frustration. Children queue up silently after recess, with hardly a word from their instructors. Administrators settle squabbles between children by admonishing them to remember the school's code of conduct: Treat everyone with respect. On the playground, many older students volunteer to play with the youngest ones.

The Temple City Unified School District has appointed Al Clegg, a teacher in the district, as assistant principal at Oak Avenue School. Clegg, 39, will assume the position July 1. The job pays $50,069 a year. Clegg has taught math at Temple City High School for the past three years and also coached the varsity football team. Before coming to Temple City, Clegg taught at Monrovia High School, where he also served as head football coach, athletic director and business department chairman.

Over objections of neighbors, the City Council this week approved the use of city offices as an alternative school for Temple Unified School District students. City Council members, in a joint session Tuesday with the Board of Education, voted unanimously to allow offices at the city's maintenance yard, 9229 E. Pentland Ave., to become a school for students 16 to 18 years old.

The sagging pants in the ad raised Temple City schools Supt. Clinton Taylor's ire. Mervyn's should stop promoting the gang look to teen-agers, he wrote the clothing retailer. To his surprise, the company agreed. Mervyn's revised its advertising guidelines for their newspaper insert, which reaches more than 2 million readers in 15 states, after Taylor complained on behalf of the Board of Education.